Choose your favourite scene from the film and explain why this is the case. You should consider Welles’ use of microelements in your answer.

My favourite scene from Citizen Kane is the deep focus scene, a flashback to Kane’s childhood in his parent’s home. This scene had a significant contribution to cinematography at the time as it used deep focus meaning every aspect of the scene was in the frame, including the background. This scene is impressive as the cinematographer is required to mix lighting, the type of camera les and composition in order to produced the final product.

The deep focus technique, makes the scene clarifies and illustrates the whole space in the scene, without causing confusion in the audience and allowing the viewer to gain for information and context. deep focus also illustrates Kane’s loss of control even when he is being taken away from his family.

His life story being told in flashbacks that are given from the perspective of other characters, which gives the impression of Kane being a mysterious, difficult individual and ultimately not answering any of the viewer’s questions, but leaving them more confused about his upbringing and life story. But overall the flashbacks established a picture of how unhappy Kane’s life was despite all of the power and wealth he has.