Consider the film's complex narrative structure: a series of intricate flashbacks, not entirely in narrative order. How does the film manipulate space and time? How does it establish events and characters? How does it tie its disparate perspectives together?
Consider the film's style. How does the camera move in this film? From what angles does it look at the action? What striking visual compositions do you notice? What is noteworthy in Welles' use of light and shadow? What about the role of editing? How often does Welles use extensive cuts, and how often does he convey a scene in one or several long takes? And what about his use of overlapping bits of sound?
The film presents itself as an investigation into the life of its enigmatic main character. How well do we get to know Charles Foster Kane? What point of view, or points of view, are presented? How do the bits and pieces of Kane's life, narrated to us in flashback by various secondary characters, fit together? What special techniques are used to convey particular bits of information to the reporter, or to us, the viewers?
What is Rosebud? How important is it to know this?