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Questions

1. Deep focus cinematography enables people and objects to be in sharp focus both in the foreground, middle ground and the background simultaneously. It is a difficult process to achieve while filmmaking. In the 1941 film "Citizen Kane" directed by Orson Welles and cinematographed by Gregg Toland, describe a scene where deep focus is particularly evident. Explain how the technique contributed to film's narrative (story) or describe what Welles is saying to the audience with this film technique. Provide an approximate time stamp from the film.

2. Having worked in radio, sound was an important storytelling technique for Welles. Describe a specific scene, in detail, where sound is used in a surprising and interesting way. Explain the reason Welles used sound in this way. Provide an approximate time stamp from the film.

3. Use a specific example or two to explain how the narrative storytelling is different in "Citizen Kane" than in most Classical Hollywood films? And WHY did Welles use such a different method of storytelling? Provide an approximate time stamp from the film.