There is
an unbroken camera movement that begins with Charles playing in the snow, tracks back inside a window to show the three adults looking at him, and then precedes them as they walk deep into the room so Mrs. Kane can sit down at a table and sign the document.
Appropriately, the long takes in the musical sequences aren't there so the audience can «see the dancing,» as the old cliché goes, but to cast a spell:
The unbroken camera movements, self - conscious as they may be, make the movie more dreamlike.