Post-Production Questionnaire Results - Question 7

The seventh question we asked was 'Do you think the props and location are convincing in relation to the narrative? Explain'. 
The mise en scene, for us, was probably the most important aspect to get right as they had to create verisimilitude and be believable. The shots with the dolls had to convey the emotions of the character and his location had to be innocent in comparison with him and his actions. 

Most of the answers we got were yes with a variety of explanations. For example; 'explains emotions', 'they portray the feelings that the character seems to be going through', 'the post it notes showed his obsession', 'liked the props and thought they were appropriately suited', 'very realistic', 'the link with the dolls was very good' and 'the props used to show anger'. 
This is definitely a triumph for us and our video, as our main concern was that people wouldn't make the link between the dolls and the characters' emotions. However, our editing and cross cuts seemed to work and showed the link effectively. 

One answer we got which was very interesting was 'the location is too "posh", flat would have been better for young single man'. There is not much we can do to change location now, but I definitely understand the audience's opinion. Perhaps a flat would have been better however our actor looks young (which we wanted him to be) and him living alone in a flat wouldn't have been believable. We wanted this boy to look like he had kicked out his parents for the whole day and spent the entire day getting ready for this date. He wants everything to be perfect. This comment may have been made from someone older than our target audience, so therefore their interpretation and knowledge of these circumstances may be different. However our actor/character is young and this is what we were aiming for.