We brought student animations to life and created amazing videos for young people.
Highlight the importance of mental health in young people.
#JustTalk is a campaign that aims to make it easier for everyone to talk about mental health and eliminate the stigma of accessing mental health services.
Our mission was to bring storyboards that had been created by young students, to life in an animation to help promote positive mental health in young people.
Working closely with Hertfordshire County Council, we produced videos that kept close to the source material as much as possible. The main target audience was the younger generation, so the animations needed to take a child-like animation style that communicates the mental health messages carefully and calmly. These projects were a masterpiece in co-creation and co-production.
The first #JustTalk animation we produced has amassed thousands of views across social media and caught the attention of local news including the BBC! The video has been shown in schools across Hertfordshire and is helping to start important conversations about mental health. The second animation went live earlier this month to mark World Mental Health Day 2019.
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Our digital content creator Bobby was the lead animator on these projects and he took the time to reflect on this particular project and ask the question, are we tackling the stigma towards mental health all wrong? Take a read of the blog here!
