This film’s goal is to show the perspective of someone with a friend in need to show how sometimes people put masks up to stop the pain and guilt of struggling with suicide or self-harm. It’s to show that even if your friend looks okay it doesn’t mean they actually are.
This submission shows 2 friends one of them is struggling with mental health. In the movie it shows one of the friends telling the counselor that the other friend is struggling with mental health. He tells her that his friend has been acting weird lately and he is worried about him then it cuts to the friend visibly struggling. It cuts back to friend A telling the counselor that friend B is offering him some of his stuff and it cuts back to friend B sending a goodbye text. Friend A recieves this text and instantly rushes over to help friend B. He gets there in time and asks the question are you thinking about suicide friend B says yes. At the end we cut back to the counselor scene revealing that friend B was there the whole time and it was actually him bringing his friend to the counselors office to get him help and not asking the counselor what he should do.
This video touches on mental health problems as we use a real life situation the actor has experience such as lost of love ones and the affects of that.
It is a story that hopes to reach audiences and make them know that they are not alone with struggles they may face. We wanted to show the perspective of someone who is having suicidal thoughts but who tries to hide it from her friends by acting like she is OK.
Our submission is about a young student going through depression and having thoughts of suicide, the young student addresses his problems of doing worse in school his mental health dropping from the homework pilling up and college applications. The student finds a friend who is concerned for him and asks to tell him how he’s been feeling lately. The student begins to vent his problems to his friend after seeing his problems they talk to his teachers and parents allowing for his recovery process to succeed.
This video is about a high school girl who self-harms as she doesn’t have any idea on how to cope with what she’s dealing with. Her friends realized this and take her to a trusted adult who has helped them before, that way, she can also get the help that she needs.
This entry is a mix between 2D Rotoscope (where animated teen figures express suicidal thoughts through both sorrowful behavior and text alongside direct voiceover to hopefully connect with what other teens may be experiencing) and Live Action footage (where actor Ivory/Emma addresses and connects with the viewer as she draws to cope with her own suicidal thoughts, encouraging them to look forward to and see more value in all aspects of life regardless of their size ). Overall, the message we’ve tried to convey for those living with suicidal thoughts is that they deserve someone who has been overcoming similar experiences in order to create hope that things will get better for them just as it has for the other AND, as the title states, that there will always be at least one reason to keep going in life, and those reasons should be cherished.
This PSA features absolutely no portrayals of suicide attempts, death by suicide, weapons, statistics, discrimination of any kind, language directly encouraging suicide or language shaming those who live with suicidal thoughts. All art, footage, and editing was done by our three participants, the exception being the music tracks which were both produced by Kevin Macleod. At the end of the PSA is the required Suicide & Crisis Lifeline number 9-8-8 that can be called or texted at any time, any day.
Our film “The Quiet Between Us” is about recognizing warning signs that may go unnoticed. Through small changes of behavior and quiet moments, it shows how a friend can notice when something is wrong and chooses to speak up.
My entry is centered around a student feeling suicidal. The film walks the viewer on how the friend of the student safely handles the situation. I worked with Thaily Bastidas and Leslie Leon to create this film. At the end, it provides resources for people who may be struggling withe thoughts of suicide.
We made this video to show how people are struggling. We also made it to spread awareness and to have people know about this issue.