Through the use of flashbacks the story of Citizen Kane unfolds through the memory of older characters who seem to not fully remember certain things. This brings in question whether the stories they say are true. This is a great use of the unreliable narrator to keep the audience engaged in who Kane really is.

The movie's consistent use of deep focus keeps everything in frame clear, allowing us to see action and movement alike. This technique brings Kane’s loss…

The movie Usual Suspect demonstrates a skillful use of dynamic sound throughout the movie. This ranges from the use of intense music scores to heighten the dramatic effect, to using sound montage to create chaos, and even an exceptional use of the unreliable narrator.

This movie’s use of sound montage creates an unstable environment, for example in the very last scene there is repeated dialogue from throughout the narrator's story which all overlaps, this makes the reveal of the truth…

The Tree of Life is extremely interesting. While the movie itself is mostly filmed with minimal dialogue and light music, it uses a montage of close up to far away shots. As Gianetti says in Understanding Movies, “Through the juxtaposition of shots, new meanings can be created.” Repeated imagery for emphasis and use of low-angle shots emphasize emotions like feeling small or inferior, or as Gianetti put it, “insecure and dominated” (pg. 15).
While dialogue increases after Jack’s birth, the…

The movie Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon is one of my favorite movies now. This is due to its outstanding use of Kinetic energy, choreographed fight sequences, and the lack of movement to impact the mood of scenes. The kinetic energy adds more weight to movements within battle sequences. Such as a weapon knocked out of someone's hands, or the swaying of trees as the characters stand upon them. However, the lack of such movement can create its own emotion and…