Monsters Inc

What does it look like?

If we look at Monsters Inc. as a graphical sequence, we can see simplicity in delivering the message that Monsters are using doors as portals (As demonstrated by the copious amounts of doors within the sequence, and creatures diving in and out between the doors, as if they are portals). The bright colour scheme is enticing and aesthetically pleasing for the audience and keeps them hooked for the minute the sequence runs. From a technical POV, the sequence is simple in the sense of the main movements are positioning movements (The majority of the sequence with doors moving in arches and moving up and down and across the screen) and colour changing of the door when the key hits it (00:17 - 00:18).

Why does it look this way?
The sequence looks the way it does, to encapsulate the audience, mainly children, with the bright colours and to give the audience a taste of what is to come with the introduction of doors and monsters coming in and out of the doors. This plays on the conventions of a child's nightmare: monsters in the closet, and makes it nice and inviting with the jazzed up tune, to introduce the idea that the monsters in the closet aren't actually bad at all and are just doing their job.

The bright colours are also placed in the sequence to further keep the attention of their main target audience of children, despite the film being loved by all.

is it affective?

The sequence is an affective way to introduce the idea of monsters in the closet, and to start the idea that monsters aren't all bad at all with the previously mentioned jazzed up music and bright colours.