White writing contrasts the grey background. Then, parts of the body begin to appear and cover up the director's name. Possibly indicating that the director is the centre of the creation, he is the main body of the film.
Music, again, introduces the change of shot of the scene, there is a 'dum dum dum' of the music beat, which changes the shot of the entire body, to just a close up of the heade in 3 very quick stages. First, the whole body disappears, leaving just the head. Secondly, the head flashes from its original placing, to a centre screen close up. The beat strikes the third time, and now ther head contains the name of the 'head' actor of the film.
This format for title sequence, presents that, although the director is the main body of the film, it is made up of the whole crew, and in putting the main characters nane in the head, it is ironically representing his lead in the film.
It's a Mad Mad World
Saul Bass' opening for 'It's a mad mad world' is a very lengthy opening, lasting approximately 4 minutes. Saul uses hands of the same design a lot in his opening titles. The circular object is used to represent many different things in the opening, such as an egg, a tin being opened etc, this could represent the many different things that come out of this world.
In many points of this opening, something is trying to break free of the object, but is repeatedly being pushed and shoved back in, this may represent an oppression of society not allowing people to part themselves from the mass of everyone around them and the conformities.
Ocean's Eleven (1960)
Upon analysing Saul Bass' opening of the 1960 Ocean's Eleven, it is clear to see the use of the basis of the plot in the title sequence. Throughout the title sequence, Saul has used parts that relate to a casino and gambling, as the film's plot is a heist of a casino. He uses the dots that make up each picture, which represent the big city lights of cities such as Las Vegas, the gambling city lights.
