Orson Welles

Biography and Impacts

This project required us to choose a figure who had impacted media in some profound way, and design a “coffee table book” about them. I chose Orson Welles, for his contributions to modern film. The design idea was influenced by the large amount of black-and-white photos available of Welles, so color overlay was added to create more life. The color also served to differentiate different eras of his life: his beginnings, the notorious “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast, and his film contributions. Texture from the older photographs was also applied throughout, to keep a consistency in large color swaths.