These are the questions we used for our survey, which was to be completed by people once they had seen the final product of Oblivious.
The two main age groups who completed the survey were 15-19, and 24+. This was a positive as both of these age groups fall into our desired target audience. Therefore we knew the right people were watching our product which was great for us, as they will understand it more and can maybe leave back more critical and meaningful feedback. If the survey was completed by people who are younger, as said in the evaluation they may not understand it as much and may not be able to leave as good critical feedback and comments.
It seems the people who answered the survey think that the lighting and camera work fit the conventions of Thrillers the most. This was a relief to us as it means the harder work we put into these two areas has paid off ultimately, due to the fact that people find the lighting and camera work in Oblivious the better features of it. However it seems no people put down Costume for the convention that met Thrillers the most. This wasn't too surprising I thought, as ultimately our costume was fairly standard, if we were to do Oblivious again I think we should do something differently to make the costume more memorable or iconical. I was also happy that people thought the music and plot met the conventions of Thrillers. We thought our plot was Thriller-esque as we included political associations and real life situations that relate to terrorism and radicalism.
10 out of the 10 people who answered the survey said they enjoyed Oblivious. This was very good to hear and it can suggest we did our job when it came to creating a thriller; once the people had watched it they said they enjoyed it. Also suggesting they found some features of it thrilling which led to their enjoyment of the video.
When asked who they think the target audience would be for Oblivious, they said the age groups of 15-19 and 24+, which were the two highest categories. This also was a good sign to us as perhaps the audience noticed the controversial nature of Oblivious, as we did, so they thought the target audience for this product should be more mature. The audience realizing this too makes me feel that Oblivious did its job as being a short, controversial thriller opening that will make the viewer think about what they just saw. Hence as a result, the people who answered the survey assume the target audience for this piece should be a bit older in age so they are fully aware of what it is they are watching.
The people who answered the survey also thought that the sub-genres Oblivious falls into the most is psychological thrillers, and crime thrillers and political thrillers, these were the top three categories. I was quite surprised at how psychological thriller was the most common, along with crime, this is because I don't think Oblivious comes under a psychological thriller, but however a political thriller or crime thriller for definite. This is because Oblivious has all the features of political and crime thrillers, such as themes of terrorism and mass violence, however the features of psychological thrillers isn't as much.
Everybody said they want too see more of this film if they could. This was encouraging, which like said before, suggests we did our job well in creating a thriller opening and luring in our audience into the world we created for this product.
One improvement said how if the protagonists face was more clear in the close up shot. However I am unsure whether they are referring to camera quality or the shot itself. If it is the shot itself, it was intended to not fully show Joseph's face as it keeps it ambiguous and so you don't ever fully see his face in the opening bomb assembling scene. This I feel, keeps the tone of the opening more mysterious and unsettling, because if we kept showing his face in screen it will probably take away from the ambiguity of the situation and may make it feel more forced.
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