Dome, you aren't in Indiana by any chance are you?
I'm in a film class and we are also using Film Art as the text. We just watched Kane a few weeks ago in class.
You might recognize some of my next comments as stuff that is discussed in that book also...
Something else that I think Welles...
1) Gregg Toland is BY FAR the greatest Cinematographer of all-time, really. This is one of the finest examples of his work. One of his more famous creations/perfections was the use of wide, deep-focus lenses (also helped by a higher speed film), and there are plenty of examples here.
2) Since...