Monsters Inc. Title Sequence

This is a title sequence from the animated movie Monsters Inc. Which is basically about monsters, in a monsters world, that live of going into kids bedrooms scaring them and use their screams to fuel their city with electricity. It might sound scary but trust me this is a feel good movie. The way they get to the kids is that in there factory ‘Monsters Inc.’ the have door, hundreds of doors, that leads them directly to kids bedrooms. Hence the doors that are portrayed in the title sequence.'

I’m not quite sure who has designed this title sequence, but whoever it was, they were definitely inspired by Saul Bass. You can even compare it to “The Man With The Golden Arm”. They both start out with the sound of a high hat, and continue with jazz music. There is also a lack in continuity in where the text might pop up and what kind of font it is written in. In ‘Monsters Inc.’ It is written different times each way and quite childish because it is a movie for children. There are also a lot of colours, this is probably if you aren’t that old to relate to the words, there is more to look at.  

There is a mix between the non diegetic (Jazz) and the diegetic sound, for example at 0.26 in the sequence where the monster screams. From 0.31 is a good example of how the picture follows the sound and the beat of the music. This whole title sequence ‘prepares’ and represents what you are going to see in the movie. With all of the images of the doors, combined with the kids’ closets and the monsters roaming around the letters. At 1.23 the music switches from the up beat jazz to a piano before it switches from the sequence to the actual movie.