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Essay Archive - Hello, My Name Is Orson Welles
Hello, My Name Is Orson Welles
Orson Welles liked to reuse certain elements throughout his films. He
liked a good deep focus shot. He liked low key lighting. He liked the
grotesque side of life, blocking actors in groups of three, low camera angles
and especially pointy bras. He also liked to open his movies in a certain
predictable way. In Citizen Kane, he used the announcer in "News on the March"
to introduce the subject and main character, Charles Foster Kane. In The
Magnificent Ambersons, Welles himself dubs the voice-over which introduces the
life and environment of the Amberson family. The Irish Welles serve....
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