12 - Film Titles / Credits

WARNING: There will be spoilers for the Wall-E  film that these credits come from in this entry.

The above is the outro credits to Wall-E, an animated film by Pixar Studios.

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In the credit sequence, we see Wall-E and Eve, two robotic characters from the movie, wandering around the surface of Earth after it's recolonization.

In the movie, we see Earth depicted as a place that has been neglected and completely covered in the waste of humanity. Because of the inhospitable conditions of the planet, only robots could remain on the earth. In the end credit sequence, two robots that we follow throughout the movie are seen spending time on the earth as it makes the slow transformation back into a living planet.

The end sequence presents us with a feeling of attachment to the story that deepens the movie even as the credits roll. We are shown the result of the events that transpired in the film, extending out hundreds of years (evidenced by the size of the trees seen in the sequence, such as the one above). Further, we grow more attached to the characters that we came to care for throughout the film, watching snippets of their 'lives' through long periods of time shown in the credits.

All of this is accomplished using animation that resembles paintings, which improves upon the quality of the entire credit sequence. because of the painted imagery, we are left with a feeling of artistic connection to the animators of the film. Because of the stigma in our society of the the long history and refinement of painted artwork, we are given the impression that the animators have shown us a piece of history - that they have presented us with a legend rather than only an animated film.

All of these changes are brought in by just the credit sequence. It is impressive that such a short piece of the movie can change the entire feeling of the film so dramatically, but it is an undeniable effect when viewing the movie as a whole.