Saul
Bass is an American graphic designer who was born in May,1920 and died
in April 1996.He is most famous for producing title sequences for films
and logos, also for his simple geometric shapes and their symbolism
which was included in posters and title sequences.Bass's posters had an
ability to capture the mood of a film with simple shapes and images.Bass
by hand produce and created a casual appearance. In his whole life he
produced over sixty motion pictures. Bass’s title sequences featured new and amazing methods of production and graphic design.
Film title sequences
He
became popular and well known in the film industry after creating the
title sequence for, Otto Preminger's 'The Man with the Golden Arm' in
1955. Bass created an innovative title sequences to relate to the film's
controversial subject of heroin. He used the white on black paper cut
out arm of a heroin addict as the central image of the sequence.
After producing this work he went on to create other title sequences for some well known films such as:
- North by Northwest (1959)
- Vertigo (1958)
- Pyscho (1960)
Bass
designed title sequences for films for over 40 years and changed film
making techniques, he did a cut-out animation,'Anatomy of a Murder' in
1958 to a full animation mini movie such as 'Around the World in 80
Days' in 1956.
Near
the end of his career, James L. Brooks and Martin Scorsese re-found
Bass, who both loved his work. Bass worked with these two to be create
title sequences for well known films such as:
- Goodfellas (1990)
- Cape Fear (1991)
- Casino (1995) - which was his last title sequence
Movie Posters
Bass
posters typically developed simplified symbolic designs that visually
linked to the main elements of the film.Vertigo (1958) created by Bass,
is a stylized figure sucked in a spiral vortex which captures the
disorientation, which is the key feature of the film.
He created a poster for Spielberg for one of his films but it was never distributed.
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