My topic that I chose to explore was mental health, specifically how it affects those on the UCSD campus. I believe mental health is always something that needs to be discussed in any given context, however, through various stigmas throughout our society, it has been pushed aside. UCSD in particular has received a C grade in terms of mental health accessibility and that is not okay. 
Additionally, now more than ever, UCSD students are stressed and those mental health resources are not readily available. Unfortunately, a UCSD took their life earlier this week, so this issue needs to be talked about right now. The administration does nothing but fund STEM programs and resource, but what about basic mental health resources?
I chose to pursue this topic because I have a personal experience with CAPS on campus. I had a long wait time just to be seen and upon further discussion, I realized this is the case for most other students. Students are already at a low point to reach out to CAPS but to have to wait months for a first appointment is honestly ridiculous.

CREATIVE APPROACH
I chose to interview students who have gone through the CAPS process or at least have attempted to. I wanted to share the students perspective because most administrators you ask will not speak negatively about the mental health resources offered on campus. Over the interview clips, I chose to include various B-roll clips. I mainly used shots of the grey and dull architecture around UCSD but I also included the students' presence throughout this as well. Additionally, my interviewees talked a lot about the location of CAPS so I had plenty of shots to illustrate that.
I thought it was important to lay over the B-roll over the interview clips because it put their experiences into the perspective of a student. It helps the audience visualize where CAPS is and the environment students are surrounded by to deal with mental health on campus. My story just follows the story of mental health in general, their experience and the ideal way mental health should be seen on campus. I chose to have the students tell it in a critical way because we need to open the eyes of the administrators and see the reality of having little mental health resources.
I learned a lot about students' experience with mental health on campus. I also did not know people had a similar experience to my wait time and frustration with that so I was fairly surprised.