Evaluation - Suvery Monkey Results

For this survey, I have asaked ten questions on things that we could do in order to enhance our movie. These included things such as important aspects of the movie such as Mise-en-scene (props, costumes, location) and the acting of our characters. I asked teenagers as they were the main target audience.

For the first question, I asked people what kind of genre the movie was. This was so that firstly, people would be able to identify what genre the movie was & secondly to see if the motifs of the movie were evident. Ruthless Russians is actually a crime thriller due to the fact that it shows a failed crime as the russians who have escaped with dirty money in a bag have managed to lose it & it featured chases and suspenseful music. What I have found out from this question would be that 67% of the 10 respondents chose Crime Thriller and 33% of respondents chose Action Thriller. Even though crime thrillers have elements of action thrillers, it is clear that the movie is a crime thriller.

For Question 2, I asked people which part of the movie did they find the most favourable. As this was an open ended question, people were free to personally put their opinions across. The response that I received from this question were "Damn, that's a lot of money", When the Russian realised that the bag had gone missing, Albert in general, Albert saying dayummm, Albert, "Dayum, that's a whole lot a money!", When the money was stolen, Dayyyuumm, When albert found the bag and The russian accents were amusing. From this question, it has come to the conclusion that people were really amused when I came across the bag & came up with the famous catchphrase.  This question was asked so we could find the good aspects of the movie & how people would remember the movie by.


For the third Question, I asked if the trarget audience were able to understand the narrative of the movie. The narrative is basically the storyline of the movie. What I have found out was that 70% of the respondents were able to understand the narrative of the story and 30% were not able to. This means that some people were not able to understand the storyline & as a result, one way to improve the film would be to have a clear storyline.



 
 For Question 4, I asked people if they found the clothing that was worn by each individual character were appropriate for the movie. This is part of Mise-en-scene as each individual has their own clothing style and each costume is distinguishable. For instance, the antagonists would be dressed smartly in this case as they are part of a mafia & the protagonist in this film was wearing casual clothing as he is not involve in any crime. I found out that 90% of the respondents said yes and 10% said no. This means that clothing were not a huge issue in the movie.

For question 5, I have asked people what aspects of the movie that could be improved on for the movie Ruthless Russians. What  I found out would be that 60% of respondents voted for our acting skills, 20% voted for continuity & 10 % of respondents voted for characters & camera shots. This therefore means it clearly shows that acting was a huge isssue and this needs to be looked at as a way to improve our film. The next important factor would be the continuity of the film such as making sure that each scene makes sense.





For Question 6, I asked people if the location of the movie was a good place as this was a part of Mise-en-scene. I found out that 50% of the respondents found the location of the movie suitable and the other 50% found the location good. This means that the location of the film was no issue whatsoever.

For Question 7, I asked people if the sports bag that was filled with money seemed to be an appropriate prop or not. This was asked just in case the prop needed changing. What  I have found out was that 90% of the respondents found the bag to be an appropriate. However, 1 person disagreed. "That person stated, I think it should of been in a briefcase, but then I understand that sports bags are modern now so I still understood it." Overall, the bag was not a major issue and people seemed to like it so if we were to improve the movie, the bag would still be there.

 For the eigth question, I asked people if they would want to continue to watch the movie. This was to see if the movie was a success or not. 100% of all the respondents would like to continue suggesting that the movie was a success.





For Question 9, I asked the target audience if the choice of music for the movie was appropriate. This was so that if we were to enhance the movie, some of the songs would have had to be changed. Fortunately, this was not the result as all of the respondents found the music to be appropriate.

For the last question, I asked how the cliffhanger was at the end of the opening scene. This was the close up of Bogdan saying "yes, we will find him". Clearly, the last question had to be an open ended question so we could get a range of opinions from each individual. The responses that I've received were "Banter", It was really good as I wanted to continue watching to see what happened next, Wanted to watch more, was effective, Albert was gonna get killed, Poor, It was average, it could've left a bit more of a suspense, instead of just ditching suspense with a resolution. It was good, made me want to know what would happen to the character who stole the sports bag full of money. It was suitable but perhaps should have included several short snips of what was going to happen next. "??" & It was pretty well designed, and not too suggestive so I think it was good. This suggests that the cliffhanger was good but it could be worked onto a little bit.