Momoco created an abstract, almost austere title sequence for a psychological thriller with an unconventional story. According to title designer Nic Benns you only get the idea behind this sequence once you've seen the film.

Benns: “This sequence abstractly represents a scene in the movie where the girl searches the house for clues of a dead body. Here, the red square searches and exposes the cast and crew hidden behind invisible surfaces and walls - abstracted cupboards, curtains and a zen garden. The square moves in a slightly unnerving, naively confident way, in sympathy with the girl's pychotic state of mind. The sequence also reflects the strong minimalism of the movie's visual style. It's a really peaceful sequence, which is good, because an hour later there were people fainting and walking out of the cinema due to the intense psychological terror!"

Momoco is a "multi-disciplinary design and live action studio" in London specializing in title sequences for film and television, commercials and music videos.

Momoco UK was founded by Nic Benns and Miki Kato. Creative director Nic Benns graduated from Cambridge University and moved to the US to study film at Cal Arts, where he met Kato. Kato came from Japan to attend Cal Arts to study an MFA in Graphic Design.

Momoco has been designing title sequence since 1996, starting off in L.A. at Imaginary Forces and yU+co, before setting up Momoco in L.A. and London in 1999. Sister company Momoco L.A. (Harold de Jesus and Marcel Valcarce) rebranded in 2005 to become inMotion Studios.

Momoco wrote, produced and directed the short science fiction movie, Copelia, which was released in 2010.

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Full credits

Director (film)
David Slade

Title designers and animators
Miki Kato & Nic Benns

Music
Molly Nyman

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