Sound

There are many clues that one can get from just listening to the sound closely in this film. The music used and the rare sounds made here and there give "Citizen Kane" a more realistic feel. The audio in this film is so strong that it really makes you feel for Kane and the rest if the characters in this film. Welles did use a lot of dialog overlapping which made the film kind of hard to follow since sometimes all the characters in a scene were talking all at once, but it doesn’t taint it because this is something we all do everyday and kind of makes you ask further questions when trying to figure out what were they all trying to get across to the others. When a scene was transitioning to the next, you would hear an abrupt sound, the purpose was to illustrate that another scene was to be introduced. It made the film easier to follow.
I'm not so sure if I can say "Citizen Kane" is "the greatest American film ever made." There might have been better. I do believe, though, that "Citizen Kane" is a "classical masterpiece" and that it is "a discourse on film method. Someone can learn a lot from this film, especially future filmmakers.
In conclusion, I thought "Citizen Kane" was a great film and I learned a lot from it. It is a great film to watch, especially for those who don't really appreciate classical film. This film generally paved the way for future films and future filmmakers. I’ve been told constantly that in the industry most of these all time great movies are looked to as examples, and with that, there will always be some film lingo to go along with it. I’m amazed because before I decided to pick up this movie I never even thought of the idea of this having any visual effects at all which is why this probably shocked me the most that there was so much smoke and mirrors in a film as vintage as Citizen Kane. Overall the story obviously carried it along with the fact that it was based off a true story and that’s making it easy to relate to but, that doesn’t denounce that for it’s time the effects were well done for a small price seeing as though Welles kept it all to a close budget.