al report on Kane's life) is the basic blue print of the film; it gives the viewer a series of signs, concrete incidents and dates to refer to and Welles weaves his way through a maze of images, events and meanings in search of the real Kane. Welles will return to the blue print of the newsreel and explain the incidents we saw more fully. The reporter goes off in search of the meaning of "Rosebud." This opening sequence has sketched out the blueprint of the narrativity for the viewer, who now knows that the story will explore the life of Charles Foster Kane, in search of the man and the meaning of the man's life. Like the camera moving from outside (the gate at Xanadu) to Kane
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