For their school project, the students chose to make a documentary about mental health as it is a major issue receiving significant media attention and debate around how to address it. They saw this as an important topic to discuss, especially with rising support organizations for those affected, and wanted to explore how the education system handles mental health education and support.

1. Final Topic Statement
For our project we decided to cover the topic of mental health. We decided to do this mainly
because it is a big issue in the current media. There is a big debate throughout the media as to
whether enough is being done to combat it and other issues surrounding it, therefore we believed
it would be perfect for our documentary as there is a lot of material for us to use. We are entering
a period where with political correctness we are less able to talk about such issues therefore we
saw it as a topic which needs to be discussed and there are rising organisations which provide
support for those affected which are becoming more recognised as legitimate establishments. We
were also able to explore the education system and question its integrity, this is something we are
very familiar with as we are students and can dwell on our own knowledge and experiences to
question whether the education system is doing to combat mental health problems but to also
inform people about it. A combination of the controversial nature of the topic and how interesting
it made this the perfect topic to create out film about.