Warm in the Norris Theatre sat crowds of people — students, faculty, parents and spectators — waiting in anticipation for the junior film class Intermediate Production student thesis films to be screened Sunday night.

One such film was “It’ll Pass,” a short film directed by Benjamin Turnquest, produced and edited by Olivia Brancato and filmed by Sergio Delgado. As Turnquest, a junior majoring in film and television production, described, the film is about deepening a new relationship. A man named August decides to sleep next to his boyfriend for the first time, and the audience goes into his dreams with him.

“The conversation is about his own self consciousness, trying to find connections and somebody overcoming insecurity and finding love,” Turnquest said. “My biggest goal was to show that a lot of our fears exist in our heads. We get so caught up in our insecurity and our own self consciousness that it’s difficult to see what it exists in reality.”

As the director of such a major production, Turnquest viewed the scope of “It’ll Pass” as something so much bigger than anything he could have achieved on his own. His peers were integral to the film and helped it get off the ground, he said.

Brancato, a junior majoring in film and television production, was the onset sound director along with producer and editor of “It’ll Pass.”

“Before college and even in our freshman year, I was used to making stuff by myself, but it’s been really nice to have two other people to lean on,” Brancato said. “Especially because I think me, Ben and Sergio have an understanding as a team that time this semester is a priority and we actually want to help each other out with getting our projects where we want them to go.”

Brancato explained that her primary role in “It’ll Pass” was to help Turnquest tell his story.

“My focal point is to share how queer relationships can be. It can be scary to be intimate with somebody in a way that you’re just sharing this bed with them, sleeping with them in a relationship type of way rather than hooking up,” Brancato said. “When [Ben] was explaining that to me, I don’t fully understand but I was like, ‘I just want to bring your story to light.’”

Delgado, a junior majoring in film and television production, was the cinematographer for “It’ll Pass.” Delgado highlighted the rapport of his trio mates during their time together creating the short film.

“Ben was always supporting me, always open to receive my feedback and my comments,” Delgado said. “When I was with the camera, [Ben] was saying, ‘Hey, I trust you.’”

Delgado also explained that Turnquest made sure to delicately coordinate the more intimate scenes in “It’ll Pass.”

“[It was a] safe environment that let us feel comfortable,” Delgado said. “[Ben] had to learn how to do these types of scenes that have intimacy, so I think he did right and created this safe environment, between the actors in the room and everyone on set.”

Along with the chemistry of the student producers, another special feature of “It’ll Pass” is the inclusion of recorded music from the same musician who appears on-screen in the film. Aria Morgan, a sophomore majoring in saxophone performance, plays the baritone saxophone and visually plays the character Fear.

Turnquest explains how he chose that instrument because it was a “very blaring instrument, almost percussive.”

“I think that the dream in the film was very jarring,” Turnquest said. “It creates a very visceral reaction from the audience.”

At the Norris Theatre Sunday night, when the loudness of the baritone saxophone came on, that exact reaction of surprise and musical shock reverberated throughout the stands. By the end, Turnquest, Brancato and Delgado received dozens of rounds of applause and standing ovations.

The title of the film, “It’ll Pass,” is inspired by the finale of season two from the show “Fleabag,” when the protagonist tells someone she loves him, only for him to respond, “It’ll pass.” But Turnquest also stipulated that it represents the film’s universal message for him.

“The title for me is about how all things in our lives have one thing in common, and that’s how it will pass,” Turnquest said. “It’s important to just embrace the people around us. No matter how much people make us angry, ultimately, people are all we got.”