Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
This 1970s film deals with teenage drinking and teenagers whose parents are alcoholics. (Alcohol abuse, addiction, underage drinking, alcoholism)
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
MCU silhouette of male teenager smoking cigarette at waterfront. His voiceover tells stories of underage drinking.
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
Montage of teenagers in school, talking in groups about drugs & alcohol. Saying that alcohol is easy to find. 1970s hair and fashions seen among the teens.
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
MCU man in white lab jacket seated at desk talking to camera about the increase of drug use in teenagers.
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
MSs teens at psychedelic drug party, sitting in a darkened room, smoking cigaretes and joints. MCU beer being poured from bottle to drinking glass.
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
MCU man in white lab jacket seated at desk, talking to camera about the increase of drug use in teenagers. Saying that alcohol is a socially except able drug.
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
Nice CU of beer bottles moving along an assembly line, pull back to see the bigger picture. POV walking through a liquor store. CU beer bottles on the assemble line. CU pan liqour bottles on shelf. CUs beer bottles zooming on assembly line. MS adult males shopping in liquor store, tracking shot past store aisles. CU beer bottles on the assembly line. Low angle tilted MS liquor store shelf stocked with product. CU beer bottles on the assembly line. Voice over is done by teens, giving statistics of alcohol consumption.
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
CU man in white lab jacket seated at desk, talking to camera about a study done with 13 year olds and alcohol consumption, results were surprising.
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
Focus resolve to CU of person laying face down on a bed. LS of a hospital room ward (detox center, addiction treatment) lined with single beds with identical green blankets, a female staff member walks through center of room toward camera. MS person lying in bed with blanket tightly wrapped around them. MCU woman staff member talking to the camera about the increase of teen alcoholics. MCU male teen crashed out on ward bed.
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
Pull back from a window MS male psychiatrist sitting at office desk talking to the camera about the mistakes made when trying to control teen drinking.CU hand using bottle opener to pop top off beer bottle. POV shopping cart moving through a liquor store, bottle placed in cart. CU beer bottle being put down after a swig. POV shopping cart moving through a liquor store, bottle placed in cart. MS boxes of packed liquor moving along conveyer. MCU beer being poured from bottle into glass mug, high pours with lots of foam.
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
CU male psychiatrist sitting at office desk talking to the camera about teen drinking. Cut to CU of glass mug being filled with beer. Several CUs of 12 packs being pulled from store shelves. POV moving through liquor store.
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
MS male psychiatrist sitting at office desk talking to the camera about teen drinking and drunk driving. Night POV driving, lots of on-coming headlights, a spin and sound of a crash, simulating a car accident.
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
Several MS CU smashed cars at a junk yard, from accidents, lots of twisted medal and broken glass.
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
CU Dr. Paul Whitehead, addiction researcher, behind the wheel of his car, talking while driving. CU his hands on the steering wheel. CU his face as he talks about teens being inexperienced drinkers as well as inexperienced drivers, a dangerous combo.
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
MS male psychiatrist sitting at office desk talking to the camera about alcohol and the inability to control it. High angle MS of a young woman shoplifting a paperback book at store.
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
Night MS of several people in silloette during a fight or mugging on the street. Night MS woman wearing a fur getting out of car, a man comes up behind her & forces her onto the hood of the car simulating an attack, rape, mugging. Graphic title relaying statics of Alcohol-Related Crimes.
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
MS teens sitting in a circle rapping about the effects of alcohol, girl talks about guys drinking too much at parties.
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
CU male psychiatrist sitting at office desk talking to the camera about drinking in moderation. MSs teenagers in high school library talking about being responsable drinkers, about how the family is involved and what parents should do regarding the topic.
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
MCU male psychiatrist sitting at office desk talking to the camera about alcoholism and how some teens are more prone to the disease due to alcoholism in the family, at home kids see the effects alcoholic parents.
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
CU of boots walking across snow, pull back to male teen wearing a great 1970s coat walking along lake shore in winter, voiceover of the teenager talks about the struggles of being a kid with an abusive alcoholic parent.
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
GV farm in winter, everything covered with snow, zoom in to teenage girl walking along a fence. MSs girl walking through the snow as her voiceover talks about living with an alcoholic dad and the toll it had on her relationship with her mother.
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
LS teen boy walking down steep set of stair in forest during winter. Various MSs the male teenager walking through a forest as his voiceover talks about living with an alcoholic mom, how he had to take over the responsibilities of chores and taking take of his siblings.
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
MCU male psychiatrist sitting at office desk talking to the camera about support groups for kids with alcoholic parents. MS male and female teen walking through snowy woods in winter, they meet on bridge. Voiceover talks about meeting other teens who share similar problems of living with alcoholic parents. LS GV teenagers walking across bridge crossing winter landscape.
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
MCU male psychiatrist sitting at office desk talking to the camera about how alcoholic parents can teach their children to abuse alcohol by example.
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
MSC silhouette of male teenager smoking cigarette at waterfront, his voiceover talks about his low self esteem and shyness leading to drinking alcohol. GV male teenager walking along snowy riverfront.
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
Dark studio MS alcoholic beverages against black backdrop. GV male teen walking away from camera toward snowy industrial riverfront, his voiceover talks about losing everything due to alcohol.
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
MCU man in white lab jacket seated at desk talking to camera about the symptoms of alcoholism and getting help. Dark studio CU of hands pulling the cork out of a wine bottle. CU doctor talking about using alcohol as a solution to emotional problems.
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
CU male psychiatrist sitting at office desk talking to the camera about how teenagers with a drinking problem can change their behavior. Dark studio CU of red wine being poured from bottle to glass. CU male psychiatrist talking to the camera about role models for teens.
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
DO NOT USE Pan across stills of Music stars who are also famous for drinking & taking drugs.
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
MSs group of teens in their high school library talking about the unrealistic advertisements for alcohol.
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
DO NOT USE Stills of advertisements.
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
MS male psychiatrist sitting at office desk talking to the camera about drinking to excess and waisting potential.
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
MSs male teen in silhouetted walking across snowy urban landscape, factory smokestacks seen in distance.
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
DO NOT USE credits