“I want everything we do to be beautiful. I don’t give a damn whether the client understands that that’s worth anything, or that the client thinks it’s worth anything, or whether it is worth anything. It’s worth it to me. It’s the way I want to live my life.

I want to make beautiful things, even if nobody cares.” – Saul Bass – Source [Drawn].

In this edition of Graphical Inspiration we are showcasing some of the best movie title designs ever made and all of them are from the pioneer of movie title sequence designing, Saul Bass.

Saul Bass (May 8, 1920 – April 25, 1996) is an American designer and filmmaker who is considered as one of the pioneers in Graphics Designing. Even if he was a multi-talented graphic designer who excelled in every diverse creative projects that he undertook – be it the designing of movie posters, logos or any other designs – his main contribution was in the revolutionizing of movie title sequences. Until then the designing of movie title sequences where so dull and bland but Saul Bass changed it all and made movie titles an integral part of the film.

He experimented and created title sequences matching the whole essence of the movie and it paved the way to the modern day high-tech and design wise satisfying movie title sequences. Saul Bass created more than 50 movie title sequences and has extensively worked with legendary movie makers like Otto Ludwig Preminger, Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese and Stanley Kubrick. Saul Bass worked the magic of conveying the theme of the movie right in the title sequence itself by making the sequence a logical extension of the main movie. He used animated figures, typographic plays and live movie action to create these artistic wonders.

What makes his works renowned is the fact that Saul Bass worked in the original realms of designs. His works were fresh, innovative and revolutionary.

Carmen Jones – 1954

The Man With the Golden Arm – 1955

The Seven Year Itch – 1955

Around the World in eighty days – 1956

Vertigo – 1958

Anatomy of a Murder – 1958

Spartacus – 1960

Exodus – 1960

Ocean’s Eleven – 1960

Walk on the Wild Side – 1962

It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World – 1963

Bunny Lake is Missing – 1965

The Facts of Life – 1960

Hope you enjoyed this compilation of wonderful movie title sequences from Saul Bass. Convey your thoughts and other resources, which you find exciting about Saul Bass by dropping in a comment.

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