To make the image different, I changed the picture by adding a poorly created "billboard" for Budweiser and also added a beer can. I also slightly distorted the background, of the buildings. I feel the original image makes a big statement, which is questioning the current legal drinking age in the United States. If we are able to go to war at 18 why then, can we not legally drink? In editing the image, it may give a different impression to viewers. In changing it, the image appears to appeal to the younger generation with the brighter, more fun colors. Also, distorting the background may not be a good idea, due to the fact that it may be associated with distorted vision, an effect of alcohol. The original image is trying to get people to lower the drinking age, so it makes sense it is targeted to older people, because they are the ones needed to make it happen. I think the original image would be effective in portraying the message an older crowd, especially because it references the war.
The above video was taken from YouTube. The video is very simple and amateur. The images, in the video, are of stick figures with bubbles for speech and there is no sound or music to go along to the video. However, the video accurately shows the problem with the current drinking age in the United States. It displays how at 18 we are considered an adult. It then touches on the various things that this includes but that we are not able to get into a bar and drink. The display is shown through the story of "Bob," the stick figure. It starts out with him stating he is 18 and then follows him to a voting booth. He then states how he can smoke, get a tattoo and move out of his parents home. Then it says, "I can go to the bar" and shows him outside a bar, trying to get past the bouncer. It follows him, to buy a gun, shoot the bouncer and then be tried and held accountable for his actions in the court of law, as an adult. It then shows him fighting in the war, come home, and still not be able to get into the bar. The story shows how within a matter of a day, everything changes, and you suddenly have a lot more rights and responsibilities but yet you can not make the decision of whether or not to have an alcoholic beverage. I like the video for the reason that is takes you through a short story. However, I feel as though there needs to be some kind of sound, or music, to capture and hold the viewers attention. Although the images aren’t very good and are rather simple, I think they are fine and get the message across clearly to the viewer and at the same time they do add a little bit of humor.
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