The title sequence of Ocean’s Eleven (1960), designed by Saul Bass, captures the essence of the film and gives audiences a glimpse of the plot. It begins with moving dotted pixels across the bottom of the screen. From the first formation, orange pixels move to form the number one. The movement of the dots correlate…
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) is about a rich billionaire who orchestrates a bank robbery and the love affair that transpires between himself and the female detective that is trying to charge him for the crime. I will attempt to keep my discussion and analysis in order of appearance during the sequence and separate the…
There aren’t many films as weird as Gaspar Noé’s 2009 psychedelic melodrama Enter The Void. In the span of 161 minutes, the viewer lives the life of a drug dealer in Tokyo after he is shot and killed by police. He experiences his past, present and future through a series of DMT inspired out…
Rome is a British-American-Italian television series that aired on HBO from 2005 to 2007. The historical drama created by John Milius, William J. MacDonald, and Bruno Heller had a cast featuring some real historical figures, but the protagonists are two soldiers who find their lives intertwined in key historical events leading to the rise of…
The opening title sequence for Iron Man uses specific elements of graphic design to set the tone that is consistent throughout the course of the film. Tony Stark, aka Iron Man, is a superhero with a large ego, that always provides action and excitement. The title sequence gives the viewer the mood that one would…
Noah Weaver Bibliography – Yuko Yamaguchi Yuko Yamaguchi was born in Kōchi, Japan on October 24th, 1955. She began seriously drawing in the later part of her high school years, where she won a local art competition with a poster she made containing a cute pink character. She later studied Industrial Design at Joshibi…
The project that I chose to do by Aubrey Beardsley is “The Peacock Skirt”. It is now in the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University since 1943. It was made in 1893, and this type of artwork was a huge factor during the time. It was made with pen and ink before being reproduced as…
The project that I chose to do by Aubrey Beardsley is “The Climax”. The Climax is an 1893 pen and ink illustration. Beardsley’s style was influenced by Japanese woodcuts, but instead of doing it on wood he did it on paper making it slightly different. This depicts a scene from Oscar Wilde’s play Salome, in…
The opening title sequence for Blue Valentine uses very distinct graphic design elements to portray the mood of the film. The film itself is about the challenges of love, it flashes back and forth between two young people falling in love, and their current unhappy marriage. The film portrays a mood of both love and…
The artist I have chosen to do for Who’s Who in Graphic Design is Aubrey Beardsley. Aubrey Beardsley was the son of Vincent Beardsley and Ellen Agnus. He was born on August 21st in 1872 in Brighton, England. His family was middle and upper class origins although his dad lost all of his fortunes when…
This project by Saul Bass is the title sequence to the movie North by Northwest. It was designed in 1959 when the movie came out. It was created for the director of the movie Alfred Hitchcock. Alfred Hitchcock was an important director at the time, directing movies like North by Northwest, Vertigo (which Saul also…
This project by Saul Bass is the poster for the movie The Shining. It was created for the workers and cast on the film. It was created in 1978, where he created five different designs. Although you might believe that this was easy and that everyone loved Saul Bass’s work, many of his designs for…
Movement, lighting, and sound are three important factors that contribute to the audience’s experience and interpretation of the show “Salem” based around the main titles alone. These elements serve to set the tone of the show, reveal important main plot points, and help preface the pace of the drama within the show. Movement plays a…
The designer I chose to research about was Saul Bass. Saul Bass was born on May 8th, 1920 and he was a graphic designer who was well known and worked very well with designing film posters and title sequences for movies. He was born in Bronx, New York from European Jewish immigrants. He was known…
The movie opening title sequence I chose to analyze is Casino (1995). The opening shot of the title sequence is static white type on a black background, much like the type shown in silent movies from our lectures. The typeface itself is reminiscent of type from the art deco period, tall and narrow letters with…