Mise-en-scene

Citizen Kane had very good ways of using mise-en-scene in this film. The costume and make-up played a very good role in this, they helped describe the movie a alot. The comtumes were good in showing people social classes and how wealthy people were. The make-up used was alot good showing if people were sad, angry, or happy. For example, right after Susam almost died, they showed her looking very sick by using specific make-up. The scenes were also very important to the film and also showed people's wealth, especially Kane. His house was so big and beautiful it was one of the most important settings to this film. The part that most described his wealth inside that house is when they showed all of this very valued possessions in the end of the movie after his death, which really showed how wealthy he was. The lighting also had very much impact of the film, especially when Kane was signing the Declaration of Principles. Another example of lighting in this movie is with Mr. Thompson. He is always in the shadow and we never really get to see him, I think that has a lot to do with the plot of this film. The mise-en-scene is very important in this movie and impacts it in many ways.