Star Wars vs. Saul Bass

[bhilmers]

@robotdevicehuman Insutling? Gee, I wouldn't go that far. It's just a fun mash-up I did one afternoon. Silly me for thinking a premier art critic such as yourself would understand it's not a serious investigation of his work. The mood is all wrong (I know the mood is wrong because I know his work). Did you even catch the horrible spelling error in the video Mr. Smarty-Pants? Thanks for watching anyway, haha.

[noidea26]

never heard the song before, but i could tell it was buddy rich from the first second.

[phuturephunk]

This still puts a smile on my face.

[highergroundcreative]

Nice work! Saul Bass & Star Wars, you can't go wrong!

Gets a huge thumbs up from us lot here at Higher Ground Creative.

[tjustleft]

that was excellent :)

[AirJanzen1]

LOL, nice!!!

[IbenStark]

Cool, reminded me of Cowboy Bebop.

It made me laugh though when the Millenium Falcon appeared looking like someone giving a two fingered salute.

[roboshuffle]

Too bad you spelled "starring" wrong.

Otherwise a great video. I love Saul Bass!

[matt543284732]

This is great!!!!!

[ravenkike]

MAn.. your are GREAT. Terrific job, full understanding of the Saul bass work and a cool work with Star wars. CONGRATULATIONS!!

[rodolforeverbegins]

Dude you have to make the intro for THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK!

[redepoch76]

I didn't know what to expect at first... but... I LOVED IT!!!

[Starcastle2009]

Hey that was brilliant. While I was at Pyramid Films I worked on "Bass on Credits". What a thrill just to be in juxtaposition to a real genius.

[TheJomogogo]

OK check out Saul Bass's work on "A Walk On The Wild Side" opening sequence/credits , worthy of Michaelangelo.

This is a good reproduction of what Bass might have done for a "B" movie, but it doesn't do justice to his genius.

[bobbygnosis]

I would've watched this movie (Star Warfare is it?).

In my head it would've been like Cowboy Bebop without cowboys.

[TheSnowballEarth]

Hmmm... needs Han Solo walking up at the beginning then shooting his blaster towards the screen. But I guess that would be a bit obvious.

[TheSnowballEarth]

Hmmm... needs Han Solo walking up at the begining then shooting his blaster towards the screen. But I guess that would be a bit obvious.

[mrgarymakin]

Cool!

[thaxdouglas]

someone's been watching too much adult swim

[CoolbreezeB]

Very nice job. One suggestion, you should look up a CD by The Trotter Trio called Sketches of Star Wars. Jazz trio interpretations of the John Williams themes. The main title arrangement would fit this montage like a glove, though you'd likely have to re-edit. If you're interested and can't find the recording, feel free to Email me.

[bhilmers]

@CoolbreezeB Had I known this at the time, I might have used it. I won't go back to edit this project, but I'll look for that music. Thanks.

[harrynicholas]

Delightful. Staring(!) Alec Guiness? tut tut. Made me smile all the same.

[ConcordantMind]

lmfao!

[agnernai]

the fun question here is: If you played this on a giant CRT projector with standard separate R, G, B lenses, and the Blue was broken, how would the images above change?

[bhilmers]

@agnernai Is that a serious questions? All the white would be yellow, and probably some loss of overall luminosity. That's pretty much it.

[joebradio]

nicely done

[zebratailproductions]

very very GOOD JOB!!

[charliewecker]

This is fucking beautiful!

[musicom67]

STARING ALEC GUINNESS???

ohhhhh Typos can so make a great production look amateur... :(

[bhilmers]

@musicom67 Well, I'm an amateur, so this is about what is should look like.

[misfitforyou]

@bhilmers check...

[taffysaur]

@bhilmers hahaha, brilliant!

sick burn.

[siandrasejfullai]

haaah,this was great :D

[nicthu]

I don't think you know the meaning of "vs." And is Saul Bass that old guy on Ocean's Twelve??

[Gnillob802]

This was excellent, great job. I do need to mention that Saul Bass died in 1996 and worked on titles up until that time so this might have been what Star Wars looked like if Saul Bass did the opening sequence in 1977. Among Saul Bass' notable titles in the 90's were the Martin Scorsese films Casino (1995), The Age of Innocence (1993), Cape Fear (1991) and Goodfellas (1990).

[nicetauntauns]

Awesome!!!

[nikkowhite]

this is not good at all!

[bhabooshka]

you try it or try to appreciate who tried it. or just stfu.

