sterious word "Rosebud," and the curved lens shot as though coming from the viewpoint of the dropped snow-city ball dropped on the floor after Kane's death created a very mysterious, almost uneasy beginning.
             Immediately following the portrayal of Kane's death we are thrown into what appears to be a newsreel. At the time movies such as this were made, they were always preceded by a newsreel containing pertinent information of the day, the equivalent to our daily news broadcasts. The style of these newsreels was, in a way, standardized so as to catch the attention of the audience as something noteworthy. The film was shot at a slightly faster speed and would have dramatically quick edits from live news clips to newspaper headline shots. Welles used these techniques in the beginning of Citizen Kane to give the audience a quick three-minute narrative into the life of Charles Kane. The style was not only used as a means of narrative, but also provided some insight into the Kane's character as the head of a newspaper. The audience is made quite aware throughout the course of the film that the style of newspaper that Kane runs is that of a gossip newspaper and that the stories behind the headlines are what are
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