To have or not to have; a director's personal thought on becoming a single mom.

A documentary is a great medium that can be used to reflect some interesting aspects of many lives in reality. The director Anne Catherine Hundhausen who is a former graduate of Hunter College, brings her latest documentary called Single Choice: Many lives. This brilliant film tells the director’s search for an answer on becoming a single mother by undergoing procedure called donor insemination. Ann Catherine is sets out on a journey to interview some women who have had (or having) children via donor insemination. She also meets people who are the creations of this procedure. The film explores either side of the main subject: pro or con, advantages or disadvantages. The director herself is in her mid thirty woman who have experienced many monogamous relationships with men and failed to have a family with any one of them. She, like many other women out there, is tired of being in a relationship and getting married. Therefore, becoming a single mom is an option for her. Because, all women want to be mothers which can be the most precious thing to do as a woman. The more they wait, the less chance they will have become pregnant due to fecundity which is likely reduced as women are getting old. The topic also concerns about women’s anxieties of getting old without having any family in our society. However, Ann Catherine gives the audience (especially women) a chance to examine our role or true  identity of being a women, with her insightful and easy to grasp work of art.

The earliest credit sequences were for silent films. Presented on title cards and containing printed material that were photographed and later incorporated into the movie. These cards also included the dialogue and set the time, place and action for the scenes. As the movie industry evolved, so did the titles. After the achievement of sound, titles began to function as a transition: taking on the responsibility of displaying the movie's title, the name of the director and establishing the hierarchy of actors. In the 1950s, titles began to move beyond realistic communication and evolved into complete narratives, establishing the mood and visual character of the film.

Since then, the creation of film titles have changed dramatically. During the 90s a new wave of designers have elevated the art of film titles to a new phase desktop motion graphics. As technology of desktop computers advance at a rapid pace, design companies are able to create visually stunning motion graphics that had been by a big production house in the past. With faster processors and affordable compositing and editing softwares, designers assume a greater control in creativity.
Saul Bass was the industry's pioneer. His work spans 50 years, 60 films and dozens of corporate projects, with his most famous achievement of the storyboards for Psycho's shower scene also being his most controversial.

Saul Bass