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  Saul Bass - Wiki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Saul Bass (May 8, 1920 - April 25, 1996) was a graphic designer, but is best known for his design on motion picture title sequences, which is thought of as the best such work ever seen.
Saul Bass designed the 6th ATandT Bell System logo, that at one point achieved a 93 percent recognition rate in the United States.
Saul Bass was born in May 8, 1920 in New York City.
www.lumrix.com /help/index.php/Saul_Bass   (616 words)

  
 Saul Bass | American Icons | Area of Design
This was when Bass first saw the opportunity to create something more than a title sequence, but to create something which would ultimately enhance the experience of the audience and tell the beginning of the story within the opening credits.
Bass was one of the first to realize upon the storytelling potential of the opening and closing credits of a film.
Bass famously claimed that he directed the highlight of Psycho, the tightly edited shower-murder sequence, though many on set at the time (including Janet Leigh) dispute this contention.
www.areaofdesign.com /americanicons/bass.htm   (464 words)

  
 Saul Bass Summary
Bass used the opportunity to bring the audience to reflect on the race from the first person point of view of the drivers.
Bass movie title art established clearly and succinctly the theme and emotional premise of each film, and it became clear to film promoters that audiences appreciated the underlying appeal to their sophistication.
Bass and his design firm, which was renamed Saul Bass/Herb Yager and Associates in 1978, earned honors and distinction beyond the film industry, for a variety of corporate designs and promotional campaigns.
www.bookrags.com /Saul_Bass   (2614 words)

  
 Saul Bass
Saul Bass, born in Bronx District of New York in 1920.
Saul Bass had done a paer cut out of an image of a girl in his design.
Saul Bass strength(not physically of course, but his design) is express in various way in his work.
saulbass.blogdrive.com   (1061 words)

  
 Saul Bass: A Film Title Pioneer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Saul Bass was one of the first to seize on the potential storytelling power of the opening and closing credits of a film.
Bass plays all of his action off of Victor Youngs jaunty score to produce a completely realized animated version of the essence of the film.
Bass' greatest legacy though may be that in a time when others were removing animation from theatres, he helped not only to keep it there, but to make it an essential part of a night at the movies.
www.digitalmediafx.com /Features/saulbass.html   (1856 words)

  
 Saul Bass movie posters - original movie posters
Saul Bass' body of work distinguishes him as one of the most versatile and innovative graphic designers of the 20th Century.
Saul Bass was born in New York on May 8th 1920 and studied Graphic Art at Brooklyn College, NY before moving to Los Angeles in 1946.
Bass was a pioneer of the pared down graphic, favouring minimalist symbolic images, which has been in vogue since he began designing for the film industry in the early 1950s.
www.saul-bass.com   (979 words)

  
 Saul Bass - Bass on Titles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Academy Award-winner, Saul Bass (1920-1996) is regarded as the inventor of modern film title sequences.
The work of Saul Bass continues to influence Hollywood today, and is a timeless source of inspiration for graphic designers, filmmakers and fans of great cinema.
Bass on Titles provides a rare opportunity to hear Saul Bass' own words, as he describes his most notable work.
www.designondvd.com   (228 words)

  
 ArtandCulture Artist: Saul Bass   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Bass, born in 1929, studied at the Art Students League and at Brooklyn College.
Bass first came into view in 1949 with his print ad for Kirk Douglas’ film "The Champion." In 1955, Bass’ graphics for Otto Preminger’s "The Man with the Golden Arm" gained instant notoriety: rather than a glossy photo of Frank Sinatra, the ads prominently displayed a woodblock-like arm that represented heroin use.
Bass himself credits the "mood and feeling" of the images, over the mere use of graphics, for the success of this style.
www.artandculture.com /cgi-bin/WebObjects/ACLive.woa/wa/artist?id=807   (630 words)

  
 Saul Bass / Graphic Designer (1920-1996) - Design/Designer Information
Saul Bass on the set of Psycho with Alfred Hitchcock and Janet Leigh, 1960
In 1958’s Vertigo, his first title sequence for Alfred Hitchcock, Bass shot an extreme close-up of a woman’s face and then her eye before spinning it into a sinister spiral as a bloody red soaks the screen.
Bass designs the Academy Awards poster for the next five years.
www.designmuseum.org /design/index.php?id=3   (1485 words)

