Lesson Notes 14/1/16

Saul Bass (1920-1996)

Saul Bass is a title sequence designer known for using simple, geometric shapes and their symbolism within his title sequences and he has designed over sixty title sequences.
Bass studied at Art Studens League in Manhatten.

Bass also designed movie posters and his posters had an uncanny ability to capture the mood of a film with simple shapes and images.
His posters often used strong colours that contrasted each other and his postrs were often hand drawn.

Bass's posters and title sequences sometimes references the film he was designing for.

Below is an example of Bass's work, his title sequence he designed Alfred Hitchcok's movie Anaomy of a Murder.