Luca Kerrison TV and Film blog

 Task 1 - Director of Photography - They work with the Director during pre-production to come to an agreement on the look and feel of a film and finalise any equipment requirements for shooting. They're usually the first on set each day to set up the camera and lighting placements and block any scenes that are being filmed step by step, and inform the crew of what they need to do through the day. In post, they view the raw footage with the director and decide what shots are usable or not. To become a Director of Photography someone would usually have to work there way up from a technical role or spending time in a role that works closely with the director and camera/lighting crews, such as an assistant director. Assistant director - They're the leading force in pre-production planning, helming responsibility for recces and work out the requirements for location, equipment, crew and casting, all while working closely with the department heads. They have full responsibility of sc

 1. The film is about the life and death of newspaper tycoon and politician Charles Foster Kane and a reporters search for something called "Rosebud", which held significance as Kane's last words. 2. The first scene is Kane's death scene, where he drops a snow globe and says "rosebud". 3. The next scene is the news report on Kane's life, and more specifically Xanadu, Kane's monumental Florida home. 4. The structure is very non-linear as the scenes aren't chronological. 5. The film is mostly presented through a series of flashbacks and memoirs, with the chronology of the film jumping back and forth as the source of information changes when Thompson visits a different interviewee, or in one case reading Thatchers memoir. 6.   Charles Foster Kane - An old man and former newspaper tycoon and politician, around his late 70's at his time of death. Kane is the focal point of the narrative and his motivation through the film is to try and gain contro