If there was a Godfather --or a God send--for movie title intro’s it would be graphic designer Saul Bass.
Inspired by a book of images from 19th-century French mathematician Jules
Antoine Lissa jous, Bass created Hitchcock’s intro to “Vertigo.”—his first intro.
In his lifetime (May 8, 1920 – April 25, 1996) Bass worked with a number of famous directors (Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger, Stanley Kubrick, and Martin Scorsese). His intro’s created a since of direction and mood for the viewer, not to mention making reading the credits much more exciting. Even the music was better coupled with Bass’s straight lines, jagged spiraling swirls, and quick pauses. The New York Times reports composer Elmer Bernstein saying, “The great thing in working with Saul is that your music never got a better break.”
But the praise doesn't stop there! They also have Martin Scorsese saying this of Bass's titles,
“They made the picture instantly special. And they didn’t stand apart from the movie, they drew you into it instantly. Because putting it quite simply, Saul Bass was a great filmmaker. He would look at the film in question, and understand the rhythm, the structure, the mood — he would penetrate the heart of the movie and find its secret.”
But the praise doesn't stop there! They also have Martin Scorsese saying this of Bass's titles,
“They made the picture instantly special. And they didn’t stand apart from the movie, they drew you into it instantly. Because putting it quite simply, Saul Bass was a great filmmaker. He would look at the film in question, and understand the rhythm, the structure, the mood — he would penetrate the heart of the movie and find its secret.”
Enough said.
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