Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane was a revolutionary film for its time and it launched the industry of film into an exciting new era of techniques.  Being the first film to use major camera movements made possible by the portability of the camera on the sets created a look for scenes that had never been done before.  Orson Wells used new camera angles and movements to give power to characters and tell the story in a more in depth way.  The lighting was another area that was rediscovered by this film.  Casting shadows and silhouettes  created the drama that made films suspenseful and interesting.  The layers of the story are very deep and there are a lot of means of telling the story that are ahead of its time and innovated the way stories are told through film.  Overall Citizen Kane is a historical masterpiece.