Citizen Kane Shot Analysis (2minutes and 23 seconds)

• The Thatcher Library: Mid-shot--a man reading from the back; close-up of page w/Thatcher's memoir; close-up of sentence "When I first met" in 1871.
• Dissolve to White
• Charlie in the Snow: Fade-in on white snow with long shot of sledding boy shouting patriotic slogans.
• Jump-cut: close-up of snowball hitting sign "Mrs. Kane's Boarding House."
• Long shot of Charlie in the snow throwing snowballs.
• Dolly or tracking shot moves backward into window as Mrs. Kane comes into left side of frame.
• Shot continues tracking backward into boarding house as Thatcher, Mr. and Mrs. Kane argue about the terms of the "Colorado Lode" settlement.
• In back room, Mr. Kane, Thatcher and Mrs. Kane form a mid- and close-up three-shot, with Charlie continuing to be seen and heard through the window in long shot as they discuss his fate.
• Tracking shot dollies back toward the window following Mrs. Kane as she raises the window.
• Cut to close-up shot of Mrs. Kane in window from outside the boarding house as she shouts "Charles!" (her voice breaking with strain).