Wow...Talk about an eye opener....

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Wow…Talk about an eye opener….

I think all of these ads really catch people’s attention and makes them think a lot about other people they could possibly injure by drinking and driving. We are always told how if u drink and drive, that you could kill someone and/or possibly yourself. But rarely do people say you could just seriously mess up a life forever. The people who only get seriously injured are then forced to deal with seriously obstacles in life, much like the girl in the picture on the left had to. She was beautiful and was happy in life. She had everything under control and then while she was in a friend’s car they were hit by a drunk driver. This is what resulted from her being hit. She was not killed, but instead just seriously injured. This ties in with the middle picture because now after being hit, she can park in that spot, but that isn’t a good thing. Can u even stop to think about that? Every 48 seconds, someone gets hit by a drunk driver. This picture really makes you think about how much driving drunk can affect your life or someone else’s. Even some picture like the last one on the right can send a message to not drink and drive. Although I don’t believe the last picture is nearly as strong as the first 2, but it still sends a message. I think that so many people see these pictures and blow them off because they think they can be safe when driving a little drunk. I actually know an adult who told me he drove drunk once and made it home without any accident or anything. He was so proud of himself and I couldn’t believe him. I was so pissed that he risked something like that and was proud of it. I am always willing to be anyone’s designated driver if they call me because then I know they got home safe and they also didn’t hurt anyone else in the process of driving home. I am so disturbed when others only think about themselves and no one else. i guess I always think twice about driving anytime is because I have diabetes and if my blood sugar is out of control it is hard to control my actions, aka pass out or faint. This happens when my blood sugar is low and sometimes even when it is too high. This makes me worry and also makes me check my blood sugar each time I drive so that I know I will not faint or pass out and have that cause a major issue or accident. in this blog basically I just wanted to analyze these ads and how they affect people and get a message through to you. These ads use pictures and images which is one of the most effective ways to communicate information. Pictures help other understand because they can sometimes resurface a sensitive memory or something which will make them listen and understand where you are coming from. Maybe even a certain song or something being said as this ad comes up can really cause someone to listen and feel what you are saying. I always get hit hard with songs that are tied to sad memories when they are played in commercials.
Like I said earlier, when images are involved they spark something in our mind if it had to do with a part of our lives and I found that in this commercial this happens for me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYBz2gjlEfA (don’t watch this video is you are at all squeamish) I think this video speaks to me so much because I have a huge passion for dogs. I have always grown up with dogs in my house and always had a connection with dogs and I don’t really know how to explain it, but having a dog was sometimes the best thing in the world to me because you could talk and pet and sit with relax with and they somehow can calm me down. I don’t want to sound like some freak, but it is true. I don’t think I could make it through life without my baby, Molly. She is a medium sized dog who is about 12 years old. I am not totally sure of her age because my aunt found her on the streets in NYC and gave her to me once she had all her shots and what not. She has been a huge part of my life and even now sitting here thinking of her dying is upsetting and bothersome. She is getting kind of old and turning gray, so I know the day is coming when I may not have her anymore. So when I see people treat other dogs and animals in a bad way or miss treat them, it bothers me. This is why I think this video gets me so much. I believe if you can touch someone sensitive spot in their heart, then you can really get them to listen to you and to take into consideration what you are trying to tell them. I never feel ads are to hurt us in anyway. Ads are simply to inform us of things in the world. Once we learn about them, we can chose to embrace them or to reject them, but I believe ads are meant to be informative and not deceitful. I am not really sure how to analyze these commercials other then tell you what I feel about them. I hope this is how we are supposed to analyze things, but if not, please comment or feel free to text me or tell me in class that I did this completely wrong and looked like an idiot. :-p