Title Research: Monsters Inc

 The selected title sequence for this blog is "Monsters Inc" from "www.artofthetitle.com". 

- What titles are displayed during the opening sequences?

The first title to be depicted is the production company which is Walt Disney Pictures. After that they show many doors to correlate with the movies. The last title shown is the title of the movie. 


 - What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?

The images that are prioritized in the opening sequence are the monsters and doors. These images are shown several times during the sequence because it plays a major role in the plot of the movie. 


 - What connotations do these images carry?

These images can carry a horrifying connotation. Monsters are commonly used in horror films and are used to scare an audience. This can mislead the audience to thinking its an horror film rather than a comedy.


 - How does the film establish a feeling of the genre from the outset?

This film does very poorly at establishing a feeling for a comedic genre. If there was more laughter or colorfulness then it would be recognized as a comedy rather than horror. 


 - What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience?

The strategy used to appeal the target audience is the animation and the monsters. The monsters are usually depicted as scary and these monsters look friendly. This showed that its not for an adult audience. The use of animation was also used to generate an audience of young adolescents since animation is commonly used. 


 - How has technology been used effectively? You want to consider camera angles, transitions and editing techniques.
The technology was used very effectively in both the sequence and the film as a whole. The details in the animations really shows the hard work that the production crew put in. There were many transitions and visual effects used. Just to name a few...wipe, slow motion, and jump cuts. 

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