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Our PSA follows a high school cheerleader who is struggling to open up about her mental health. We decided to use a cheerleader as our protagonist, because we understand how, metaphorically, a cheerleader’s experience can actually be relatable to anyone who is experiencing a mental health challenge; we reference how they are often expected to maintain a performative, joyful demeanor, while always being a support system for others. Our protagonist then discovers that she too is allowed to ask for support and

My entry shows the struggles teens like myself go through, and the struggles they have reaching out to friends to help.

This Mental Health Awareness PSA demonstrates how friends can help support each other when they are going through tough times. Just because someone looks happy and is successful doesn’t mean that they are going though things. When friends support each other, they can help give the person the strength they need to write their own story.

Talking to someone you trust can be the first step in improving your mental health. This PSA encourages young people to talk to someone and get help because if you are struggling, you are not alone.

This film demonstrates mental awareness. Our film “Better Together” was about a boy going through a tough time and was ignored when he reached out for his friends’ help. After his friends had ignored him, they both realized what they did was wrong, and they would search for him to help him out. Then they found him, they apologized and asked him if he was going through something. After the boy had said he was, they invited him to hang out and eat with them. They all went to hang out.

The process for this short film was amazing, working with others to make this happen and to where others can watch and learn new stuff about Mental Health. People go through this and I hope that this short film can really show others on how it can be and if people are going through this I hope that they can reach out, people are never alone cause theres always people their for you if you ever feel alone.

Our entry is about a girl and her struggle with anxiety within a testing environment. We portrayed her struggle through her physical as well as mental symptoms. This includes thoughts of not being good enough, her rapid breathing, also her racing thoughts and such. We also included her getting help from a therapist and how she uses a breathing technique to calm herself down. So instead of someone from the outside helping it’s her finding calmness within herself. This in all relates back to being able to talk openly about your struggles which is why we added the therapist scene. Yet we also displayed how recovery is possible as well as being able to overcome a certain struggle with techniques you learned yourself.

Our short film, First Step , focuses on the crucial moment of acknowledging the need for mental health support. Rather than portraying the entire journey of healing, we highlight the significance of taking that initial step by recognizing one’s struggles and reaching out for help through the slow pan and the retelling of the person’s personal struggles through his friends point of view and his point of view which intensifies the importance of communication.