Citizen Kane Movie Summary

After reading, "Chapter 10: The Hollywood Studio System, 1920-1945" and watching "Citizen Kane", I have learned that the film is a great example of what was produced and presented in the early to mid 1900's. In the reading, it explained "The Big 5" and how they played major roles in film. RKO Productions produced "Citizen Kane" which you can clearly see because it's not as good quality as other major films. This also explains why RKO was shortly lived. Citizen Kane wasn't even that good to begin with and lots of people agreed. But even though the movie wasn't the best, it was considered the best back then because it brought it $1.8 million in box office compared to his other movies such as "The Magnificent Ambersons" which only brought $1 million. Moving onto the actual film, I will say that there were some interesting parts of the film that caught my attention. I, myself, was wondering what "rosebud" (his last words before he died) meant just to find out that it was the name of the sled that Kane had when he was little. It was one of the only things he brought with him when Thatcher came to get him after his family became wealthy. Switching to the style of the film itself, there were lots of montages present to help create effect. Like the lecture stated, there were lots of deep-focus scenes that were noticed as well which is inevitable due to the fact that the scenes were mostly with men. If there were more women in the film, there would probably be more soft focus scenes. Overall, the film correctly portrays the characteristics of movies that were made back then.