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Orson Welles
Orson Welles liked to reuse certain elements throughout his films. He liked a good deep focus shot. He liked low key lighting. He liked the grotesque side of life, blocking actors in groups of three, low camera angles and especially pointy bras. He also liked to open his movies in a certain predictable way. In Citizen Kane, he used the announcer in 'News on the March' to introduce the subject and main character, Charles Foster Kane. In The Magnificent Ambersons, Welles himself dubs the voice-over which introduces the life and environment of the Ambers…