  
 Saul Bass Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography
The contributions of American designer Saul Bass (1920-1996) initiated a revolution in the film advertising industry.
Bass developed a graphic symbol for the film's advertising promotion by designing a logo that was shaped like an arm and intended to represent addiction.
Bass acted on an inspiration to set the scene of the feature film by creating a video prologue to the movie proper.
www.bookrags.com /biography/saul-bass   (2017 words)

  
 Saul Bass Movie Posters
Critics said Saul's opening titles of a prowling fl cat for Walk on the Wild Side were better than the movie they introduced.
Saul Bass continues to inspire designers regardless of age.
Saul Bass: a Film Title Pioneer by Noell Evans.
www.cinemacom.com /saul-bass.html   (225 words)

  
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Saul Bass’ movie title sequences and posters are some that many will recognise.
These close friendships are illustrated throughout the exhibition, with Bass on the set of Psycho with Hitchcock and Janet Leigh, the autobiography sleeve of Otto Preminger, designed by Bass, and pictures of Bass on the set of West Side Story.
Bass was passionate about archaeology, food, music, science-fiction and politics and, of course, this influenced his work, “My life and work are intertwined, one can’t truly be separated from the other”.
www.chatshow.com /Reviews/reviews.aspx?reviewID=50   (452 words)

  
 AIGA Los Angeles | Event | Saul Bass: The Hollywood Connection
Saul Bass: The Hollywood Connection, an exhibition focusing on the graphic designer’s acclaimed work for the American film industry, will be on view at the Skirball Cultural Center from January 4 through April 1, 2007.
Saul Bass (1920–1996) attended the Art Students League in Manhattan in his native New York.
Bass was honored with an exhibit at the Design Museum of London.
www.aigalosangeles.org /events/archives/001954.php   (986 words)

  
 BFI | Library | Exhibitions and Events | Saul Bass
He had the ability to grasp the very essence of a film and present it in such a way that in an opening sequence lasting just a few minutes he could convey the atmosphere and premise of the film to come.
Under his influence the title sequence became an extension of the film, as well as an art form in its own right, with the capacity to symbolise and summarise what the audience was about to experience.
About Saul Bass Biographical information about one of the great graphic designers of the 20th century.
www.bfi.org.uk /filmtvinfo/library/eventsexh/past/saulbass   (183 words)

  
 The Art of Film Titles
Saul Bass, a graphic artist in the film industry said, "making a main-title was like making a poster—you're condensing the event into this one concept, this one metaphor…a backstory that needs to be told or a character that needs to be introduced."
Bass was a graphic artist and creative consultant for three of Hitchcock's masterpieces: Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959) and Psycho (1960).
Bass was instrumental in redefining the visual language of film.
www.twenty4.co.uk /on-line/issue001/project01/proj01index.htm   (3501 words)

  
 Movie Poster Artist - Saul Bass
Otto Preminger was pleased with his work and gave Saul a contract for the film Carmen Jones in 1954 but it was his design concept for Man With the Golden Arm in 1955 that made him well known.
Saul is even credited for laying out the famous shower scene in Psycho.
Saul Bass died in 1996 at the age of 76 having worked with and influenced many of Hollywood's most famous directors.
www.learnaboutmovieposters.com /newsite/INDEX/ARTISTS/artists-bass.asp   (292 words)

  
 ap spotlight - saul bass
Saul Bass was a much respected graphic designer and in the 1950's re-invented movie credit titles with the groundbreaking credits for Otto Preminger’s film 'The Man with the Golden Arm.'
It has been said that once you see the opening titles to a film that Saul Bass has done, you can walk out of the theatre because you know exactly what the film's about: he has shown you the entire thing in the first minute or so.
Saul Bass on the web - tribute site to graphic design genius by Brendan Dawes an interactive designer and creative director.
www.artistpartners.com /spotlight/saul_bass.html   (221 words)

  
 Designer report: Saul Bass
Saul Bass had a philosophy that can be seen in his body of work.
Bass collaborated on many famous films, and had to listen to and understand the director’s ideas and vision.
Saul Bass simplified his palette because, the more colors he used, the viewers might interpret something other than Saul's message.
www.unc.edu /~huiliu55/sb.html   (1186 words)

  
 SAUL BASS PAGE ONE
SAUL BASS with the logo and plane stripes he designed for United Airlines (poster reprinted from a 1980's Japanese newspaper advertisement for United Airlines.) 32 x21 inches $100.
In 2002 I became aware of and was asked to evaluate a collection of Bass posters owned by Saul Bass and left to his family after his death in 1996.
In most cases, the majority were given away by Bass to friends or used in traveling expositions.
www.jimdietz.com /bass.html   (569 words)

