10.1.21 - SS - Monsters Within_ Manifesting Mental Illness - Presentation

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Welcome to
Sanctuary
Space!
Today’s event:
Monsters Within:
Manifesting Mental Illness

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BROUGHT TO YOU BY
Campus workshops • Monthly short film competition
Short film production grants • Global community

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Your AWI Co-Host
Andrew Kirschner (he/him)
- AWI Managing Director
- Musician / performing artist
- Mental health advocate
- Puppy uncle (and real uncle)
- Pumpkin carver

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Your AWI Co-Host
- AWI Community Manager
- Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Mental Wellness Advocate
- Halloween-year-round advocate
Cat Tanchanco (she/her)

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HERE’S THE PLAN
● Introduce our special guest!
● Watch and discuss three horror clips.
○ (Spoiler alert!)
● Explore a healing and self-growth practice.
● Evaluation (and a chance to enter to win a
$25 Amazon gift card!)

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2 WAYS TO ENGAGE
We welcome your participation!
POLLS: respond
to a Poll when
prompted
#1
CHAT BOX: Use the
Public Chat to connect
with the whole group
#2

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For technical
assistance, ask…
Look for the person whose name begins with
AWI Support and Private Chat them with any issues.

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HEADS UP
● Mental health is personal – YOU are the expert
on your own experience.
● We are online - this is a public, shared space.
● We are recording this session.
● A special note about horror.
● Please take care of yourself however you need,
including accessing the Shared Notes or
asking for help.

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For mental health
support, ask…
Look for *Beth Killian
and Private Chat them for one-on-one support.

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Our Guest Today
Madeleine Koestner
(she/her)
- Unnamed Footage
Festival Founder &
Programmer
- Virtual party planner
- Avid reader of scary
books
- Pro Wrestling fan

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HOW OFTEN DO YOU
WATCH HORROR
MOVIES?
A
B
All the time, any
time!
I have to be in a
certain mindset...
C
Nope, nope, nope!
Reality TV, for me!

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Why do you
watch horror?
Horror films don't create fear. They release it. I
like to address the fears of my culture. I believe
it's good to face the enemy, for the enemy is fear.
— Wes Craven
We make up horrors to help us
cope with the real ones.”
— Stephen King
“
“

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What are some of your
favorite horror films or
TV shows?

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How is mental
illness portrayed in
the horror genre?

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Clip from “The Ring”
Directed by Gore Verbinski
2002
CONTENT HEADS UP
Disturbing imagery, mentions of child abuse,
psychiatric hospital depiction, discussion of violence,
stigma

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Take a deep breath.

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HOW ARE YOU FEELING AFTER
WATCHING THIS CLIP?
A Hopeful
C
B
D
E
Sad
Angry or
Frustrated
Overwhelmed
Worried or
Anxious

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Why this
clip?

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What stood out to you about the
representation of “monsters” in
this clip?

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Clip from “Black Swan”
Directed by Darren Aronofsky
2010
CONTENT HEADS UP
Psychosis, anxiety, self-harm, graphic violence + blood,
hallucinations / delusions, emotional and verbal abuse

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Take a deep breath.

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Why this
clip?

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What did you think?
How did you feel?

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How can leaning into
mental illness help us heal?

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Clip from “Babadook”
Directed by Jennifer Kent
2014
CONTENT HEADS UP
Intense imagery, “jump scare” (1m20s) involving
loud growling and fearful shouting

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Take a deep breath.

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HOW ARE YOU FEELING AFTER
WATCHING THIS CLIP?
A Hopeful
C
B
D
E
Sad
Angry or
Frustrated
Overwhelmed
Worried or
Anxious

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Why this
clip?

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What did you think?
How did you feel?

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What differences / similarities did
you notice about the representation
of “monsters” in this clip versus
The Ring and Black Swan?

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Acknowledging our
monsters within.

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Name, acknowledge, or
define a “monster” you are
feeling.

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What would you like to
say to to your “monster”?

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Please fill out
the evaluation!
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You can enter for a chance to
win a $25 Amazon gift card!
Evaluation responses will
remain separate and
anonymous.
Scan me!

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Stay connected!
Madeleine Koestner
@dvdboxset
Cat Tanchanco
@audfaced
Andrew Kirschner
@ankirschner

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Stay in touch!
...and don’t forget to
copy/paste the
resources in the Shared
Notes!
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