Saul Bass Class notes

1. Born in the year of 1920 and died in the year of 1996
2. Believed that making a title sequence is similar to making one poster as your objective is to merge many things in to one source
3. Studied at Arts Students League
4. Worked as a freelance graphic designer (commercial artist)
5. In 1950, after freelancing, Saul opened his own studio working mainly on advertising
6. Due to his upgrowing reputation as a designer, Saul was asked on many occasions to design title sequence for the likes of Carmen Jones
7. Known for his psoters that had striking visual images
8. Was not familiar or keen on using faces on his posters
9. Known highly for his use of geometric shapes and symbolism
10. His posters and title sequences had the ability to captive mood from simple shapes and images. This was his preferred method opposed to using photography of film stars
11. Heavily influenced by constructivism (constructivists tried to create works that would make the viewer active of the artwork)

This is relevant due to the fact that Saul bass made numerous title sequences. The difference with his were that they consisted of elements that would be hard to find in any other title sequences. In addition, Saul Bass' ideas were extremely unique and because of this, makes him remembered today.