Wednesday 10 March 2010

SAUL BASS



Saul bass was a graphic designer and also an award winning filmmaker. Bass is most famous for his animated title sequences. He has worked for some of the greatest film makers in Hollywood.

He studied at Brooklyn College in the Art student’s league. He started designing prints for films adverts, then he made a film poster for “Carmen Jones” with the filmmaker Otto Preminger. After that Preminger was impressed so he let Bass design the title sequences for the film. Bass used this opportunity to make something amazing, which he did making become known in the industry.

After making some film title sequences, he moved away from it to start using computerized titles and his first computerized title sequence was Casino 1995

Some of the most famous things that he designed were the sixth AT&T Bell System logo; he also created the AT&T’s “globe” logo. Another famous thing he designed was the Continental Airlines 1968 “jet stream” logo which now the most known airline logo of the 1970s

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