Showing posts with label saul bass. Show all posts
Showing posts with label saul bass. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

main titles!



Here are some of my favorite opening credits from the movies! What are yours?  Check out the cool site Art of the Title too!

Adventures in Babysitting


American Gigolo


The Birds


The Blob


Catch Me If You Can


Charade


Clue


Drive


The Graduate


Grease


Jackie Brown


Midnight Cowboy


North By Northwest


Psycho


Saturday Night Fever


Shaft


The Towering Inferno



Vertigo



Young Adult

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

saul bass


























The genius opening for "Mad Men" [watch here] has got me thinking about Saul Bass. The graphic designer was the innovator of this style. He was able to capture the essence of the film and its era with the design of his titles and images. The dizzying opening of North By Northwest matched with Bernard Herrmann's rousing score is a particular standout of his work. His influence is still seen today in the title sequences of Fight Club and Catch Me If You Can and in the graphic design of posters (such as Burn After Reading and Precious). Here is a sampling of his work.


Vertigo



Ocean's 11



The Man With the Golden Arm



Anatomy of a Murder



Cape Fear



Casino