Saul bass
His work
Saul Bass was an american graphic designer and an academy award winning film maker, best known for his designs of motion picture title sequences, film posters and corporate logos.
Saul started his career in Hollywood in the 1940's, creating print adverts for several movies. During Saul Bass' 40-year career he worked for some of Hollywood's greatest filmmakers. These included Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick and Billy Wilder.
Some examples of his work can be seen below:
Saul bass also went on to make title sequences for numerous films such as:
- Psycho
- Spartacus
- Ocean's 11
- West Side Story
- Big
- Goodfellas
- Anatomy of a Murder
- Vertigo
a few examples of these title sequences can be seen below:
Saul bass has his own unique touch when creating title sequences. As you can see in his opening title sequence for 'Psycho' Bass uses fast paced music which then sets suspense mood, why is there fast paced music? what does it represent? due to this you are left to question what is going to happen in the film, you are also able to identify 'psycho' as being a thriller. Bass uses a series of simple white bars to usher in the title sequence, then they leave the screen again. Bass implies his own restrictions on 'psycho' which he does through the dramatic effect of the title sequence. The use of the bars coming on and off the screen gives the impression of something being grabbed,this is due to the fact that once they appear quickly on the screen they disappear but leaving writing on the screen, as if its been grabbed and pulled there by the bars. The entrance of the titles and how they are jaggered connotes the mind od a psychopath that is conflicted and often has multiple personalities.
Another example of Saul bass' unique touch to his title sequences can be seen through his title sequence for 'Vertigo.' Bass uses
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