Throughout Citizen Kane, Orson Welles great cinematography is key to how the movie is presented. During the film. The camera movement is very important to the film. He uses craning, panning and tilting alot in this film. He uses those types of movements to try to show the entire picture, while giving little clues about the film. For instance, during the opening scene the viewer sees the extreme closeup of his fence. Then, the camera slowly tilts upward to a closeup of "NO TRESPASSING". The viewer can infer here, that Kane is a secluded person who wants people to come in and out on his own terms. Welles also uses the craning method at the end of the film to show the large amount of statues in his collection. Then, at the end of the crane, zooms in on the sled, Rosebud. This time, you can imply that KAne had saved this sled since his early days. He saved it with all his expensive statues that came after he got rich. Why is Rosebud still there? Some viewers may say because it was the only thing he owned that represented any type of a childhood, and he wanted to remember that. Bottom line, Welles camera movements play a huge role in this film, and it wouldnt be nearly as interesting without them.