Saul Bass and his work

Saul Bass

We have recently been studying Saul Bass and we have looked at his work during class.We started to look into his history and things he has done in the past.This includes his life and where he picked up when he had left school.Saul Bass has played many parts in the film industry including making film posters, logo's and finally his inspirational film titles.This includes titles such as Catch Me If You Can and the man with the golden arm.These are two of his most well known pieces of work.Saul Bass is one of the most famous "artists"of all time,this is because he has a unique style using "simplistic styles and unusual shapes".This is what has made him so well known in the industry which has ultimately given him more work and for many years his style has been taken and recreated in modern films.

I really like Saul Bass's work and this is because I really like the way in which Saul Bass uses unusual shapes and the way he can make multiple images from a series of shapes.This really interests me because it give me a lot of ideas for my title sequence and that is because it is simple but effective.The use of colours that Saul Bass uses in his title sequence are very abstract and do not necessarily fit into the genre of the film and do not always fit together well however, the way he uses them creates a very uneasy feel to the poster or even title sequence which in theory suites the film very well.