Citizen Kane was written and directed by Orson Welles. This classic masterpiece was completed in the 1940’s. It uses film as an art form to energetically communicate and display a non-static view of life - its components include unconventional lighting, inventive use of shadows, deep-focus shots from extreme foreground to extreme background, low-angle shots revealing ceilings, sparse use of close-ups, and the frequent use of transitionary dissolves and long, uninterrupted sequence shots. The movie’s theme is told from sever ....