Manners of Death

Title Sequences

I researched the various ways in which death occurs in the movies for which Saul Bass created the opening title sequences. Watching the films online provided me with the necessary information. Bass was an American graphic designer and Oscar-winning filmmaker, best known for designing motion-picture title sequences, movie posters, and corporate logos.

Artefact Design

The final design was inspired by Saul Bass's title sequence for the movie 'The Anatomy of Murder'. Using the human body parts as buttons, I intended to display information about the manners of death used in Saul Bass' films between 1956 and 1991.

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Fig 6. Manners of Death Visual References.
Figma Application

As part of my testing, I tried a variety of fonts that might be appropriate for the headings. I was seeking a typeface that would be easy to read in a paragraph. As a draft layout thumbnail sketch, I sketched out how I would like the application to be designed. When it came to the typography, I tried to find a typeface that closely resembled the style of Saul Bass. The Hitchcock typeface was suitable for my titles. Matt Terich designed the typeface as a tribute to Bass' iconic title sequence lettering.

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