I had felt for some time that audience involvement with a film should begin with its first frame. — Saul Bass Copy Share Image
There's nothing more damaging than an irate moviegoer who hasn't seen what the film trailer promised. — Saul Bass Copy Share Image
I'm a filmmaker and I intend to continue making films of all kinds, in any manner, shape, or form - short or… — Saul Bass Copy Share Image
I shattered the notion that a movie had to be advertised with realistic elements from the story. — Saul Bass Copy Share Image
My position was that the film begins with the first frame and that the film should be doing a job at that… — Saul Bass Copy Share Image
Somewhere along the line a convention developed that the opening of a film was just a laundry list of credits. There was… — Saul Bass Copy Share Image
My view... was that something could happen during the credits that could help the film, so that the establishing shots aren't carrying… — Saul Bass Copy Share Image
My initial thoughts about what a title can do was to set mood and the prime underlying core of the film's story,… — Saul Bass Copy Share Image
The very first pieces of film that I did were really graphic designs translated to film. Graphic designs that moved. That was… — Saul Bass Copy Share Image
If the titles are treated in a straightforward way, nobody is really interested. The theory is that in those two or three… — Saul Bass Copy Share Image
I saw the title as a way of conditioning the audience, so that when the film actually began, viewers would already have… — Saul Bass Copy Share Image
Somewhere down the line, I felt the need to come to grips with the realistic - or live action - image which… — Saul Bass Copy Share Image
In TV the main purpose is to have them keep their hands off the dial. In movies, where you have a captive… — Saul Bass Copy Share Image
My initial thoughts about what a title can do was to set mood and the prime underlying core of the film's story,… — Saul Bass Copy Share Image
I began as a graphic designer. As part of my work, I created film symbols for ad campaigns. I happened to be… — Saul Bass Copy Share Image
When I provided the disembodied arm as the logo for 'The Man With the Golden Arm,' it was the first time an… — Saul Bass Copy Share Image
For the average audience, the credits tell them there's only three minutes left to eat popcorn. I take this ‘dead’ period and… — Saul Bass Copy Share Image
Dishonesty in trailers is more than a moral issue, it's a practical one. If you don't deliver in the film what you… — Saul Bass Copy Share Image
There is nothing glamorous in what I do. I'm a working man. Perhaps I’m luckier than most in that I receive considerable satisfaction from… — Saul Bass Copy Share
When a well-known creative person such as me is perceived to have created a knockoff of my own previous work, such a perception is… — Saul Bass Copy Share
I began as a graphic designer. As part of my work, I created film symbols for ad campaigns. I happened to be working on… — Saul Bass Copy Share
Dishonesty in trailers is more than a moral issue, it's a practical one. If you don't deliver in the film what you offered in… — Saul Bass Copy Share
All fliers have some concern about flying. Some handle it by 'flying' the plane. They're 'raising' the wheels, 'making' the turns and so on.… — Saul Bass Copy Share
Sometimes when an idea flashes, you distrust it because it seems too easy. You qualify it with all kinds of evasive phrases because you’re… — Saul Bass Copy Share
I've watched Spike Lee's career with interest, and he seemed to be striving for an original and moral point of view. — Saul Bass Copy Share
There's nothing more damaging than an irate moviegoer who hasn't seen what the film trailer promised. — Saul Bass Copy Share
The very first pieces of film that I did were really graphic designs translated to film. Graphic designs that moved. That was a very… — Saul Bass Copy Share
My position was that the film begins with the first frame and that the film should be doing a job at that point. — Saul Bass Copy Share
Sometimes clients have a sophisticated view of their design problem, sometimes they do not. I often spend time with the client redefining the problem,… — Saul Bass Copy Share
I want to make beautiful things, even if nobody cares, as opposed to ugly things. That's my intent. — Saul Bass Copy Share