[nikkowhite]

hater bitch, were taking you to the left.

[bhabooshka]

were taking me to the left??

[nikkowhite]

dum bitch! ''we'' obviously doesn't mean including you!

[bhabooshka]

are you on grass? what are you talking about?

[nikkowhite]

Oh God, It's like talking to a monkey. Don't you get It? : /

[bhabooshka]

lol dude no, I don't get it.. atleast not "were taking you to the left" part.

[nikkowhite]

lol, It's ok hun. :D

[bhabooshka]

yeah just tell me what you meant. So I can use it to.

[nikkowhite]

ok bb, ''were taking you to the left' basically means were taking you <============ to the hater section, k.

and btw lol our comments. :D

[bhabooshka]

what? I don't get it.

lol jk jk..actually should've take YOU to the left lol, I liked this video..

haha i know, our comments xD

[nikkowhite]

yeah, I'm slowly warming up to the video. It seems cool.

It reminded me of The Incredibles, lol :D

[bhabooshka]

alright our comment strip officially stops now. (may be :p)

[nikkowhite]

ok bb, baboosh. lol that was fun. ; )

[steeveedee63]

Awesome! I love that. And great song, too. Gonna have to download that one! Thanks...

[nameofthepen]

Wonderful job! Loved watching. Thanks. :-)

[jkfromcincty]

Very clever. But, it's not quite up to Bass' work for Hitchcock and Scorsese.

[TagalasReloaded]

looooool funny idea 5*

[quangaroo]

Stupendous!!

[chicocurtis]

KUDOS!!!!!!

[rollotomasi1964]

...This is fantastic...humourous...knowin­g and expertly made...the music is also spot on....well done from Northern Ireland...

[TheFranc77]

AWESOME!!!!

[InspiredFilm]

Fantastic. Reet enjoyed that

[tweedlebeetles]

None of the cantina aliens? Man. Oh well.

[bhilmers]

Yeah, I should have put them in there instead of Max Rebo, who wasn't even in A New Hope (a mistake pointed out to me right after I turned the assignment in). I didn't do a lot of thinking when I made this, heh. Thanks for watching.

[TheDarkPotatoe]

LOVE IT :D

[NeuroHead]

That is..wow!

I LOVE YOUTUBE!!! =)

[BirdieButter]

Freaking awesome.

[insanecowboy]

That's fantastic.

Nice job

[fuddyboi]

good idea but poorly executed

[mercapri302]

Awesome.

On a side note, Governor/Grand Moff Tarkin is one of the most underrated villains in film history. Nice touch putting the Death Star on his icon.

[trinke69]

Inmejorable.

[Germeka]

Hehe, awesome!

[KReePe]

Sweet Concept.

[jgmiksi]

I added my video response, it is Kill Bill vs. Saul Bass! I hope that you like it.

[isazc]

Great work! what's the name of the font you used???

[diarmuiddallat]

brillant, simply brillant

[MrM3RO]

Wunderbar, magnifique....ou pas...ooder nicht.

[machain1996]

shit I lose mi time

[JavierKrumholtz]

That`s cool man!!

[ebf1957]

Cool opening. Would like to see the opening of "The Sopranos" done in the style of Saul Bass.

[takeadvantage225]

haha! amazing! Studying saul bass and kyle cooper in class at collge at the moment. Nice work!

[Myuutantobasuta]

Snazzy

[dickie1066]

fab!!

[CoreyTheNerd]

Cool, I saw this printed in an oldish issue of Star Wars Insider.

[bhilmers]

oh wow, neat. I never knew. maybe I'll try and find a copy of that issue.

[CoreyTheNerd]

May/June 2008 pg. 13

[bhilmers]

sweet. just grabbed a copy of eBay. thanks for being on top of stuff man!

[CoreyTheNerd]

You're welcome!

[caprashireata]

very good, i like it

[skama2001]

soberbio!!!!!!!

[martinfilmworks]

As Saul's producer on Casino, Age of Innocence and AT&T, I must say that this is fantastic and you should be very proud.

[fedtho]

Thumbs up and hats off, this is BRILLIANT, I LOVE it !

I thank you for paying a tribute to Bass: there can't be too many of them!

On a personal note, <our choosing Star Wars for the ocasion makes me an even happier man ;-)

Cheeeeeeeeeers !!!

[pvx]

Very nice, great work, you've captured Saul's milieu quite well...!

