Saul Bass write up

Saul Bass was an American graphic designer. He is one of the most recognised and revolutionary title sequence and poster designers in the film industry. Before Saul Bass' work title sequences were often very basic and reminiscent of end credits; where the names just roll up on a plain background. Bass' colourful, simple geometric shapes were often symbolisms which, even on their own delivered a powerful messages. His work changed the way title sequences were viewed forever, as from then on they were much more creative and visually stimulating.

Saul Bass was born on the 8th of may 1920 and he studied at the Art students league in Manhattan later in his life. He then worked as a freelance graphic designer in his early career, before he worked on bigger films. He was so popular because he had the ability to capture the mood of the whole film using only simple shapes and lines. He has designed posters for many famous films and they all have a similar look making his work iconic and easy to spot. He also ended up producing over sixty title sequences. He had many great collaborations with familiar and famous directors such as Alfred Hitchcock and Michael Scorsese, making his work more widely recognised. He changed the way people viewed title sequences by making title sequences something that not only stated names of crew and cast and the name of the film, But something that presented them in a creative way. Often Bass' title sequences held metaphors that suggesting what would happen during the film, or it being a synopsis of the while film itself.