Music is My Drug - ID# 49
Maine South
Public Service Announcement
Entry Description
The arts play an important role for teens and their mental health. This PSA emphasizes that need for positive creative outlets.
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Recent Teacher Comments
- 4/23 10:18 pm - Amazing work! I love the artsy feel of this PSA (the fonts you chose, the overlays, the graphics, music etc) because they all contribute to your message! The opening shot is definitely an attention grabber and your use of quick edits are awesome! This PSA is fantastic!
- 2/26 2:16 pm - Wow. Great opening sequence. Gives the impression of some kind of body image struggle or drug addiction struggle, then cuts into the music and the positivity. Your production quality is superb; clean camera, great lighting, and excellent editing. The creative use of graphics and titles to enhance the visual narrative also succeeds. The message is brought together by your choices as well; location, furnishings, and props reinforce the message. One minor note: audio mix is important. I feel like your music bed was a bit hot. Watch your VU meter (especially if you get into recording and mixing your own music). Primary audio (voice over, dialogue, etc.) should be between -6 and -12, music beds should be way lower, between -18 and -24. But since you didn't have dialogue in the positivity scene, your music bed becomes your only audio source, in which case it can move up to the -6 to -12 range on the VU meter.
Judge 1
Positives: The voices in her head scene was such a creative and fresh approach with the lighting and how they were edited one by one. Fantastic edit all the way through. Creative, fresh, well shot and lit. Audio levels are consistent and correct. Perfect use of animation to tell your story.
Improvements: The music faded out a smidge too soon at the end.
Judge 2
Positives: 1 - editing was excellent both for the opening montage and the animated font overlays 2 - loved the changes on the end panel
Improvements: 1 - hard to tell what spot is about from the first part 2 - didn't need to cut away from the girl to convey the message
Judge 3
Positives: The animations were very visually appealing and creative. The opening sequence/montage was very well executed.
Improvements: Although the call to action and statements regarding the positives of art are clear and the suggestions towards drugs being bad were made, the connection between the two concepts wasn't clearly defined/linked. Some of the animations on screen were overpowering the rest of the visuals or message, such as the "think outside the box" shot.
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