Citizen Kane Reaction Essay View the film widescreen on a large screen – not a computer. Write 3-4 pages, double-spaced on this prompt – Citizen Kane is considered to be one of the best if not the...

Citizen Kane

Reaction Essay

View the film widescreen on a large screen – not a computer.

Write 3-4 pages, double-spaced on this prompt –

Citizen Kane is considered to be one of the best if not the best film of all time. Does Citizen Kane live up to the hype? Why or why not? Back up your position with specific examples from the film and with course concepts. Make sure to include a paragraph on Classical Hollywood cinema style and how Citizen Cane conforms (or does not conform) to those characteristics.

• The FIRST paragraph should
  
  
  • include thedirector’s name and the cinematographer’s name
    
  
  
  • include the film’s theme – it is NOT the same as the genre
  
  
  • include the film’s genre - it is NOT the same as the theme
  
  
  
  


• Place yourstrong and guiding film analysis thesis statementas the last sentence in the first paragraph.
  
  
  • Underline your strong and guiding thesis statement.
  
  
  • Make sure your strong and guiding thesis statement directly addresses the question posed for this film.
  
  
  • Support your thesis position with specific and detailed examples from the film and our textbook.
    
    
    • Consider theme and analyze how the production elements support the theme
    
    
    • Make social, political and/or cultural connections
    
    
    • Consider time period, film theory, social movements, attitudes, censorship, artistic conventions, financial constraints, filmmaking technology, representation of race and gender, stereotyping/archetypes, setting, Classical Hollywood cinema style characteristics, and genre conventions, etc to analyze the film within a broader context
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Use andBold
    vocabularyfrom thetextbook. Use it appropriately and as much as possible. Show me that you are reading and comprehend the material.
  
  
  • Use character names when necessary – not the actor’s name.
  
  
  • Use present tense.
  
  
  • Be thorough. Use proper grammar and correct spelling.
  
  
  • For this essay you may use the personal pronoun ‘I’.
  
  
  • Do NOT summarize the film or even a scene. It will read as filler.
  
  
  • Do NOT provide definitions. They will read as filler.
  
  
  • Paper titles are unnecessary and read as filler.
  
  
  • Only your name is needed on the header. Everything else reads as filler.