Saul BassBy Laurena Etwi

Who is he?

• May 8, 1920 – April 25, 1996

• American graphic designer and Academy award winning film maker

• Greatest work- motion picture title sequences design, corporate logos and film posters

His posters

• Saul Bass’ used simple shapes and images on his posters and titles to help capture the mood of a film

• This differs from the usual photo of celebrities on posters

• Highly inspired and influenced by Bauhaus & Russian constructivism who created work that encouraged the viewer to be active

His movie title sequences

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How did he influence others

• His work inspired many to see Movie Title sequences and posters rather as a form of art

Mainly due to his known movie title sequences such as:

• “It’s a mad mad mad mad world”

• “The man with the golden arm”

And also posters for movies such as:

• “Precious”

• “The shining”

Did it influence me?

I decided to look at Saul Bass’ work as I found that he broke conventions of known and existing film sequences and movie title sequences. This is something I would like to try and further develop, however this is just an idea and I am not certain that this will suit my own work.