How to Stay Calm Under Pressure (2018)
Your favorite athlete closes in for a win; the crowd holds its breath, and at the crucial moment ... she misses the shot. That competitor just experienced the phenomenon known as “choking,” where despite months, even years, of practice, a person fails right when it matters most. Why does this happen, and what can we do to avoid it? Noa Kageyama and Pen-Pen Chen explain why we choke under pressure.
Director:
Olesya Shchukina
Writer:
Olesya Shchukina
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Pen-Pen Chen as Narrator (voice) |
| Production | Gerta Xhelo | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Olesya Shchukina | Animation |
| Production | Bethany Cutmore-Scott | Associate Producer |
| Writing | Olesya Shchukina | Writer |
| Sound | Stephen LaRosa | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Alex Rosenthal | Editorial Manager |
| Writing | Pen-Pen Chen | Story |
| Art | Olesya Shchukina | Art Direction |
| Writing | Emma Bryce | Script Editor |
| Production | Francisco Diez | Script Researcher |
| Production | Elizabeth Cox | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Olesya Shchukina | Director |
| Writing | Olesya Shchukina | Screenplay |
| Art | Olesya Shchukina | Graphic Designer |
| Writing | Noa Kageyama | Story |