IDD 400 Analysis of 'The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio'

"The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio" was another film that the main title sequence was done by Imaginary Forces. The music in the background sounds very light and natural. It has a very light melody to it. The background of the title sequence is an old piece of paper with water stains on it. The animation is simple and seems more like a slide show. The text for the credits are done the 1950's script-like font as well as a wide serif font. The main actors are done with the script type font for their first name and the serif font for their last name. The other credits have the job description in the script font and the names in the serif font.

The beginning of sequence has coins falling, but they aren't falling smoothly. They start in one location and then fade to a slightly lower location to give the illusion that they are falling. The fades are slow and smooth. Then there are bunch of kitchen appliances that appear and then all line up next to each other. The kitchen appliances are from the 1950s. Then other things start to fill the screen such as the coins being stacked, old radios, and other vintage items. There are other words that say, "Win," "Prizes," and "Enter Now" giving it the feel of a contest that you should enter because these are things that you could win. Then the title of the film appears with the screen filled of what looks like luggage, radios, cameras, and a record player peels away from the middle in a slow fade revealing the title. The title has the word 'Prize' in three different colors and in all uppercase letters to keep in the scheme of things. Eventually, old contest flyers that appear for many different contests that could be won. At the end all the items that could be won are showed on the screen and slowly start fading away one by one until the last item left is a chair with the director's name next to it for the last credit. The chair is still on the water stained, old sheet of paper background.