The production of Citizen Kane was all up to Orson Welles as the studio allowed him to have full creative control over his production and allowed him to hire whoever he wanted. Welle’s took this to his advantage and decided to hire many of the people he used to work with in theatre as well as hiring some of the best technicians in Hollywood at the time. This was all agreed with the studio RKO as long as Welle’s did not exceed a $500,000 budget, this was a part of RKO’s strategy to attract new talent to the company as well as to increase artistic freedom within the film industry.