Formalist

Theory

Text

Text

Filippo Massobrio, Harry Xue, Eric Leach, Alexa March

Director's opinion

Lord of the Rings

Character's emotions

Before

After

Spiderman Formalist

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Uncle Ben's Death

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Director's opinion

Formalist in the movie

Gunfight challenge

Formalist View of Citizen Kane

Structural purpose of the text & Hidden meaning

Welles Goal of the Film

• Conflict of Man vs Man
• Conflict of Man vs Himself
• Lack of Emotional Security

Welles use of Technique

• Deep Focus
• Effectiveness
• "Suicide Attempt"

Characters 

• Kane
• Emily
• Susan Alexander
• Mr. Thatcher 

Welles use of Symbolic Elements

• News Paper- Innocence 
• Opera Building - Acceptance & Dreams
• Strings of the Opera - Control 
• Bottle - Suicide 

Words cited Citizen Kane:

• "Citizen Kane (Film) - TV Tropes." TV Tropes. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Apr. 2016.
• "From Citizen Kane Quotes." . QuotesGram. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Apr. 2016.
• "The Secret Life of Citizen Kane - "The World's Sixth Largest Fortune": Movie Movie - The History of World Cinema." The Secret Life of Citizen Kane - "The World's Sixth Largest Fortune": Movie Movie - The History of World Cinema. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Apr. 2016.
• "Citizen Kane." : The Film Noir 'net. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Apr. 2016.

CREDITS

Filippo's Pictures:

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