What do you think about the strategy to keep the subject matter secret?
What do you think about the strategy to keep the subject matter of this film secret?
I can see both pros and cons to this strategy.
Pros:
- Keeping the subject matters secret as long as possible stops hardcore atheists from making endless troll attacks against the film now, which they will inevitably do if they learn that the film mentions God in a positive way.
- Keeping the subject matter secret possibly creates intrigue as to what the film is about.
Cons:
- Keeping the subject matter secret may possibly keep interest low because no one will care about a film if they do not know what it is about.
- The subject matter will inevitably become clear before the film is shown in theatres, so the secrecy may accomplish nothing other than keeping interest in the film low until it starts to suffer from troll attacks which will come before it gets to theaters anyway.
As well, having hardcore atheists frame the discussion with their biases of what they say the film is about, rather than the filmmakers themselves doing so, would not be in the film's best interest.
Those are my thoughts, but like I said, what do you think about this secrecy strategy?
And even if you are a hardcore atheist who answers this question, if you were the filmmakers, wouldn't you want your film to be protected against troll attacks? That is to say, just because you disagree with the film's potential POV, you can still answer the question here honestly by disregarding your biases and putting yourself in the filmmakers' shoes.