Introductory Paragraphs

Unit 3 – introductory paragraph

(shock/horror, 2^nd person, fast pace)

Did you know that in 2010/11 813,6000 people were admitted into hospital due to alcohol related diseases? Did you know that every year around 24,000 people die due to alcohol in the UK alone? Well now you do. Drinking alcohol can lead to severe problems to yourself and others around you. Is it worth the risk?

(anecdote, 1^st person, fast pace)

It was great. All my friends together, celebrating finishing another year of school. Partying hard. The alcohol was flowing and the music was bouncing. My best friend was banging out the moves and it all seemed hilarious until he fell and banged his head. The next thing I knew was a paramedic pounding on the door...

(summary, 3^rd person, slow/long pace, 120 words approx)

This article will discuss the long term and short term effects of alcohol misuse; therefore this article is here to give information and guidance for those who find alcohol being a problem in their lives. Alcohol doesn’t only have serious effects on the user, but also those around them. Alcohol not only changes a person mentally for the duration of consuming alcohol, but also permanently, this is dangerous, very dangerous. Of course drinking alcohol appears to be fun and exciting, but those taking part in the consummation of alcohol are putting themselves and others around them in danger. Using alcohol to suppress feelings is never a good idea, it often appears that the feelings felt before consuming alcohol are progressively emphasised after the intake of alcohol.

The summary introduction is used to give brief detail about the contents of the article. When writing a magazine article I wouldn’t choose to use the third example for an introduction because it wouldn’t appeal to the specific target audience of 16-21 year olds. It wouldn’t be appropriate to use this style of introduction because it is too detailed and formal to appeal to this age range. Therefore out of the three examples I have written I would choose to use the first one using the shock/horror introduction written 2^nd person narrative voice. This is because it appears direct to the reader and isn’t too formal, yet uses statistics to draw the reader in.  

 

This is the image I chose to use to edit on Photoshop.

 

 On this image I wanted to create a cross processings, retro effect. I did this by changing the curves and levels. I began by opening a new layer and going new adjustment, and curves. I changed the curves on the red, blue and green. I made an S shape for the blue and red, then I slightly altered the green. I then made a new layer and made it a colour layer, I used a yellow colour and changed the opacity to about 13%, this then added to the retro effect.

 I used this image to practice using the healing tool.

To do this I used the healing tool. To use this tool I held alt down on the key board whilst hovering over the bit of skin I wanted to copy and then clickling the mouse. I then went on top of the spot and clicked the mouse, which then pasted the new skin over the spot.

 This is the image I edited on Photoshop to turn her into a vampire.

I created this image by opening Photoshop, creating a new file then pasting in the orignal picture. I then used the burn tool to darken her eyes. Once I had done this I desaturated the colour from her face with the sponge tool to give her a ghostly and pale face avoiding her lips and eyes. I then changed the colour of the eyes by opening a new layer then using the brush tool and coloured them in red. To get the colour to the opacity I wanted I simply used the opacity level changer. To create the fangs I used the magnetic lassoo tool and clicked around the edge of the tooth, I ithen went on edit, transform, warp, then changed the shape of the tooth, making it longer and sharper. To complete this transformation I pressed enter of the keyboard then CTRL D. To make it look less obvious that I had edited the shape of the teeth I used the blur tool to blend the edges.