Citizen Kane...

I do believe that films can indeed be influential over individuals overall. film director's opinions and morals come into play when creating plots and stories, not to mention any biases they inject into it as well. For instance, war propaganda movies are made to sway opinion to one side's cause or the other, often depicting that the other side is not human, or somehow lesser than their own, and that it is necessary to kill and/or fight them.

Orson Welles' careful use of dialogue and scene setup throughout Citizen Kane definitely show off his knowledge of radio and theater. an example of this is how there are many interviews throughout, and even if you look away from the screen, you can still get a good sense of what is happening by the audio ques he leaves through all of his transitions, be it flashbacks or to a new scene altogether.

One example I can think of where low-angle shots were used heavily was then his ex-guardian goes to talk to Kane about his newspaper's campaign against the Public Transit company. At first the camera is angled down on Kane as he's kicked back in his chair, the other man coming in from the high point which seems to signify his supposed importance. the camera suddenly shifts though int he opposite direction when Kane begins to speak and the roles are reversed, the camera angle giving a sense of depth and importance to Kane as if he has won the argument.

A prominent example of how transitions were used in this film is the breakfast scene in the memorial hospital. first we start off in a small, fairly confined scene, but cuts to a larger dining room scene. This is done by use of a long fade-transition that blends the 2 scenes together until the first disappears and you are left with the later one. during this next scene of them at breakfast, use of a spinning camera int he room signifies the passage of time between different shot sin the same room, depicting their relationship deteriorating over the years they were together.