Category: Week 8 (10/12) • Narrative
(viewer)How PSN Work Together
(PSN is plot, story, and narrative) Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane is a film that differentiates the ideas of plot, story, and narrative. The plot is the sequence of events that happen on screen as we s... Read MoreThe Cinema of Attractions (Reader)
“The cinema of attractions” describes a unique period in film history, a time when filmmakers were more interested in engaging their audience’s senses and providing visual thrills th... Read More(Searcher) Citizen Kane: A Revolutionary Film
This video discusses all of the elements of Citizen Kane that make it considered to be a masterpiece and and the cinematic influences it has on other films. Citizen Kane was a film that genuinely chan... Read MoreThe Real Life Xanadu
Orson Welles’ 1941 film, Citizen Kane, has grown to be a remarkably influential pillar of modern cinema. The contents of the film are generally based on the life of American news tycoon William Rand... Read MoreOpen-Ended Plots and Anticlimactic Endings: Narrative Form in Film
After reading Chapter 3 of Film Art titled, “Narrative Form,” I was surprised by how much we as viewers of films play a role in the process of storytelling. Although it is up to the director to ch... Read More