Chapter 8 Flashcards
1
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Citizen Kane’s organization showed that Thompson’s search is presented through
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a fairly complex narrative strategy.
2
Q
Style of Citizen Kane’s flashbacks
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Avoids crosscutting or other techniques that would move toward a more unrestricted range of knowledge.
Long, static takes.
3
Q
Why does Welles avoid shots that suggest optical or mental subjectivity?
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To take each narrator’s version as objective within his or her limited knowledge.
4
Q
How does Welles use deep-focus in Citizen Kane?
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To capture complex, developing stretches of the drama. Think of the opening scene with the boy playing outside.
5
Q
Welles cues our attention by using
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deep-space,mise-en-scene, and sound.
