2. Idea
This App will be an informative game which allows the
users to make decisions that will affect the final outcome.
This App will give information on the effects of alcohol
abuse it will do this by highlighting;
The law on Drinking
The effect alcohol can have on the human body
Situations that could get the user into trouble
The app will be individual to the user depending on their
age, gender and health issues i.e pregnancy), the
information that the user gives on themselves will affect
the scenarios in the game and the information that is given.
3. Idea
The app will be video based and will set-up scenarios for example
if the user is under aged then the scenario would be drinking in a
park and the information given to the user would be based
around under aged drinking.
A video will be played and in the video the character will be
faced with a problem with multiple choices each choice resulting
in different outcomes for the character.
This app will also give facts about drinking to help the user
become more aware about the safety of drinking alcohol, this app
will not try to persuade a person not to drink as it is not designed
to make the user fearful of drinking which is why not every
scenario where the user decides to drink alcohol will result in a
negative outcome.
4. Idea
The app will keep the user interested by using various
interesting stories lines, the user will be able to decide
what way they would like the story to go.
The app will contain interactive short films, these films
will keep the user interested as well as informing the
user on the effects of alcohol.
Once the entire film has finished the option for a user
to take a quiz if the choice to.
5. Research
In order to portray some of the information about drinking, some
helpful statistics and facts on drinking will need to be researched this
information can be found on the drink aware website;
https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/check-the-facts/alcohol-and-your-child
Statistics and facts about underage drinking
Long term risks
Liver damage
Brain development
Drinking later in life
Short term risks
Vulnerability
Unprotected sex
Alcohol poisoning
Appearance
6. Under aged drinking
Some key statistics:
20 million units of alcohol are consumed in a week by 11 to 17 year olds.
By 15 years, most children have drunk alcohol.
Children in England are more likely to drink alcohol than children in many
other countries.
500,000 young people aged 11 to 15 years were drunk in the previous four weeks.
The majority of 15 and 16 year olds (71%) associate alcohol consumption with
positive consequences and having fun.
Early age of starting drinking is associated with higher trends of alcohol
dependence in adulthood and a wider range of other adverse consequences.
7. The Law on under-aged drinking
It is against the law;
To sell alcohol to someone under 18 anywhere.
For an adult to buy or attempt to buy alcohol on behalf
of someone under 18.
For someone under 18 to buy alcohol, attempt to buy
alcohol or to be sold alcohol.
8. Consequences of under-aged
drinking
If the police suspect someone under 18 has alcohol in a
public place, they have the power to confiscate it. If
young people get caught with alcohol three times they
could face a social contract, a fine or arrest. Getting a
criminal record could affect future job prospects and
make it more difficult to travel to countries like the
USA.
The police can also confiscate alcohol from
someone, no matter what their age, if they believe it
has been, or will be drunk by someone under 18 in a
public place.
9. Health effects of alcohol
Appearance
Alcohol and your skin
Alcohol dehydrates your body
Beat the bloat
Alcohol can also cause your face to look bloated and puffy.
You might find it bloats your stomach too.
Spots and smells
The liver processes most of the alcohol you drink, but some of
it leaves the body straight through your breath, sweat and
urine.
10. Health effects of alcohol
Alcohol and mental health
1. Alcohol alters your brain chemistry
Alcohol is a depressant, affecting our thoughts, feelings and
actions – and sometimes our long-term mental health.
2. Alcohol can actually increase anxiety and stress
rather than reduce it
Alcohol can contribute to feelings of depression and
anxiety and make stress harder to deal with.
11. Health effects of alcohol
3. Alcohol + depression = a vicious cycle
If you drink heavily and regularly you’re likely to develop
some symptoms of depression.
Warning signs that alcohol is affecting your mood include:
disturbed sleep
Feeling lethargic and tired all the time
low mood
experiencing anxiety in situations where you would normally feel
comfortable.
4. Alcohol is linked to suicide, self-harm and psychosis
Alcohol can make people lose their inhibitions and behave
impulsively, so it can lead to actions they might not otherwise
have taken – including self-harm and suicide.
