David Fincher’s ‘Mank’ Production Designer on Recreating Hollywood’s Golden Era
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variety.comJazz Tangcay Artisans EditorDavid Fincher’s “Mank” is a visual feast. Shot in black and white, Fincher takes audiences back to the glorious days of Hollywood, as screenwriter Herman J.
Mankiewicz pens the screenplay to Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane.”Production designer Donald Graham Burt is receiving awards buzz for his work on the film.
Burt worked closely with costume designer Trish Summerville to translate color into black and white.Their secret? Using iPhone filters to see how the colors worked.
Burt also relied on the camera monitor a lot.And when it came to translating wealth and recreating the big sets such as the lavish Hearst Castle home of William Randolph Hearst, Burt says, “It was about emulating instead of replicating.” Burt.
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