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Welles Use Of Intersting Camera Work

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I agree that Welles used intersting camera work to communicate certain elements of the story. I notice that the shots were always centered around the mother of Charles Foster Kane. The angles portrayed her as having much more say over what happens to the child over the father, who remains barely in the shot for a large portion of the scene. With the camera not movie during the scence in which the paper are being signed, it almost seems like the father is trying to push himself into focus but is only treated as a bystander with no say in what happens. I also found it very compelling how stone faced the mother was during the entire scene. She did not show as much of smile or a frown the whole time. She treated Charles with love, but at
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