Your brain on Drugs.

Observations:
Video 1:
- Very commercial voice
- An egg being dropped in a sizzling pan
Video 2:
- Girl is very serious
- Clothes look a little bit old/tattered

Intended Audience: Teens on drugs or thinking about getting on drugs

Tone: The tone in the Egg Video is a little less violent than the second one.

Context: In the second video, the image of a teen celebrity could appeal to one if they knew what show she was from and so forth. I for one do not exactly remember her, but the video still appeals to me because of the examples she gives of what the drug can do in various places in one’s life.

Purpose: I believe the purpose is the same in each; it is just that one is more descriptive. The purpose is that drugs can not only ruin your life, but also affect others around you.

Effectiveness: To me the second one is more effective because she describes more in detail what happens under the influence. The first one is good if you look deep into it, but sometimes people can see something easier if they do not have to think about the purpose, just listen.

Inferences:

Video1:
- The commercial voice seems like it means they are just informing you about what drugs can do to your brain
- They wanted to paint a picture in your head of what your brain looks like on drugs by cooking an egg.

Video 2:
- The girl looks serious, like she has seen what happens to people on heroine. Her emotions come out.
- Her clothes look a little old possibly because she is in a family that the drug heroine affects.

The affect of drugs is happening all over the world. In the first video, the commercial voice talking to the audience of teens and possibly, adults, is kind of casually informing them of what a brain looks like on drugs. It is like cooking your brain and by painting that picture in one's brain, could help them look the other way if ever offered any drug. It is very descriptive if one thinks about it, but hard if you just look at it and walk away which brings me to the second video. The girl in the video starts off with a very serious attitude. She then get very violent with the pan describing the affects on your life on drugs. She does not only talk about the user, but also the people and things around the user. It seems in the commercial, that she could have experienced a loved one on the drug heroine and is taking all of her anger out with the pan. The second commercial is definately geared toward teens so that they will not use, but also possibly to people who do use and could have someone in their life in the same position as the girl. To sum it up, the first commercial is very informative while the second one is very descriptive in every aspect.

Observations:

1) The picture was taken from a distance.

2) Colors: Blue ceiling

Red, yellow, and orange banner hanging from ceiling

The performers outfits seem to be colors ranging from red to orange

3) A circle of marchers standing on the rim of the stage

4) It looks like something is comming down from the banner with red lights.

5) In the audience, it looks like there are screens in front of everyone's faces.





Inferences:

1) Since this is the closing ceremony, this image could have been taken from a distance to get the whole scene of what was happening with the dancers and marches, as well as to see the attention of the audience.

2) The streamers hanging from the ceiling have a unique design on them beggining with yellow and transitioning to red. This could partly represent their culture and the detail they put into things. But also the performers outfits match so it was seriously taken into consideration before hand. I think China wanted everyone to know that they were ready to take on the responsibility of hosting the Olympics.

3)The screens in front of the people in the audience look like TV screens showing the performance, but I am not sure. I think China wants to show that they are advancing with technology, possibly faster than we are (seeing that in our auditoriums we don't have screens at each seat). I could be wrong though.


China went out on a limb to take on the responsibility of hosting the Olympics. They built a whole new building with advanced technology as well as extravagant props/decorations to go along with the performance. When i think of the colors red, orange, and yellow, I think of fire. China could have been saying very blodly that they were ready to host the Olympics. They also incorporated the marchers and dancers colors very well with the banners.

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