Education Through Art
Entertainment-Education is a type of narrative messaging intervention that emotionally involves the viewer and aims to effect social change. For instance, how do we raise awareness and change perceptions about people with schizophrenia and psychosis?
Specialty topic areas:
- Schizophrenia & psychosis
- Suicide prevention
- LGBTQ+ awareness
- Youth advocacy
Translating Complex Topics
How do we show what people are feeling? For example, people who hear voices may identify as 'Voice Hearers' or have the diagnosis of schizophrenia or psychosis. In this example, we used voice bubbles with different colors to represent both 'good' and 'bad' voices.
Production Process:
Comic book production has a similar process to producing a film:
- Kick-off: discuss vision, goals, audience, scope of work, budget
- Pre-production: draft storyboards, identify/prep interviews, marketing strategy
- Production: conduct interviews, onsite audio-visual recording
- Post-production: media management, editing, color grading, sound design, review & approval rounds
- Promotion: promote films across platforms & parters to reach goals & audiences
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