Saul Bass was an American graphic designer and film maker. He is best known for title sequences, film posters and corporate logos. Some of the film title sequences he produced are Cameron Jones, Goodfellas, Mr Saturday Night and Casino. One of the film title sequences he is best known for is Otto Preminger's The Man with the Golden Army (1955). The purpose of the film was a Jazz's Musician's struggle to overcome his heroine addiction. Bass also designed some of the most iconic corporate logos in North America, including the original AT&T “bell” logo in 1969, as well as their later “globe” logo in 1983. He also designed Continental Airlines’ 1968 “jetstream” logo and United Airlines’ 1974 “tulip” logo which have become some of the most recognized logos of the era.
In the 1959 movie 'Anatomy of a Murder' - directed by Otto Preminger, Saul Bass presented the film title by putting each member of the cast next to disassembled body parts. He dissembles the body parts and then puts them back into the place in which they should be, making it look as if it's a puzzle. No high technology was needed when making this is was as simple paper cutouts on a grey uniform. This intro sequence has travelled through decades by keeping it's cutting-edge quality.
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Bass was also responsible for the design work for the title sequences of Hitchcock's North by Northwest where the credits racing up and down and forms a high-angle shot of a skyscraper, and Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho of the disjointed text that races together and apart.
here are some of the title sequences that Bass worked with:
here are some of the title sequences that Bass worked with:
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