Citizen Kane

I thought that this movie, especially for being so old, showed amazing cinematography. One major way that the camera is used to put more depth or meaning to the story is the two scenes that are shot both above and below Mr. Kane. The first is when he was a boy; he felt small and insignificant in comparison to the banker (I forget his name) and his parents. The camera shows this by filming below eye level so that you feel how small Kane feels. The other scene I noticed this is when the camera man shot from underneath Kane, making him look huge and imposing when he had gained a high stature in life.
Another good example of cinematography was the usage of layering, or putting characters in the front scene, middle scene, and the back of the scene. There were many examples of this, one where Kane is listening to a man talk from the back of the room, another where the investigator is talking to his ex-wife, and many more (I just can't think of good examples haha)This was something fairly new to movies and it creates the 'movie' feel versus the recorded 'play' feel.
The final piece of cinematography/graphic touches was how one scene would meld into another. The director did this a few times, first with Kane's ex-wife, they zoomed in on her face while the background shifted to the scene of her memories. They did it another time with the fellow in the nursing home who kept asking for cigars, as he faded out of his story, the nursing home was still the room that the memory was of.
When it comes down to it, the time this movie was created and the amount of cinematography skills used are very impressive and set the foundation for other movies to come.