Eyes Wide Shut: An Animated Interactive Video and Podcast Regarding the Sleep Quality of Young Adults

Sleep is critical, particularly for young adults aged 18 to 25. Young adults should get at least 7 to 8 hours of sleep per night. Most young adults struggle to get enough sleep due to a variety of factors such as anxiety, depression, and excessive use of technology. As a result of continuing the same sleepless night routine in their daily lives, young adults become sleep deprived. The most common side effects of sleep deprivation are health issues such as heart disease, obesity, kidney failure, high blood pressure, and many more. Since this issue is very timely and relevant nowadays, the researchers develop a major project, an 2D Animated Interactive Video, and a minor project, a Podcast that can help young adults to be relaxed in order to get a better sleep. The 2D animated interactive video will present two environments from which users can choose. It will be uploaded to a Wix site, and each option will be unlisted so that users can interact with the animated video. The podcast, on the other hand, will be storytelling that is related to the story of the major project. It will consist of four episodes excluding the pilot episode. This project will also be uploaded to YouTube for easy and free access.