opening credits analysis

i looked at the opening credits of the disney pixar movie 'Monsters Inc'. this opening sequence includes lots of colours and shapes that move and overlap etc. this connotes a happy theme and suggests the film may be a cartoon before it starts as it seems childish and colourful. it also shows things fixing together and joining to make something work, whilst showing a what seems a childrens cupboard and then a monsters mouth. this suggests that the film could be scary to children and it also introduces the monster idea very early on. in this opening sequence, the credits of this film flow on and off the screen in a similar way, one after the other. this influenced us when making our credits as i noticed we could use that idea and be creative with it. it also gave us the opptunity to include stock motion in our film as well. these credits suggest the theme of the film by revealing different ideas such as the monsters, a chase or something being hidden because of all the doors. we chose to do our opening credits using scrabble as it is associated with the idea of being a family game and the closeness and fun that it produces. we use this as a contrast to our film concept, as the opening of our film suggests lack of family support and help as it shows the secrets that go on with the young girls and the man and nothing being done about it because nobody knows. from looking at this i have realised that the colours, fonts and animation of the credits is all very important in connoting ideas for the rest of the film.