![]() ![]() The keyhole pulses again and the shapes rearrange themselves into a simple door, which opens on a closet and then opens again to revel a roaring cartoon mouth. This keyhole is placed at the bottom of the screen but then as the shapes disappear the keyhole pulses as the sequence changes into the simple shapes which make a pram, this gives us an inside to the fact that children are involved in the story opens with very simple 2D shapes including a green upside down keyhole. In my opinion however, the switch to a 2D style is able to better present the epilogue (Again with the clever usage of various kinds of art styles we have grown to be familiar with throughout history), it is most certainly more eye catching for the audience as well with the switch in style.The title sequence for Monsters Inc. Reasons for why they decided to use 2D animation instead of 3D for the closing sequence are also quite interesting, aside from the fact that it is apparently cheaper to execute, the graphic nature of the text seemingly works better with more 2D features, and the distinct change from the film's 3D animation to 2D is supposedly able to keep around a few more people in their seats even after the credits are rolling. The idea behind the sequence's presentation was to make it seem like one of those enormous art history books, while the starting might have been easy, naturally the issue was what art to show (I remembered dealing with the same issue when working on my Context in Practice animation…), and so a timeline had to be planned since everything expectedly became all over the place, there was also the issue about how certain kinds of art was associated with particular artists.Ī lot of consideration was taken into the design of this title as the animation team had also worried about the audience questioning their choices in art styles, especially when it comes to the Renaissance (Jim Capobianca quotes:"Are we saying that the Axiom Humans had another Da Vinci?"), and so they had to start referring to each section as a period and had to find an iconic style to represent that time in art which inevitably became associated with a famous artist of that time. While I am well aware of how many people have stated their dislike for the environmental message the film is practically trying to shove into their heads (I kid you not, I have been hearing about this even when the film first came out 6 years back), you cannot deny the warm feeling you will get inside for the optimistically presented title sequence at the end (And it is so clear how much was put into it as well). There are just some films that need a stronger conclusion, Wall-E just so happens to be one of those films (As quoted by end title sequence director Jim Capobianca: "The main goal of the credits was to finish the story"), the animation is notably done in a variety of styles ranging from stone age cave paintings to impressionists paintings (With 8-bit sprites ironically popping up on the sides of the credits after, seeing that it is considered the most primitive sort of computer graphics), to obviously showcase how human civilization is able to start all over again as they work together to restore Earth and its environment. ![]() The colors used are positively fiery and exciting (While not as colorful as the ones used for Monsters, Inc.), matching well with the retro style that is used throughout the film, really strong shades of red and blue are used to contrast deeply with the solid black used for most of the figures shown in the sequence (The characters tend to be shown as silhouettes most of the time, and if not, only one or two extra colors are added in for details such as the hair or clothing). While the vector style might seem plain to some, it especially works and matches the setting and tone of the film, in fact such a style seems to make it seem all the more dynamic than a more detailed art style would. The style that is used is based on the graphic style that emerged at the beginning of the 50s, it also almost looks pop-artish in a way, with the modern and slick elements used. While one font seems to be used throughout, it is played around a lot in terms of colors, effects and of course sizing. A comedy superhero film written by Brad Bird (Known for directing The Iron Giant), the film focuses on a family of superheroes who are forced to hide their powers and live a quiet suburban life, of course things do not remain as they are when Mr Incredible is one day given the chance to relive his glory days by a mysterious woman known as Mirage.Īs the film is a clear homage to 1960s comics and films (It always helps when a film has a pretty fixed setting, or at least a really solid inspiration behind it), it probably wasn't all that difficult figuring out the design for the title sequence, dynamic is one way to put it, awesomely retro is another way to put it.
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