[RadioactiveReviewsTV]

The design and animations is awesome in this. Great work.

[creolefreak22]

This is Excellent!

[ElMuvimaiker]

great hommage to Saul Bass!

brilliant!

[stickyfixer]

Brilliant

[Tweekki]

awesome. just plain awesome.

[surveyjake]

This is one of my favorite YT videos of all time. Flat-out genius.

[jaspnaruto]

jajajajajaja XD. Good

[durhay]

Wrong Star Wars universe band!  That guy is from ROTJ.

[bhilmers]

I know man, I'm pretty embarrassed about that mistake. And the spelling error too. Oh well. Thanks for watching!

[km9OOO]

Yes, he's aware of the errors in the video, but chose to leave them because the video is still enjoyable. (More info)

[km9OOO]

Surprisingly awesome. Reminds me of Tom Whalen's retro Star Wars posters (look 'em up on Google). Funnily enough, WIlliams did a jazzy score for his first movie, Daddy-O (as seen on MST3K)

[bhilmers]

oh wow, I never knew that. thanks!

[RJM1011]

NICE !

I like that.

[TheNamelessSpaniard]

Supercoolsville!

[ZenFilmsUK]

Nice work. That's really cool.

[Dimethios]

You nailed it! Great job!

[GamerUnleashed]

great XD End = FLASHY

[mtamarcelo]

fantastic

[pixelcurious]

Spot-on.... I love it!

[luciremagazine]

This is brilliant—have not enjoyed a YouTube video as much as this one for some time!

[AnkleEye]

DAN PERRI did Star Wars!! Not Saul Bass!

[jammygamer]

Oh my God that was brilliant!

[badabing1551]

FANTABULOUS

[allertonoff2]

Laughed so loud fell off my chair Frickin' SUPERB !

[bsporkens]

Fantastic!!!!!hahahaha!!! Congratulations...

[baskervillain9]

This is badass. Great, great work! I'm in a Film & TV design class right now, we are also working on film titles. I don't have mine up yet, it's not done, but I do have a kinetic typography animation and would appreciate any feedback. Again, awesome job. Very Saul Bass.

[martinthegnome]

FABULOUS!!!

This is one of the more inventive mashups I have seen, and I love the art style used - works great with the music!

[EmpressDR]

I love it! Saul Bass is one of my heroes! Yay! I'll watch everything else you have!

[AgentH53]

Cool, reminds me of the opening of the movie "Monsters Inc"

[jonnybiggzy]

good sequence but bass would never design it like that

[Nija419]

Then i dont think you know Bass!!!

'Yes he would...

[allenu]

Well done! Very clever.

[TheHoldingCoat]

Funny and very well done!

[sawith65]

fantastic!!!

[artjames77]

God Job. Very Cool

[twooffour]

LOL, the Death Star looks like Ike from South Park :)

[spaceawesome22]

this is crazy...nice work

[goback3spaces]

I was never wild about the original STAR WARS, and so I didn't bother to see any of the sequels or prequels. (Whatever.) I'm amused by the hilariously inappropriate re-take of the title sequence of a movie that I thought was overblown to begin with.

[twooffour]

So scrolling a text with a short prehistory in front of the screen is "overblown" as opposed to opening credits?

Are you sure you're gonna call this a "retake"? Have you even seen the movies?

[Readalfa]

Hehe, I like this.

[Titusatreides]

GREAT!

[GERARD0forever]

Is an excelent PARODY OF THE Saul Bass Main Sequences.

[mikekearn]

Awesome take on Star Wars. I always did like that opening style. Kind of corny, but fun and upbeat.

[uwi2]

Awesome!

[aiwala]

Pretty cool!

[uwi2]

Cool indeed!

[mikulecm]

incredible. well done.

[benjit06]

nice, really funny to

[DjKratos101]

LOL

[rafael632]

HAHAHA thats brilliant work right there. It's so true though Saul Bass did the same corny crap no matter what movie his Title sequence was for.

He really is very over rated that title sequence does not fit star wars at all but it is EXACTLY what Saul Bass would of done.

Hahhaahaha really good work man, it's funny to see someone take the piss out of Saul Bass he really was lame looking back

[kenjammin]

Why do you think Saul Bass is lame? Because it doesn't have visual pyrotechnics? Do you need some laser to go with that?

[thisonerightMFhere]

It does not matter what product you are trying to promote, within any industry cheese or corny crap as you have phrased it sells.

