Harvard System of Referencing

I have decided to do some research in to the Harvard System of Refferencing for my essay. There is a website that outlines the particular rules depending on the type of source

Website: http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/harvard.htm?harvard_id=60#60

I will be using largely webs sources so the rules for using resources on the web are:


For websites found on the world wide web the required elements for a reference are:

"Authorship or Source, Year. Title of web document or web page. [Medium] Available at: include web site address/URL(Uniform Resource Locator) and additional details such as access or routing from the home page of the source. [Accessed date].

National electronic Library for Health. 2003. Can walking make you slimmer and healthier? (Hitting the headlines article). [Online] (Updated 16 Jan 2005)
Available at: http://www.nhs.uk.hth.walking [Accessed 10 April 2005].

N.B. the URL should be underlined
The title of a web page is normally the main heading on the page.

It is good practice to keep a copy of the front page of any website you use."

Leaflet: Changes

After getting some feedback on my leaflet I decided to make some changes. I changed the position of the hands so that there is a hand at the start and a hand at the end of instead of them being randomly placed. I went to get it reprinted yesterday and am much happier with the results.

Essay Research 3

More research for my essay. I have noticed some contemporary work that has been influenced by Saul Bass' work. The film 'Before the Devil Knows You're Dead' has a logo featured on movie posters that seems heavily influenced by Saul Bass shape style, typography and use of colour. The straight edged and off angle lines are very similar to Saul Bass' work seen in the horns and tail, as well as the simplistic use of basic colours (red, black and white).

Essay Research 2

Researching for my essay I have looked at other sources. The IMDB (Internet Movie Database) has a list of all the films by Saul Bass and all the films he worked on.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000866/

Here is the list for all of the films that he produced title sequences for:

1. Psycho (1998) (title designer)
2. Casino (1995) (title designer)
   ... aka Casino (France)
3. A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995) (TV) (title designer)
4. Higher Learning (1995) (title designer)
5. The Age of Innocence (1993) (title designer)
6. Mr. Saturday Night (1992) (title designer)
7. Cape Fear (1991) (title sequence by)
8. Doc Hollywood (1991) (title designer)
9. Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991) (title designer)
10. Goodfellas (1990) (title designer)
    ... aka GoodFellas (USA: promotional title (video box title) (poster title))
    
    
11. The War of the Roses (1989) (title designer)
12. Big (1988) (title designer)
13. Broadcast News (1987) (title designer)
    
    
14. The Human Factor (1979) (title designer)
15. Alien (1979) (title designer) (uncredited)
    ... aka Alien: The Director's Cut (USA: director's cut)
16. That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) (title designer)
17. Rosebud (1975) (title designer)
18. Phase IV (1974) (title designer)
    ... aka Phase Four (UK)
19. Such Good Friends (1971) (title designer)
    
    
20. Grand Prix (1966) (title designer)
21. Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966) (title designer)
22. Seconds (1966) (title designer)
23. Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) (title designer)
24. In Harm's Way (1965) (title designer)
25. The Cardinal (1963) (title designer)
26. The Victors (1963) (title designer)
27. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) (title designer)
28. Nine Hours to Rama (1963) (title designer)
    ... aka Nine Hours to Live (USA: alternative title)
29. "Alcoa Premiere" (title designer) (1 episode, 1962)
    - Flashing Spikes (1962) TV episode (title designer)
30. Advise & Consent (1962) (title designer)
31. Walk on the Wild Side (1962) (title designer)
32. Something Wild (1961) (title designer)
33. West Side Story (1961) (title designer)
34. Exodus (1960) (title designer)
35. The Facts of Life (1960) (title designer)
36. Spartacus (1960) (design consultant)
    ... aka Spartacus: Rebel Against Rome (USA: poster title)
37. Ocean's Eleven (1960) (title designer)
38. Psycho (1960) (pictorial consultant) (title designer)
    
    
39. North by Northwest (1959) (title designer)
    ... aka Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (USA: complete title)
40. Anatomy of a Murder (1959) (title designer)
41. The Big Country (1958) (title designer)
42. Vertigo (1958) (title designer)
    ... aka 'Vertigo' (USA: poster title)
    ... aka Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (USA: complete title)
43. Bonjour tristesse (1958) (title designer)
44. Cowboy (1958) (title designer)
45. The Pride and the Passion (1957) (title designer)
46. Saint Joan (1957) (title designer)
47. The Young Stranger (1957) (title designer)
48. Edge of the City (1957) (title designer)
    ... aka A Man Is Ten Feet Tall (UK)
49. Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) (title designer)
    ... aka Michael Todd's Around the World in 80 Days (USA: complete title)
50. Attack (1956) (title designer) (uncredited)
51. Storm Center (1956) (title designer)
52. Johnny Concho (1956) (title designer)
53. Trapeze (1956) (title designer) (uncredited)
54. The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) (title designer)
55. The Big Knife (1955) (title designer)
56. The Shrike (1955) (title designer)
57. The Seven Year Itch (1955) (title designer)
58. The Racers (1955) (title designer)
    ... aka Such Men Are Dangerous (UK)
59. Carmen Jones (1954) (title designer)
    ... aka Oscar Hammerstein's Carmen Jones (USA: complete title)

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There is also a list of the films he directed:

1. Quest (1983)
2. The Solar Film (1980)
   
   
3. Notes on the Popular Arts (1977)
4. Phase IV (1974)
   ... aka Phase Four (UK)
   
   
5. Why Man Creates (1968)
6. The Searching Eye (1964)
7. From Here to There (1964)

This shows that not only was Saul Bass a title designer he was also a movie director, but directed significantly less movies that he produced title sequences for. He is also credited on IMDB for producing several movies and contributing to more credited as visual effects or in the art department.

