Around the World in Eighty Days by Michael Anderson; a series of images put together into a title sequence as an introduction created by Saul Bass.
I feel most strongly in simply my personal opinion that the distinctive style in the background, selection/format of images and text does not appeal to me very much. I personally have always had a postive feeling for textual graphic images which overtly communicate techniques and experimentation with traditional media; although my interest in digital stylised artwork is gradually increasing. However I do feel there is a possiblity that he choose to work in this particular style because it personally appeals to him in a positive way and is trying to reflect the original plot and storyline of 'around the world in eighty days'.
But as I gradually viewed the sequence from image to image; I quite liked the rhythm of the sequence reminded me of basic referances to short animation and typical movie opening sequences which are quite distinct in terms of style and visual communication. Although I previously mentioned that I did not like the basic format of the text and images; I actually thought also that the images displayed in terms of their purpose and reasons for being displayed were quite surreal; in other words I did not understand their relation to the plot of the sequence at first. The style of the images in the sequence as shown above remind me of traditional drawings produced in the victorian times; from magazines such as PUNCH.
Images obtained from: www.notcoming.com/saulbass
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