It's been said that Citizen Kane is the best film ever made. Though, without
             knowing much about filmmaking and different techniques, one can never get the full value
             of it. Understanding the setting, light use, depth of frame, and basic composition make
             Citizen Kane all the more better and great of a film. It is essential to take notice of these
             When deciding which of the four parts of the film to analyze, I came to the
             conclusion that the lighting and shadows are one of the most interesting and important
             factors in the film, not only because the film is in black and white but also because it
             contributed significantly to the description during the film. Perhaps more than the other
             The film itself was very clean and smoothly edited. Both high key and low key
             lighting techniques were used throughout the film, I believe to show the different feeling
             of each scene. I found there to be times when there was a significant use of the different
             fill lights used to emphasize close up shots of the character's faces. There are three
             different things I decided to keep my eye on during the second viewing of Citizen Kane;
             lighting, use of shadows, and use of lighting and shadows together to form and intrinsic
             interest or just to contrast each other.
             Bright lighting was used quite a bit throughout the film. Mostly during times of
             struggle, upset, or a big change of events. Scenes such as the thematic montage between
             Suzan's operatic appearance and the different newspapers, this was a big time in the life of
             Suzan and Charles Kane. Another example is the when Kane lost the campaign. His
             office at the newspaper was very bright though no one was there celebrating. Upset was
             also showed during the fight that Charles and Suzan got into when she told him she didn't
             want to sing anymore. The room they were in was very bright and well lit. At the end,
             when we saw Suzan in the ...