Raising the awareness

Hello my name is Saffron Lewis. I am a media student and I am currently creating a script/video for a project. I would feel privillaged if someone could help me with this. I will share my idea and hope someone will come foward and share there thoughts or stories with me.

My basic idea is to have the video based around bullying. It follows two females who are significantly opposite but relate in the sense of their depression whilst they’re both going through a difficult time in their lives.
The young girl is 14 and going through secondary school. She is constantly bullied at school for having no friends and is known as a ‘Freak’ as other students target her facial features and insult her. She goes through school getting beating and bullied then goes home to a father who sexually abuses her where as her mother is oblivious to what is happening due to the fact she is mentally unstable and an alcoholic. The young girl gets by day to day through self-harm and spending her spare time in her bedroom trying to avoid her father. The reason why she hasn’t told her teachers or anyone about what she’s going through is because she’s too self-conscious doesn’t trust anyone and doesn’t have a voice to speak out.
The other character is a single woman aged 32 who works in an office as an assistant. She has the exact same past as the other girl when she was 14 however she is mentally and physically scarred from it. When she was younger she tried to escape her abusing mother but she threw a pan of hot water scarring half of her face, neck and body. As she grew up people laughed at her and bullied for her mothers irresponsible actions. The bullying and abuse never stopped for the woman not even at work. Her boss is constantly sexually harassing her but she has learnt to accept this as he blackmails her putting her job and future at risk. Her co-workers think that she’s having sexual affairs with her boss for a promotion so they all outcast her from social situations and bully her for these false accusations.
Once the story has built up I intended on both the characters killing themselves however I feel that the story is too intense and full on therefore I’ve changed it so the older character kills herself. I believe this makes to story a little more light hearted and implies that someone who is depressed and suicidal that there is a way out of depression and borderline suicide. The older character then goes on to kill herself where the as the younger character finds a way out.

I need all the help I can get to do this, thank you and much respect..

Saffron