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Alcohol and Binge Drinking Review

What were the biggest things you learnt while completing this task?

Before completing this task, I knew that binge-drinking was obviously a bad thing to do, however now that I have done it I realise how badly it can affect you and your life. Some of the things I have learnt from this assessment include how alcohol effects your mental state and your choices. So, if you drink alcohol and are inebriated you could potentially ruin your life if you undertake bad choices or diminish your mental state. So, the biggest thing that I have learnt from this assessment is that alcohol can affect your mental health as well as your decision making greatly.

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What one piece of advice would you pass on to young teenagers above all else? Why?

The One Piece of advice that I would advise to younger teenagers is to not take drugs or alcohol. I would say this because of their age and they drink, they could do some things which they’ll end up regretting. But if they do end up drinking, don’t drink much as it will lead to you being drunk which isn’t good for anybody. So, the One Piece of advice I would give to young teenagers is to not drink, but if you do drink don’t drink very much.

My Pledge

I will not consume so much Alcohol that I become Intoxicated, I will follow the established Alcohol Laws and will never get addicted to drinking Alcohol

Why I chose this Pledge

I chose this pledge as if I drink too much alcohol, get addicted to alcohol or if I don’t follow the Alcohol Laws, I could perform idiotic acts or potentially lose my life or mental state. I say this as while you are intoxicated, you could lose your mental state as well as destroying your decision making.

How I will Commit to this Pledge

I will commit to this pledge by having food with alcohol and taking sips of alcohol instead of the whole thing. I will do this as food helps to process the alcohol and taking sips will allow my body to handle smaller portions of alcohol bit by bit making it easier to digest. I will also not drink alcohol too much as it could lead to an addiction and I will also follow the alcohol laws in Australia to help me to not get this addiction. All of these methods will help me commit to this pledge.

Role Models and Me

My Unhealthy Role Model

Kanye West has shown to be racist, ignorant, and has the “I can do whatever I want” attitude. Kanye (or Ye) is a singer and a song artist and has been in the songwriting industry for a while time now. Some people in my generation look up to Kanye West as a good figure, however, he is somewhat known for being a sore loser and a bully. Which is part of the reason why I don’t see him as my idol and I don’t think others should look up to him as well. However, this is information I have gathered up from the media, meaning that not all of it could be essentially accurate and correct as the media tends to position certain icons in a specific manner. Making them either look like a good person or a bad person.

Media Filming Process

Our idea is to make a fridge run around the city causing terror, then these superheroes called the ‘Fridge Catchers’ will come to stop the fridge and end its chaos.

Alexander Brustur

Inspiration

My group’s idea of the fridge catchers sparked when one of my group members made a joke asking if our fridge was running. This then sparked the idea that we could then make this our project idea. Of all the other ideas in which we brainstormed, it was probably the best as well as the funniest idea that we had.

Documents needing to be created

The first document and the most important document we made was the script for the ad. This helped us during the filming stages of the process. The second document we created was the storyboard. This was another important document that needed to be created. We included a plethora of scenes that needed to be created. A platform that helped us create these documents was whiteboard and word, this helped us create both the script and our storyboard were made by using these platforms.

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The editing and filming

It took us a while to finish all the scenes which we needed before editing. This was mainly because all of the scenes heavily relied on the use of a green screen. Not only that but we used strict dress codes to make sure that the ad’s characters looked better and the scenes we didn’t take also didn’t help fasten the filming process.

When filming this ad, we couldn’t use our phones or personal technology which belongs to us. We had to use special tripod cameras which were supplied at the school then upload our footage to our computers. We would then sample the good parts of the cut and insert it into premiere pro. These cameras benefitted our whole project as if we didn’t have them, the camera quality would be very poor.

One of the things which worked well when creating this ad was the editing and the inconvenience was the usage of the green screen. When filming this ad, our script was heavily reliant on the green screen. This was a big inconvenience as some other groups wanted to use the green screen as well. However, when editing, I found it an enjoyable experience although it was also challenging as it was the first video I had edited. So, I had to learn some of the triggers and how to use them effectively.

Editing

I would say the hardest part of this process was the editing. We used Adobe Premiere Pro to edit our ad. We used multiple effects when creating finishing this ad. These effects included ultra key (green screen), motion (moving objects) and crop. However, it was difficult to do this as my group had to learn how to use these tools effectively. This generally made it harder to edit our ad. My group was a bit confused as they didn’t really know how the different triggers worked. However, we functioned well and eventually, the ad got where we wanted it to be.

Next time I would do a more simple filming process, and not rely on the green screen or green screen effects as much as we did in our ad. So, I would find different settings where we can film to make the editing stage easier. Something I could’ve done to make the editing process quicker was to be more organised in my folder of all the footage, as I would constantly get confused between the good cuts and the bad ones.

The Final Overview

The things which we did best in this production was our editing and green screen use. This benefitted our ad production, making it look generally better than it could’ve looked without the green screen. From this production, I learnt how to use a few tools on Adobe Premiere Pro and how to upload footage from a camera to a computer or other device. These skills can be useful for future use.

Some areas of our production that could’ve easily been improved were in one of the scenes, the green screen is completely dark and wasn’t projecting the required image that it was supposed to. Another thing we could’ve done to improve our production is that when we were using the green screen, we could find an area with equal lighting sources so when we would apply the “Ultra-Key” effect, the picture would more smooth. Whereas with the different lighting levels picture had lighting points on the screen with uneven lighting.

However, overall, despite the difficulties that my group came across when making this ad, I found this experience very enjoyable and would like to do something similar to this again.