Blog Post #44: Fourth Instagram Post

Since my last Instagram post got a reply, I decided to make another Instagram post advocating for mental health in teenagers. However, this time I will choose a horizontal layout along with data on teenagers who are in the LGBTQ+ community. This post will have an impact on the awareness of my film because people interested in the statistics of this community will read my post and see that it's for my short film. They will then follow along for my short film development and allow others to discover my film. Also, along with this post, I will be creating Instagram highlights featuring the props that I showed in my last post. This highlight will be labeled with a singular emoji- the film emoji. 

To start, I will insert a couple quotes of my research with teenagers and mental health when compared to being in the LGBTQ+ community. 

From thetrevorproject.org, there is information from a U.S. national survey on the mental health of LGBTQ+ young people (a.k.a. teenagers). 

Some key findings from this survey were:

• "50% of LGBTQ+ young people who wanted mental health care in the past year were not able to get it."
• "Nearly half (49%) of LGBTQ+ young people ages 13-17 experienced bullying in the past year."
• "66% of LGBTQ+ young people reported experiencing recent symptoms of anxiety, including over 7 in 10 transgender and nonbinary young people (71%) and nearly 3 in 5 cisgender young people (58%)."

I believe that this information is significant to include in my instagram post because there is such a large amount of teenagers who go without treatment, and especially teenagers who are in the LGBTQ+ community. These are serious statistics based on just a survey alone, which may not even go over the entire community, so my Instagram post will express the mistaken beauty behind these teenagers and their mental health. 

Here was the original layout for the "brochure." 

Here is the finished product. As you can see, I changed the background image to a sunset, I added the information in from the trevorproject.org, and I even cited them. I also included the title of my short film at the top of the brochure. I believe that this neutral image is in a big contrast with regular brochures for LGBTQ+ mental health. Usually, they include pride flags and rainbows, but I wanted my post to stand out among the usual ones. 

Then, I uploaded the png to Instagram and chose to use the caption "It matters. They matter. You matter." along with hashtags to spread the word about my post. I feel like my caption adds depth to the post and it makes it emotional for audiences who understand the struggles behind the mental health when it's related to the LGBTQ+ community. 

Here are the stories that I posted on Instagram. Since Instagram only keeps these posts up for 24 hours, I chose to make a highlight featuring these props. 

Here is where I actually started to create the highlight:

Now, you can see these props on my profile immediately. I believe that choosing to use highlights for my process will help with gaining audiences.