After editing my short film

and 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 from
different people saying that the film was good but when Sheriff, a
friend I attended high school with who is well learned as he knows
the complete Quran commented, I knew that his feedback will be
vital. He commended me for the quality of the film overall but
advised me on some key points that I forgot to consider. Regarding
my script, he advised that the Moderate Muslim character who was
dressed in white should had argued more and asked less questions
as the questions made it seem like the short film was giving
Islamic Extremism a platform to 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 just question and
answers. I have also learned that I should work on my creative

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-Muslim preferred to private message me her
feedback through the Facebook Messenger phone app. She
expressed her delight at the positive message that the short film
conveyed and she asked me to send the film for 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 film was decoded
accurately not just by my Muslim target audience but also by my