Opening Credits
Opening credits usually follow in this order:
Production Company Presents
Production company
Distributor
Title
Starring/cast
Casting Director
Music composer
Costume Designer
Associate Producers
Editor
Production Designer
Director of photography
Executive Producer
Producer
Writer
Director
The order of the credits are determined by the guide rules- SAG, DGA, WGA and other unions.
(RW)
Production Company Presents
Production company
Distributor
Title
Starring/cast
Casting Director
Music composer
Costume Designer
Associate Producers
Editor
Production Designer
Director of photography
Executive Producer
Producer
Writer
Director
The order of the credits are determined by the guide rules- SAG, DGA, WGA and other unions.
(RW)
Saul Bass
Saul Bass was a graphic designer known for creating his own motion title sequences, film posters and corporate logos. He worked with many directors during his career including 'Psycho'(1960) director Alfred Hitchcock and 'The Shining' (1980) director Stan Kubrick. His most famous work is in 'The Man With The Golden Arm' (1955) with the heroin addict's arm is a paper cut-out, when in 'North By Northwest' (1959) where the credits are seen racing up and down and what eventually becomes a high angle shot of a skyscraper and the disjoined writing in 'Psycho' (1960). The significance of the work of Saul Bass is huge, as opening credits beforehand were just projected onto cinema curtains. However because of Bass' work, they were part of the film. Mini-films and animations that told a story were a focus of his work, such as in the 1958 film 'Anatomy of a Murder' (1958) film 'Around the World in 80 Days' and especially when he introduced familiar territories in an unfamiliar ways, in the 1962 film, 'Walk on the Wide Side', where an ordinary cat transforms into a growling panther. Towards the end of his career, Saul advanced into computerised effects, in such films as the famous gangster film 'Goodfellas' (1990), 'Cape Fear' in 1991, 1993's The Age of Innocence and his last production in 1995, 'Casino'.
In the last decade, notable homage has been paid to Bass in 'Catch Me If You Can' (2002), and 'X-Men First Class' (2011) .
(GH)
Saul Bass was a graphic designer known for creating his own motion title sequences, film posters and corporate logos. He worked with many directors during his career including 'Psycho'(1960) director Alfred Hitchcock and 'The Shining' (1980) director Stan Kubrick. His most famous work is in 'The Man With The Golden Arm' (1955) with the heroin addict's arm is a paper cut-out, when in 'North By Northwest' (1959) where the credits are seen racing up and down and what eventually becomes a high angle shot of a skyscraper and the disjoined writing in 'Psycho' (1960). The significance of the work of Saul Bass is huge, as opening credits beforehand were just projected onto cinema curtains. However because of Bass' work, they were part of the film. Mini-films and animations that told a story were a focus of his work, such as in the 1958 film 'Anatomy of a Murder' (1958) film 'Around the World in 80 Days' and especially when he introduced familiar territories in an unfamiliar ways, in the 1962 film, 'Walk on the Wide Side', where an ordinary cat transforms into a growling panther. Towards the end of his career, Saul advanced into computerised effects, in such films as the famous gangster film 'Goodfellas' (1990), 'Cape Fear' in 1991, 1993's The Age of Innocence and his last production in 1995, 'Casino'.
In the last decade, notable homage has been paid to Bass in 'Catch Me If You Can' (2002), and 'X-Men First Class' (2011) .
(GH)