Citizen Kane: Opera Scene and Relationship Afterwards

I thought one of the most interesting parts of the movie was when Mr. Kane was watching Susan sing. A close-up shot was used to show both Susan singing and Mr. Kane watching her sing. I thought the close-up shots of Mr. Kane watching helped the reader realize how much he wanted her to succeed. He watched with such emotion and intensity not talking to anyone the entire show. This was a great use of the close-up shot because there were no words to show emotion or intent so it had to be done through picture. The next scene shows them arguing about her performance last night and how even the Inquirer wrote a bad review about Susan's singing. This eventually leads to a high-angle shot of Mr. Kane standing over Susan. Susan is first in the dark which I think shows that she is scared and vulnerable. It then moves Susan out of the dark and into focus to show the power that Mr. Kane has over her. Mr. Kane then says to her "you will continue to sing". This high-angle shot is very effective in establishing that Mr. Kane has all of the power in there relationship and is a very controlling person. Susan has no choice but to continue to sing as long as Mr. Kane is paying the money. This then leads to their eventual break-up later on in the film that contains a very interesting shot. It is shot over Kane's shoulder and is a view of Susan walking through multiple doors. The focus is always on Susan but she gets smaller and smaller as if to show she is fading away from his life as she walks through each door away from him. The different camera angles add a lot of different elements that help improve each scene.