  
 Saul Bass Biography :: Hollywood.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Bass pioneered the use of animation techniques to achieve a range of psychological and emotional effects unobtainable with conventional straight type.
Bass' collaboration with Hitchcock was much shorter than his with Preminger, but it yielded the striking introduction of "North by Northwest" (1959) and the unforgettably disturbing, appropriately voyeuristic examination of a woman's face in "Vertigo" (1958).
Through the mid-60s Bass continued working on films such as "West Side Story" (1961), "The Victors" (1963) and "Seconds" (1966); his use of a stalking cat for the steamy "Walk on the Wild Side" (1962) is particularly well-remembered.
www.hollywood.com /celebs/fulldetail/id/200040   (1088 words)

  
 Saul Bass
Saul Bass Biography at the Internet Movie Database.
Bass revolutionized the design of film title sequences, beginning with Otto Preminger's Carmen Jones (1954).
He pioneered the use of animation techniques to achieve a range of psychological and emotional effects unobtainable with conventional straight type.
hitchcock.tv /people/bass.html   (120 words)

  
 GENERIQUE: Saul Bass ressources
Saul Bass est né à New York (E.U) en 1920.
Bass réinvente alors les génériques de films pour en faire de petites œuvres d’art.
Bass réalise par ailleurs des films (il reçoit notamment un Oscar pour un de ses courts-métrages).
www.generique-cinema.net /createurs/bass.html   (309 words)

  
 Saul Bass' Vertigo Poster
Saul Bass is probably the most famous name in the graphic arts industry (For an online biography, click here.).
Saul Bass made decisions based on the likely reactions of people.
       The film director Martin Scorcese used Saul Bass’ creative genius for the posters of several films.
www.unc.edu /~huiliu55/222vertigo.html   (620 words)

  
 Titles Designed by Saul Bass | MetaFilter
August 22, 2005 8:13 AM Saul Bass may not be a name familiar to the casual movie fan, but in his forty year career he created some of the most striking credit sequences around.
The Saul Bass homage from the title sequence of "Catch Me If You Can" was a surprise treat for me too.
Bass was given the reigns as 1st AD to shoot that scene.
www.metafilter.com /mefi/44474   (856 words)

  
 Saul Bass - Moviefone
Though the name Saul Bass may not be readily recognizable, he has played a key role in the way contemporary films are introduced and concluded on...
SAUL BASS (1920-1996) was not only one of the great graphic designers of the mid-20th century but the undisputed master of film title design thanks to his...
Saul Bass - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Saul Bass Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
movies.aol.com /celebrity/saul-bass/80942/main   (95 words)

  
 YouWorkForThem | Monographs: Saul Bass and Associates
We don't need to tell you that he was one of the most important designers ever.
Saul Bass had continued making many masterpieces of graphic design from the 50s.
This is the almost only book treated about Saul Bass and his works.
youworkforthem.com /product.php?sku=P0125   (382 words)

  
 Saul Bass 2nd New York Film Fetival (1964) to Tell Me That You Love Me Junie Moon Movie Posters
SAUL BASS (1920-1996) was not only one of the great graphic designers of the mid-20th century but the undisputed master of film title design thanks to his collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger and Martin Scorsese.
Trivia: Director Otto Preminger offered the role of a southern Senator to Martin Luther King, Jr., believing that the casting could have a positive impact (despite the fact that there were no fl senators at the time).
The movie’s theme was the struggle of its hero - a jazz musician played by Frank Sinatra - to overcome his heroin addiction.
www.atthemovies.co.uk /movie-posters/36/index.html   (479 words)

  
 Saul Bass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article has been tagged since December 2006.
Bass famously claimed that he directed the highlight of Psycho, the tightly edited shower-murder sequence, though many on set at the time (including star Janet Leigh) dispute this contention.
This page was last modified 16:00, 11 December 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saul_Bass   (722 words)

  
 Saul Bass in the Looniverse
Saul Bass was born in New York, USA, in 1920, and died in Los Angeles, California, 1996.
Business picked up after Mike Todd had Saul Bass design the end titles for Around the World in Eighty Days.
the collaboration of Saul Bass and Alfred Hitchcock
www.thelooniverse.com /movies/west/saulbass/saulbass.html   (212 words)

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