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.