The film follows a student, Rose Price, who is selected for a mysterious experiment that leaves her increasingly confused and paranoid. The experiment appears to be conducted by government agents aiming to manipulate Rose into supporting the war in Iraq and other government plans. As Rose's thoughts are influenced, she struggles with discerning what is real from fake information. The film establishes an unsettling atmosphere through its music and creeping sense of paranoia. While low-budget, it provides a realistic and suspenseful theme that builds anxiety in viewers as they question what is true.

1. IGNORANCE IS BLISS – film review (rough)
Plot
At a seemingly ordinary school, one student is randomly picked to be a test subject for an
experiment hosted by unknown forces, which result in the student becoming increasingly
agitated and confused in her struggle to realise the truth.
Review
There’s something about the way Director
Kirsty Hardy has established the atmosphere
in this film. The music that creeps into your
nerves as you watch the first 80 seconds,
creates a near instant feeling of paranoia and
creepiness that can not be ignored, as Rose
price (Kirsty Hardy) is lead into the ‘test room’
by the seemingly normal teacher.
Rose Price is the victim of what seems to be an
experiment conducted by government agents
who had planned for Rose to become a more
patriarchal citizen in an attempt to regain trust
and support for war in Iraq and government
plans as a whole. Well, that somewhat backfires
when she begins to think the opposite of what
they hoped, causing her to become paranoid and
confused. It is at this point where we also get
sucked into the maddening world of in-between
fake and real media. Our sympathies are drawn
to the leading character, Rose as she her
thoughts push her from believing to disbelief to
madness and back again.
Suspicious thoughts are feed through your mind whilst watching this film, you could even say
it feels like Richard Donner’s Conspiracy Theory, just without the helicopters and budget and
stars and Manhattan surroundings. What is has instead, is a much more realistic, suspicious
theme that simply builds and builds.
The music presented in this film is something to shout about. Making what might otherwise
call a near boring film into a trail of anxiety and expectation, making whoever watches feel
nervous, despite the fact that the film has only been running for less than a minute.
Verdict
Whatever the truth may or may not be, it is clear that this little film provides a thrilling
thought provoker and creepy atmosphere that most people are sure to talk about afterwards.