1. After editing my short filmand
exporting it to YouTube, I decided
to share the link on my Facebook
account as I have a lot of Muslim
and well learned Islamic friends
who can give me their honest
feedback.
Few hours after uploading the link I received many feedbacks fromdifferent
people saying that the filmwas good but when Sheriff, a friend I attended high
school with who is well learned as he knows the complete Qur’an commented,
I knew that his feedback will be vital. Hecommended me for the quality of the
filmoverall but advised me on some key points that I forgot to consider.
Regarding my script, he advised that the Moderate Muslimcharacter who was
dressed in white should had argued more and asked less questions as the
questions made it seemlike the short filmwas giving Islamic Extremisma
platformto be justified. He also advised that it would had been better if the
background should had portrayed both costumes with one side white and one
side black. This feedback helped me learn that I should have developed my
script into more of an argumentative dialogue that justquestion and answers.
I have also learned that I should work on my creative dramatic skills with
regards to background and costume.
2. How have you learned from your audience
feedback?
By Sanusia Conteh
After clicking on the link and watching my short film, a Facebook friend who is a
non-Muslimpreferred to privatemessage me her feedback through the
Facebook Messengerphone app. She expressed her delight at the positive
message that the short filmconveyed and she asked me to send the filmfor her
directly to her mobile phone as she wants to show it to her friends. She also
expressed her excitement about my future upcoming projects. This feedback
taught me that the message of my short filmwas decoded accurately not just
by my Muslimtarget audience but also by my non-Muslimtarget audience.