Is Alcohol Worse Than Ecstasy Analysis

The extract from ‘Is Alcohol Worse than Ecstasy’ successfully uses audio codes, to enhance the sinister tone with the intention to grasp the audience’s attention and make them feel uncomfortable about the idea of drugs. The track uses non diegetic sound to highlight the themes involved in the extract, influencing the audience to subconsciously see alcohol/drugs as a negative thing.
The first and last non-diegetic sound used in the extract is the sound of a heartbeat, even though the sound may be quiet, it is constantly projected throughout at a steady pace. The sound of the heartbeat can be unnerving as it is instantly relatable to a person’s health and the body, when the body is under the influence of drugs and alcohol the heart becomes
The tone and tempo of the soundtrack varied, depending on what the information mentioned was – if the mentioned information was more serious, the tempo would slow down and the tone of the music would deepen. This helps the audience understand the seriousness of what is said in the extract because of the way the music portrays
Within the extract the font used in relation to the subject of drugs and alcohol is a bold font which looked similar to the font that would be used on prescriptions or on medicine bottles, this bold font makes the text stand out. The background of the screen is white in contrast to the thick black lettering, possibly resembling good and evil, innocence and delinquency, or even life and death. Also the various sizes in which the words are displayed give the audience an idea of the danger of each word – words with a bigger font are more likely to stand out to the audiences eye, making them more