[rafael632]

You honestly believe this is a better promotional tool then the original Star Wars into? If thats the case sorry but your a damn fool

... this is a parody, that simple.

[ganpondorodf]

boo-hoo leave star wars alone guys!

seriously, grow the fuck up. star wars isn't the be-all and end-all.

[wastedkila]

read the fucking description ass clown. it was for a school project for fun. fuck off with stupid comments. do some research, saul bass "could" have had an idea similar to this.

[KCSCougar]

awesome job

[jenzontheroad]

Am howlin' here!! Too funny....thanks! You my night!

[vickymonte]

excellent!

[silas1981]

shit is hilarious!!!

[mindxplosion]

wow

[DMaustrap]

LMAO!! Great!

[panchogeisse]

esta esupides es solo unos creditos

[beholder9000]

well done.

[avantgardener3]

Genius! Well done.

[orinationx3]

0:54...seizure-tastic! =P

[weswally1]

This is rough, ugly design, I'm sorry

[torpcomics]

Although i disagree, i hope you at least know who Saul Bass is.

[rchan0]

This definitely has style. Kind of reminds me of the closing credit sequence at the end of The Incredibles also.

[enzo83sr]

Right on!

[stonelenny]

Saul Bass would aproved the highly story efficient, immersive original opening by Dan Perri. But some people may think SW doesn't have an opening, because it doesn't have persons names. It is by design. Search Dan Perri on IMDB.

An opening sequence serves the movie not the reverse, not a fancy alleged "style".

Don't qet me wrong autor of this animation, but it's not a design oriented work. And Bass was one of the greatest designers of the past century, not simply a stylist.

[raposofan]

Oh dear God and holy fistula of Our Lady of Graphics, I could die happy right now seeing this. My Last Will & Testament: when I expire, melt my bones, skull and flesh into gelatin and compress it into the acetate that would have comprised this fucking brilliant title sequence.

[Tamborman99]

LOL fuck ya!!

[davezbox]

Absolutely brilliant!

[Lelatsgirl]

Ooops, I forgot, everyone is a critic...

[stonelenny]

What do you mean everyone? I'm a bachelor teacher of Motion Graphics Design for 8 years, and I have a master degree in Motion Graphics Design. And you?

[Lelatsgirl]

1- Never never display rot-90 on TEXT.

2- Line drawings are excellent and appropriate.

3- Color scheme: Insufficiently warm for a romantic comedy. But ok for a first draft.

4- Timing and beat: Bass excellent.

5- Concept: High

[stonelenny]

Concept High? Showing there's someone inside the robots and the creaures? A star names based opening for a phantasy story (of mostly and propositally unknown actors)?

Totally uneffective as an opening. There's no design concept in this (pretty for sure) animation exercise.

That's what Saul Bass would never done, a pastiche of itself. The visual solution obviously apropriaded for "Anatomy of a Murder" (anatomy, paper cuts spliced... duh), of one of his 60 openings, the only with figure cut-outs..

[bhilmers]

Wow, you guys are way too serious. This is a fun juxtaposition of culturally influential elements, but is still essentially a parody of both. You obviously don't get if if you think this is trying to pass for any kind of high art. Your analyzation is wasted. Go be boring somewhere else.

[stonelenny]

Of course I got it as pastiche. I was criticizing Letasgirl comment on the concept. The comment is on her's comment on design values, not on it as an amusement or on yours intentions.

Seems that you only likes to read the praise.

Go YOU post your videos somewhere else if you can't stand the debate.

I hope you are not a animation but not design student, or YOU and your teacher that doesn't got the point about motion graphics design.

[stonelenny]

I hope you are a animation student (because you are a good one for sure) but not a design student, or YOU and your design teacher that doesn't got the point about motion graphics design.

And I'm talking about design, not "high art".

To serve the story is not "high art".

[bhilmers]

Sorry, I was in a bad mood when I posted. I'm usually much more positive (if you read all the comments I've posted here). Thanks for your comments though. Actually, I dropped out of art school because I thought it was dumb. Art is not dumb though.

[Daraghkenny]

Wow!

I'm very impressed.

Very well observed - a radical juxtaposition of influences

I want to see more of your work

[davidwraith]

bad ass!

[JediElderNishmo]

Sounds like something from "The Incredibles"

[freakheavy]

pretty fuckin' cool, except for the music and williams not having his own card

[viontas]

how a way to remake a classic... you got it my friend...

[VirtualVikki]

Amazing!

[Vrod2112]

I love this!