12. Current Apps on the subject
Alcohol and your brain
Description
This health education App explains the physiological effects of alcohol on the
developing brain. A 7 minute video with captivating 3D animations, voiceover
& graphics, takes you on a guided tour of the anatomical structures of the
brain, to educate about what happens to specific structures in the brain when
alcohol is consumed in excess.
Although this app is an informative app on the effects of alcohol it is very different from
the proposed app this app focuses solely on the effect of alcohol on the brain and not on
other consequence that are formed due to alcohol.
‘Alcohol and your brain’ was made to help the user make informed decisions on drinking
and also to make them aware the affect that their drinking will have on the brain, the
proposed app will give the user a wider knowledge on what trouble alcohol can cause
13. Current Apps on the subject
DrinkAware
Description
DrinkAware is an alcohol units calculator and consumption diary. If you want
to stop drinking, or just cut down your alcohol intake, then this application
can help you. It provides a number of features to make it easy to use allowing
users to keep an accurate track of how many alcohol units they consume on a
day by day basis.
Again this app is very different to the proposed app this app is very useful but it is used to
help the user cut down on the amount they drink rather than inform the on the affects the
alcohol is having.
14. Current campaign videos
HSE Alcohol Awareness Advert (underage);
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yg1KuBhg7c
Don’t let drink sneak up on you;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTgQKWYibZ4
UK anti-drink driving advert;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQtTREndJKk
15. Business plan
This app will make money from selling it to different
campaigns such as Drinkaware, NUS connect etc.
These campaigns will pay for the app because it will help
make the public more aware of the effects of alcohol and
will do it in a fun manor.
This app will be free to purchase which will mean that it
would need to use advertisements in order to make a profit
this will be done by having a banner at the top of the screen
promoting other products or companies, the user will have
the option to stop the adverts but will have to pay a small
fee to do so.
16. Expansion
There is a lot of room for expansion/franchising on this app as the
concept is open to other campaigns.
For example instead of Alcohol awareness;
Drug awareness
Sexual health awareness
Quit smoking
Cancer awareness
etc.
More content could be made available for the user to purchase
depending on how well the film go down, the content could include;
Extra decisions and storylines for specific scenarios
And completely new scenarios to download
These could be made optional for the user and cost them to download.
17. Video sequence breakdown
The scenario that will be filmed will be the scenario for
a under age male, only certain section will be filmed as
each full scenario will be 10-15minutes long.
The underage scenario will start with a POV shot of a
male teenager, playing a games console.
18. Video sequence breakdown
Film
The underage scenario will start with a POV shot of a male
teenager, playing a games console.
The teenage will get a text message from his phone asking him to
get alcohol for ‘tonight’
The character will then go to an alcohol cupboard.
Decision page
Steal or not
If the user clicks steal then he will take the alcohol and leave the
house with the alcohol.
If the user clicks no then he will close the cupboard and leave the
house empty handed.
19. Video sequence breakdown
Consequences if he steals
The user will take the alcohol out of the cupboard and
leave the house with it.
The User will get into trouble with his parents, and
become more at risk of getting drunk quicker.
If he doesn’t steal
The user will leave the house without the alcohol.
His friends will not be happy with him for not bringing
alcohol and demand that he gets some from the shop.
20. Planning
All of the scenarios and storylines will be from the Point of view of the user and
they will be addressed directly in the film (meaning the actors will and look
directly into the camera).
The majority of the films will be shot with natural lighting to make them feel
more real and to keep the colours dingy.
Crew;
2 people
Someone on camera
Someone booming
Equipment;
Canon 550D – give a clear, high quality image.
Rode NTG-2 microphone – High quality sound
Marantz PMD661 – it’s practical and easy to use
Fig Rig – this will be used to get relatively stable POV shots.
21. Planning
The video for the app will be really easy to film and
edit as they will be relatively simple continuous
shots, these will be broken up with ‘decision pages’
which will define where the story goes.
