The influence of Saul Bass

Saul Bass was an American graphic designer and Academy Award winning filmmaker, best known for his design of motion picture title sequences, film posters, and corporate logos.

During his 40-year career Bass worked for some of Hollywood's most recognized filmmakers, including Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger, Billy Wilder, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese. Among his most famous title sequences include the animated paper cut-out of a heroin addict's arm for Preminger's The Man with the Golden Arm, the credits racing around what eventually becomes a high-angle shot of a skyscraper in Hitchcock's North by Northwest, and the configured text that races together and apart in Psycho.

Saul Bass designed some of the most iconic motion movie posters off all time, including that of The shinning, Such good friends and The fixer, all of which intrigue the audience into learning more about the picture. Here are some of the sketches Bass created whilst working on the hit motion film, The shinning...

 Saul Bass has influenced me to conduct some masterful opening title sequences and movie posters of my own which i can use to better my understanding of film as well as genre. The life of Saul Bass has influenced millions worldwide with his unique take on film and his genius representations, which will help me during the course of my media studies.