Opening title sequence from notorious movie, nine hours to rama, about the political side of mahatma gandhis assassination. During his 40year career bass worked for some of hollywoods most prominent filmmakers, including alfred. May 8, 1920 april 25, 1996 was an american graphic designer and academy award winning filmmaker, best known for his design of motion picture title sequences, film posters, and corporate logos. If you are browsing for 16 channel sequences, it most likely because you are new to this, so. Title sequence designed by saul bass, from the film nine hours to rama 1963, directed by mark robson, starring horst buchholz, jose ferrer and valerie. See more ideas about saul bass, bass and title sequence. This approach is like a paint program where pictures are created by painting pixels on a canvas. Nine hours to rama depicts the life of nathuram godse the assassin of mahatma gandhi. Saul bass on his approach to designing movie title sequences. Posted 9 hours ago just received my holiday cora 4 arch kit rgb pixel ribbon, and this is my first dabble with rgb, can anyone share a sequence with arches either xmas or halloween so i can get a look on how its done sorta any help will be appreciated. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. My initial thoughts about what a title can do was to set mood and the prime underlying core of the films story, to express the story in some metaphorical way. Nine hours to rama nine hours to live 9 hours to rama nonusa format, pal, reg. Welcome to the awesome world of light o rama i have taken snippets portions of my best sequences and compiled them into a title show.
I would add only that the film is based on a book of the same title by eminent us india historian stanley wolpert. Title sequence designed by saul bass, from the film nine hours to rama 1963, directed by mark robson, starring horst buchholz, jose ferrer and valerie gearon home 19201924. In these titles i came to grips with what i think is the. The lighto rama sequence editor is a tool used to create sequences, which are files that contain commands to be sent to controllers to produce various lighting effects to turn lights on and off, make them twinkle or shimmer, fade up or down, and so forth after creating sequences with the sequence editor, they can be grouped together into shows, using the show editor. The rest is made up of complete title sequences from a decade of his output up to the mid1960s. Saul bass movie poster for nine hours to rama saul bass posters. Now go to editselectrows, this will select the entire 8 rows without doing a move to the end of the sequence.
Among his most famous title sequences is the animated paper cutout of a heroin addicts arm for premingers the man with the golden arm. Nine hours to rama is 1963 british film, directed by mark robson, that follows a fictionalised nathuram godse in the hours before he assassinated the indian. Light o rama christmas sequence 16 channel title show. The opening sequence was made by sean bass who makes one of the best unique opening sequences as. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. How godse planned the assassination is shown in the film. Like that of midcentury graphic design legend saul bass, who was the king of the film poster and title sequence.
The ticking of an oldfashioned pocket watch symbolizes the final hours, minutes and seconds of this great mans life. Ironic that nine hours to rama came out the year of the assassination of our president in america. Illustrative to design and cinema students and for curios like nine hours to rama, but otherwise it simply whets the appetite for a full blown bass documentary and retrospective. I have not generally minded, in a general sense anyway, the casting of white people as other races. The sequence is designed around 68 channels and 32 pixels but looks good even if only 16 channels andor 8 pixels are used. Light of christmasowl city featuring toby mac sequences. Nine hours to rama is about the nine hours which preceded the assassination of mahatma gandhi. The subject of the film was a jazz musicians struggle to overcome his heroin addiction, a taboo subject in the mid1950s. The program will include preserved 35mm title sequences of. Saturday night, walk on the wild side, nine hours to rama, west side story, cape fear, age of innocence, casino. Nine hours to rama is a british film, we really liked the opening sequence despite it not being scifi and decided to recreate that idea in our own piece with the borrowed clock. Nine hours to rama is mark robsons twohour gandhi snuff film, a wellmeaning, sometimesskillful fictionalisation of the assassination of mahatma gandhi, gone awry in its own commercialism.
Carmen jones 1954 the big knife 1955 the seven year itch 1955 the man with the golden arm 1955 around the world in eighty days 1956 vertigo 1958 anatomy of a murder 1959 north by northwest 1959 spartacus 1960 psycho 1960 oceans eleven 1960 west side story 1961 walk on the wild side 1962 nine hours to rama 1963 its a mad. By taking a clock an ordinary object an subjecting it to an unrelenting examination i hoped to create an intensification of ones awareness of each moment. The man with the golden arm 1955, west side story 1961, walk on the wild side 1962, its a mad mad mad mad world 1963, seconds 1966. Graphic design saul bass inspired nine hours to rama. Saul bass title sequences the movie title stills collection.
