Assignment 2: Comparing PSA Videos

These videos were made to simply point out that drugs are bad for you and your brain. But the videos were made in different times and have different effects. The video from the 80s was made with the simple message that drugs are bad for you and your brain and nothing more. The tone was dull and the commerical was cheap. The video from the 90s made a better and stronger point than the 80s video did and it had more to it. The 90s video mostly focused on heroin, but Rachel was able to reveal how terrible heroin is by showing her frustration over it. She destroys everything in the kitchen with her anger toward heroin. While she did that, she explained that heroin makes you lose your self-respect and affects your family, friends, children, money, etc. Both videos used an egg as a brain, but each video did something different with it. The 80s egg was boiled while the 90s egg was smashed by a frying pan. Both made good points, but because of Racheal dymanic anti-drug kitchen smashing scene, the video from the 90s would be more effective in stopping drug use than the 80s video.