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Title Sequences: Saul Bass' Hitchcock Titles


The three title sequences Saul Bass created for Alfred Hitchcock:
Vertigo (1958), North By Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960).

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Video: Saul Bass title sequences



The great graphic designer Saul Bass (1920-1996) though having created many well-known logotypes and posters, is mostly know and remembered for his work with movie title sequences (IMDb). This is a collection of the few I found on YouTube. My thanks to those who uploaded them. If you find more or upload more please let me know.

"My initial thoughts about what a title can do was to set mood and the prime underlying core of the film's story, to express the story in some metaphorical way. I saw the title as a way of conditioning the audience, so that when the film actually began, viewers would already have an emotional resonance with it."[1]
Check this site out for great screenshots from other of Saul Bass' title sequences and this one for screenshots of other great titles.

Design: Förtexter designade av Saul Bass











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Titles Designed by Saul Bass

"Saul Bass (May 8, 1920 - April 25, 1996) was a graphic designer, but is best known for his design on motion picture title sequences, which is thought of as the best such work ever seen.

During his 40-year career he worked for some of Hollywood's greatest filmmakers, including most notably Alfred Hitchcock, plus Otto Preminger, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese. His most famous title sequence is probably the animated paper cut-out of a heroin addict's arm for Preminger's The Man with the Golden Arm."

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En annan avancerad site tillägnad Saul Bass och hans gärning. Där hittar man även denna möjlighet att själv få klippa den berömda duschscenen i Psycho.












Filmaffisch till "The Man with the Golden Arm"

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