"Citizen Kane" and "Stagecoach"

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The films "Citizen Kane" and "Stagecoach," two examples of great Hollywood cinema, also serve to emphasize the importance of mise-en-scene in filmmaking. By contrasting these two films in terms of mise-en-scene themes such as good and evil, social climate and diagetic time. The essay also explores the technical aspects of film such as lighting, costuming and film angles.

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"The mise-en-scene is one of the most important elements in cinema. From French, it literally means, "putting on stage", and was first applied to theater. A mise-en-scene in a film is everything that comprises the frame from lighting and costuming to set design, and has a significant impact on the meaning on the film. By looking at two films by way of example, Citizen Kane and Stagecoach, deconstruction is necessary to display how elements of mise-en-scene work to add to the story and tone of the pictures."

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