Jongdae byun, rusty currier, sebastiano daprile, tim hoffman, dan kruse, daniel millen, mark nazal, sam perez, yinglei yang additional gfx. First bachelor thesis the title sequence angelika schneider. This sequence has the following built in 160 channel. Like the manchurian candidate, nine hours to rama was deep sixed for a while. Saul bass powerful title sequence for the man with the golden arm changed the way directors and designers would treat the opening titles. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of. As film scholar ravinder singh pointed out in a paper in the economic and political weekly, this is where the image is actually from. Elaine designed title sequences alongside saul bass for more than 40 years, and employed diverse filmmaking techniques from bunrakustyle maneuvers in spartacus 1960, live action sequences in walk on the wild side 1962, nine hours to rama 1963, the victors 1963, seconds 1966, grand prix 1966 to timelapse photography in the age of. He had the ability to grasp the very essence of a film and present it in such a way that in an opening sequence lasting just a few minutes he could convey the atmosphere and premise of the film to come. Nine hours to rama is 1963 british film, directed by mark robson, that follows a.
Bass talks about the evolution of his thematic title sequences and the design of these visual statements. Bass became widely known in the film industry after creating the title sequence for otto premingers the man with the golden arm 1955. How he became a hindu activist who unfairly blamed gandhi for the killings of thousands of hindus by muslims is. Bass also provides fascinating insight into some of his lesser known titles. Select the first cell in the number of rows you want to copy, ie 8 rows. The opening titles fade in, and you know youre in for a journey.
This can be seen in walk on the wild side 1962 where an ordinary cat becomes a mysterious prowling predator, and in nine hours to rama 1963 where the interior workings of a clock become an expansive new. In nine hours to rama, a film about the assassination of mohandas k. His end title sequence on west side story is one of the finest examples of his. Saul bass was the master of the title sequence, working on such films. Chapter 38 saul bass, and the art of film title sequence. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. In the last chapter i defined the criteria for a main title analysis.
Top kodi archive and support file community software vintage software apk msdos cdrom software cdrom software library. This is nine hours to rama 1963 art of the title by maksim arbuzov on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. This official lighto rama certified sequence was designed and programmed by an experienced, award winning creative working in close harmony with the lighto rama staff. Starting promisingly with a snazzy saul bass title sequence, in which malcolm bridge on the river kwai arnold provides authenticsounding to me, anyway indian music, the movie gets. Mark robsons 1963 hollywood production nine hours to rama, a heavily fictionalised account of the plot to assassinate gandhi based on stanley wolperts 1962 novel of the same name. Grand prix 1966, nine hours to rama 1963, the victors 1963, in harms way. The titles for nine hours to rama and walk on the wild side appear to. Lesser known but still potent, nine hours to rama stands out for its. Jon fitzsimons, levi ahmu, nate jess cg supervisors. Load the sequences, and wait for the traffic to line up around your block. The man with the golden arm, north by northwest, psycho, vertigo, tonko, grand prix, war of the roses, goodfellas, mr. Styles 2010s, archive photography, digital, main title.
Basss idea was to use the title sequence as a medium to set the emotional mood of the story the viewer was about to experience. Saul bass by allen ray october 24, 20 saul bass may 8, 1920 april 25, 1996 was an american graphic designer and academy award winning filmmaker, famous for his design of motion picture title sequences. On the surface level, the primary purpose of title sequences is to accurately credit the cast and crew, or even more simply, to give the films title. The titles for nine hours to rama and walk on the wild side appear to be a further extension of the medium. Nine hours to rama 1963 its a mad mad mad mad world. And definitely see it conjunction with bhowani junction and. Bass decided to create an innovative title sequence to match the films controversial subject. Saul bass filmography show list info saul bass 19201996 is the legendary title designer of classic movies such as the man with the golden arm, spartacus, west side story, goodfellas, casino, and several hitchcock movies.
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