{"id":85366,"date":"2017-01-16T11:37:24","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T17:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=85366"},"modified":"2017-01-16T11:37:24","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T17:37:24","slug":"how-to-citizen-kane-your-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/how-to-citizen-kane-your-film\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Ways to “Citizen Kane” Your Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

The filmmaking techniques on display in Citizen Kane continue to influence generations of artists. Here are six takeaways for your next film or video project.<\/h2>\n

Citizen Kane images and clips via Warner<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Citizen Kane<\/a><\/em>\u00a0is still considered one of the<\/strong> greatest films ever made.<\/strong> Despite the fact that the film was released 75 years ago, it continues to be a source of inspiration for modern filmmakers<\/strong> like\u00a0Star Wars Episode VIII<\/a><\/em> director\u00a0Rian Johnson<\/a>. Let\u2019s consider Kane\u2019s legacy and discover some practical<\/strong>\u00a0filmmaking techniques<\/strong> that you can put to use in your own projects.<\/p>\n

1. Deep Focus<\/h3>\n

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One of the key collaborations<\/strong> during the production of Citizen Kane<\/em> was between the director\/producer Orson Welles<\/a> and his cinematographer, Gregg Toland<\/a>. The beautifully-lit film is masterfully composed and makes use of deep focus<\/a>. The deep focus<\/strong> is defined by a wide depth of field<\/a> and was not a common technique at the time of production.<\/p>\n

Deep focus<\/a> allows subjects close and far away from the camera to remain in focus<\/strong> and is achieved by using a wide-angle lens and a smaller aperture<\/a>. Deep focus<\/strong> means deep staging of characters along the z-axis. An early scene in Citizen Kane <\/em>(below) is a great\u00a0example of the deep focus<\/strong> found in the film.<\/p>\n