Audience Feedback

In the first month of uploading our video to Youtube we have had a good number of views and some comments from other Youtube users offering there opinion and with use of the "like dislike" bar we can tell how widely our video is liked. With one dislike to four likes we are confident that our film will be liked by the audience. User comments include "sick, i like the ending" showing the user enjoyed the film and gave a specific reason. Another user commented "shit that is insane! and awesome!! great work guys!" this shows that the user clearly likes our film and that the viewer is part of our target audience by his use of vocabulary. Other comments after posting on Facebook said that viewers liked the music for its intensity and feeling of dread and confusion, and that the editing was clean and crisp, demonstrating good use of the editing software and a well thought out editing process. Viewers also stated that the protaganist was well dressed and suited the part with costume and props.

Below is a graph of the video statistics and who has viewed the video and how old they are. This is a good indication for us because it is showing that the video is being used by our target audience.

By Thomas Beal

Editing Diary

I started editing on one of my programs at home called Sony Vegas. I went through at first and made a rought edit putting all of the clips together and it was around 3 minutes long. It took me around an hour to do the rough edit and and then I moved on to do the main edit.

I started at around 6pm and finished editing around 8:30pm. The editing at some points was quite tricky but on a whole was quite fun to do. I enjoyed putting everything together and editing the thriller as a whole because it was a challenge and I knew how much it ment to our group.

When I rendered out the video the first time, I rendered out in a bad size and it wasnt able to be uploaded to youtube. I then rerendered in to 1280 x 720 and it worked fine. I then copied a version onto a disk.

By Charlie Head

Final Cut of our Film "Twelve"

'Twelve' Film Poster

This was a poster I created for our thriller, Twelve.

By Charlie Head

Location Map

We knew to film in Ongar as we already had key locations of where to film there. Here is a map of Ongar with the locations we decided to film. As finding the right locations was key we done some extra location hunting and found many new locations that suited our film as well as the key ones we already had in mind. As our locations were quite far apart we had to travel long distances between each location and therefore had to plan carefully where we were going to film first so we could save as much time as we could and make sure our continuuty was right.


Location 1- This was the open field and the long lane. The film would start here as I thought the establishing shot of the lane would work well as it gives the audience a clear picture of where the character is. The lane then leads onto a open field for the next scene where the character collapses. The open field emphasis that he is desperate to get away and the openness shows he is vulnerable.


Location 2- This is the concrete room. Its derelict and dirty which adds to the mystery of when the character wakes up. The graffiti around the walls of the building adds to the mise en scene by making it more gritty and urban. The hole in the side of the building also added to the lighting making several shadows.


Location 3- This is the derelict barn. This is where our main character takes one of his victims in the flashbacks. We thought it would make an interesting location as it has some nice features such as the curled barbed wire.


Location 4- This was the forest with the empty moat. This was another flashback scene which worked well as the gradient varied so we could have high angle shots of the man with the kinfe and the body laying down in the ditch.

Location 5- Derelict swimming pool. This was the last flashback where we filmed. This was another unique location we used as we used the flashbacks to present a variety of locations to make the shots look more interesting. The broken tiles and crumbled walls all done this.

Diary of the Re-Shoot

For the re-shoot we decided that we had to be alot more organised as before in the first shooting we were not very organised and spent alot of time deciding what shots we were going to use. In order to be more organised Christian had a very detailed storyboard that told us exactly what shots we were going to use and exactly what mise en scene was needed in the shot. This helped greatly and after meeting at the Two Brewers pub in Ongar at 4 o clock we started walking to our location knowing exactly what we were going to do.

We used our story board and starting shooting straight away we were using the same locations so we knew how to set things up this was apparent all throughout the first shot on the story board. We then went onto the second shot on the story board and so on, and as a result of such a detailed story board we managed to complete the whole re-shoot in just over four hours. This was very good and shows how planning is key when shooting.


Here are some pictures of the various things done throughout the entire filming process in order to make the film as good as possible. 

Here is a picture of Christian filming a low angle shot  of the main character, this is to show that the character is in a dominating position and should be feared.

Here is a picture of Christian filming a high angle shot whilst the main character is on the floor just regaining consciousness, this is used to show that the character is in a vulnerable position after just passing out. 

Here is a picture of Christian and Charlie setting up the camera in order to make sure it is in the right position.

Here is a picture of the setting where we filmed one of the main scenes in our production. You can also see the props that we set up with the cloths line with hanging pictures in it in order to make the building feel scary and as though a crime has been committed. 

Here is a picture of Christian aligning a very innovative low angle shot between  the feet of Charlie in order to capture a low angle image of another character but with Charlie's feet in the shot. The reason for this shot was to give the point of view from behind Charlie to get a different aspect of the situation, also the fact that Charlie is in the shot makes the atmosphere alot more intense as you know he is a victim.   

This is a picture taken from the same place as the recording camera was situated in order to show how the high angle shot was used in order to make the victim look vulnerable when laying in a ditch unconscious. 


By George Hick

Character Profile

Name: Daniel Sheen


Age: 22


Occupation: Works in a local bar mixing drinks and cocktails.

Bio: A very quiet man who is very socially inept, he suffers from nightmares and bad dreams and he doesn't know why.


Family: He has no recollection of his mother or father as they died when he was young, however he knows that he has an uncle that lives in Australia.


Criminal Record: Conviction of shoplifting at the age of 15.

Interests: Very interested in computer games. 

By George Hick

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