The PSA emphasizes pathos most effectively through the animation. The video shows an average person drinking in several situations. By presenting …show more content…
Almost exclusively used by the narrator, logos is utilized by backing up emotional situations with facts. As the characters walk through a party, the narrator discusses reasons a person would binge drink, whether they are “[wanting] to have a really, really good time… feeling uncomfortable, a bit sad or lonely… or trying to fit in with [their] mates.” While the animation and words also demonstrate pathos, these are nevertheless true facts about why a person would drink excessively. In “Binge drinking”, there is an animation of a man slipping down the path of binge drinking, the narrator states, “The line between binge drinking and what isn’t can be a bit slippery… It can turn from fun to risky pretty fast.” The narrator explains this while the man slides past signs that read: memory loss, aggression, injury and