Employment Videos - Part Four: First Aid for Schools

Part Four: First Aid for Schools

Synopsis
A 20-minute video that tells its viewers what to do for a variety of common injuries that occur at school.

Educational Value – 9/10
This was actually a pretty informative video with different topics that are clearly labeled. I learned quite a bit and the information seemed up-to-date, especially with regards to nose bleeds, where people, until recently, were told to put a student's head back.

Aesthetic – 4/10
It's still a cheap video production, but there were some interesting compositions. Also, the transitions and titles seemed to be of better quality than the last two videos, which are surprisingly made by the same company.

Unintentional Laughs – 5/10

This video seems to be an update from the 80s video I watched a couple years ago. Most of the film was, surprisingly, decently acted and narrated, but it wasn't really funny as a result. However, the company still recycled a couple sequences from the old video, both of which are hilarious.

“Cuts”
In this section, the 80s video showed a kid setting up a circular saw, turning it on, and then slipping on a piece of wood and somehow falling about 10 feet forward into the saw. There was fake blood everywhere and all the while the videomakers played a pulsing 80s synthesizer track. It's one of the most disturbingly hilarious sequences I have ever had the pleasure of viewing. Sadly, the new one is much less theatrical. It's just a student slicing his finger a bit on the saw. Still, the kid's facial expression managed to elicit a few chuckles.



“Eye Wash”
Fortunately, the company left this bit of 80s gold intact. A couple of jocks are playing around with some piss-colored chemicals when one of them, who probably had a grudge against the other, basically tosses the entire vial into his friend's eyes.



This looked really funny and really wrong at the same time.



Closing Thoughts
This was a surprisingly decent video that taught me a lot. But it needed more moments of hilarity to make it more exciting. I've yet to find an employment video that balances this need to be funny and informative at the same time.

Overall Rating: 7