Saul Bass paid video tribute with Google doodle on his 93rd birth anniversary

American graphic designer Saul Bass has been given a video tribute by Google in the form of a doodle, on the occasion of his 93rd birth anniversary.

The doodle features a video showcasing some of the best film credits designed by Bass. The elaborate video is a mix of these credits in sequence set to the tunes of Unsquare Dance, a musical piece written by the American jazz composer Dave Brubeck. He has been credit for designing some of the most acclaimed film credit sequences for film makers like Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese and movies like Carmen Jones, Man With the Golden Arm, Psycho and Vertigo, among others. His last work was Martin Scorsese's Casino.

Saul Bass was born in 1920  in Bronx, New York (US). He studied at the Art Students League part time and attended night classes at Brooklyn College. He started his career in the 1940s with print work for film ads. He got his first break in 1954 when he designed the movie poster for filmmaker Otto Preminger's Carmen Jones. Preminger asked Bass to also design the credit sequence for the movie. He then worked with veteran film-maker Alfred Hitchcock for creating credit sequences for movies like North by Northwest, Vertigo, and Psycho. He also contributed to the visual design of many of these films.

His credit sequences were revered for their innovative approach. In fact before he started working, credits were mostly projected on cinema curtains.


Bass also designed some of the most iconic company logos including logos for AT&T, United Airlines and Quaker.

Bass died in Los Angeles on April 25, 1996 at the age of 75. 

Bangalore v Pune, IPL 2013:Gayle's century all records

Ø  Gayle's 175 not out is the highest individual score in all Twenty20 matches,

Ø  Royal Challengers' total of 263 is the highest by any team.

Ø  This is only the third occasion a batsman has scored 150 or more in an innings - the previous ones were by Brendon McCullum (158 not out in IPL's opening game in 2008) and Graham Napier's 152 not out for Essex against Sussex in June 2008

Ø  Gayle's century took all of 30 balls, which is four balls quicker than the previous record - Andrew Symonds' 34-ball effort for Kent against Middlesex in 2004. The previous-quickest in the IPL had been Yusuf Pathan's37-ball effort for Rajasthan Royals against Mumbai indians in 2010.

Ø  His half-century came off 17 balls, which equals the fastest in the IPL - Adam Gilchrist had scored one off 17 balls against Delhi Daredevils in 2009.

Ø  Gayle struck 17 sixes, the most in an innings in Twenty20 matches, the previous record was 16, by Graham Napier when he scored that unbeaten 152.

Ø  The only player to score 100 runs in sixes alone in a Twenty20 innings.

Ø  Gayle's 11 centuries in this format is more than twice that of the next-highest: David Warner and McCullum has five each. In the IPL alone he has four hundreds, twice as many as the next-best.

Ø  The maximum number of balls between a four or a six for Gayle was nine, between overs 8.6 and 11.2 (immediately after he reached his century), during which period he scored five singles and four dot balls. The most successive dot balls he played were two.

Ø  Overall, the difference between the runs scored and balls played in Chris Gayle's innings was 109, which is the first instance of the difference being more than 100 in a Twenty20 innings. The previous-highest difference between the runs scored and balls played was 95, by Namibia's Louis van der Westhuizen against Kenya.

Ø  Dilshan was completely overshadowed, but his partnership of 167 with Gayle is the highest for the first wicket in the IPL, going past Dwayne Smith and Sachin Tendulkar's 163 against Royals in 2012, and the joint fourth-highest for all wickets in the IPL.