Journal entry for lesson 15/01/14 - Saul Bass
In today's lesson, we looked at Saul Bass, an Academy Award winning filmmaker, best known for his design of motion picture title-sequences and film posters. He designed work for films such as 'The Man with the Golden Arm', 'Vertigo', 'Psycho' and 'West Side Story'. Bass's name grew within the industry after his work on Otto Preminger's 'The Man with the Golden Arm' in 1955. His sequences were very clever and obvious to the audience but only after they had seen the film itself. He learnt his trade when studying part-time at the Arts Student League in Manhattan. His first job involving his skill came in 1940 where he started making Film Ads. This is where he met Preminger to design a film poster in 1954 for his film 'Carmen Jones'. Due to Bass's superb work, Preminger was so impressed, he asked him to create the title sequence. Bass's work is so unique due to his hand drawn artwork within his work and title sequences.
'The Man with the Golden Arm' was the piece of wrk that really got Bass noticed by big directors and companies. Because of this, he went on to do work for the films such as;
- 'North by Northwest' in 1959.
For decades after, Bass's status fizzled out a little and he was not getting as many major jobs from as big directors with as high budget. However, nearer the end of his career, he was revived by both Martin Scorsese and James L. Brooks as they were so inspired by his work as they were growing up. This refreshing time in Bass's career allowed him to work on big films once again, such as;
- 'The Age of Innocence' in 1993
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