Essay Research

The Essay is a large part of the project and before I begin I need to research my artist and time period in more detail to build up enough resources to base my essay on. Luckily, Saul Bass is a very popular artist who's work can be found all over the place, although nothing contemporary as he is now dead. There is of course the examples of his work in films and posters as well as information written about him.

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Firstly I will look at Wikipedia which has a large article on the life of Saul Bass including the films he has worked on.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Bass

"Saul Bass (May 8, 1920—April 25, 1996) was an American graphic designer and Academy Award-winning filmmaker, but he is best known for his design on animated motion picture title sequences, which is thought of as the best such work ever seen."

The last part of this is pure opinion, but it is widely know that his title sequences were considered at the time to be something special because he was trying to turn title sequences in to something more than a formality.

"During his 40-year career he worked for some of Hollywood's greatest filmmakers, including most notably Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese. Amongst his most famous title sequences are the animated paper cut-out of a heroin addict's arm for Preminger's The Man with the Golden Arm, the text racing up and down what eventually becomes a high-angle shot of the United Nations building in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest, and the disjointed text that raced together and was pulled apart for Psycho."

This is some information as an overview of his career and some of the most popular films he worked on. It also makes mention of the specific aspects of his title sequences that were special.

"Saul Bass was born in May 8, 1920, in New York City. He studied at the Art Student's League in Manhattan until attending classes with Gyorgy Kepes at Brooklyn College. He began his time in Hollywood doing print work for film ads, until he collaborated with filmmaker Otto Preminger to design the movie poster for his 1954 film Carmen Jones. Preminger was so impressed with Bass’s work that he asked him to produce the title sequence as well. This was when Bass first saw the opportunity to create something more than a title sequence, but to create something which would ultimately enhance the experience of the audience and contribute to the mood and the theme of the movie within the opening moments. Bass was one of the first to realize the creative potential of the opening and closing credits of a movie."

This is some information on his education and early life. It shows that from an early age he was interested in film as he worked in Hollywood (initially just doing print work). It also shows how he got his foot in on the industry by making the poster for Carmen Jones and impressed the director so much that he asked Saul to produce the title sequence as well.

Poster and Leaflet: Printing

Today I travelled to Brighton to get my poster and leaflet printed. Thinking about costs I did some web based research and discovered a shop in Bright called Blow Up who did A3 printing will full bleed by printing on slightly larger paper and trimming it down to A3.

Website: http://www.blowup-printing.com/

I supplied them with a PDF of my A3 poster, and 2 A4 PDFs of the back and front of my leaflet which they printed on the same piece of paper. Before going to get these printed I discovered they offer a student discount so I was able to get my leaflet printed for only 50p and my A3 poster for £1 costing a total of only £1.50.

Research: Saul Bass

I have decided to choose Saul Bass as the subject of my time capsule so I will be undertaking more detailed research in to who he was and his work. From previous projects and experiences with his work I know he was a very talented designer in the 50s and 60s (and even later) who revolutionised movie title sequences. The first title sequence I ever saw of his was for Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece 'Psycho' which I watched a couple of years ago. Although not obviously not as technically impressive by today's standards it still stood out to me as something that was special for the time period (1960).

I will now look and find more information about him. According to Wikipedia:

"Saul Bass (May 8, 1920—April 25, 1996) was an American graphic designer and Academy Award-winning filmmaker, but he is best known for his design on animated motion picture title sequences, which is thought of as the best such work ever seen."

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Bass

This shows he died fairly recently at the age of 74. I didn't know that he was also a film maker and not just a graphic designer which shows his creativity was not just limited to title sequences and print. It also offers an opinion that he is thought of as one of the best title sequence designers, which I think justifies him as a worthy topic for the project.

The first title sequence he worked on was for Otto Preminger's film adaptation of the musical Carmen Jones. Not only was the film considered to be edgy as it featured largely an African American cast [1] and the title sequence stood out as being something special, where before title sequences were not seen as an area for creativity. He also worked on many other famous films such as The Man with the Golden Arm, Anatomy of a Murder, Psycho, West Side Story, Oceans Eleven and even on more modern films such as Goodfellas. [2]

Here are some of his movie posters:

Box Completed

I have completed the box portion of the project. The box is the time capsule of the project and holds all of the other elements so I built it early so it can hold all of the other parts as I make them. I had to use 2 sheets of card, because although the sheets were very big I couldn't fit the lid on the same piece of card so I had to use a second piece. The end result is a sturdy box that is more than capable of holding the other parts of the project. Here are some pictures:

New project: Time Capsule

I have begun a new project called Time Capsule where I must make a time capsule, except I am designing the box and it's contents in the style of an art movement from the past. I will use this blog to record research in to art movements and artist to help me make a decision, then research this in more depth.