Research into Saul Bass

Saul Bass & Kyle Cooper

Saul Bass

• An award-winning film maker
• Best known for design on animated motion picture films
• He designed title sequences included:

1. It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world
2. Casino
3. Goodfellas
4. Cape Fear
5. The age of Innocence
6. North by Northwest
7. Psycho

Kyle Cooper

1. Modern designer of motion picture title sequences
2. He created the title sequence of American crime film:

• Se7en
• Flubber
• Spider-man 1 & 2
• Tropic Thunder
• Dawn of the Dead
• The Mummy
• Zoolander
• The Orphan

"Kyle Cooper is one of the most innovative film designers since Saul Bass."

What I noticed about Kyle Cooper's work "Se7en"

• Doesn't give away the plot at all
• It gives the audience a lot of internal unanswered questions
• Mainly Enigma codes.
• No dialogue
• Doesn't show any characters.

What I notice about Saul Bass' work "The Man with the Golden Arm"

• Enigma codes mainly
• No characters are shown
• There are no clues to the plot
• No dialogue
  

I noticed that the techniques that they used were very similar which meant you could tell whether a film was made by them or another film maker.