Analysis Of 12 Angry Men Movie Clip

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12 Angry Men Movie Clip (Architect)

From the beginning, the Architect was the only person who believed that there was reasonable doubt, which cause him to stand along. He stated and consistently repeated throughout several scenes that he didn’t know whether or not the boy’s story is true or not which led him to be t he only person to vote not guilty.

After a series of several voting attempts, the Architect continued to challenge the jurors locked in thinking which stimulated other to think outside the box and new question emerged. Slowly, other juror members begin to change their mind and vote not guilty as well. His leadership style proved to be very consistent as he confronted others however when necessary and remained very direct, honest
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He saw that his coercive power was not working. In each clip of the movie, the Cougher always voted guilty. He verbalized and used gestures to express his opinion of the groups vote. In the end, after other key points of evidence where introduced, the Cougher changed his vote to not guilty.

12 Angry Men Movie Clip (The Group)

As the scene begins, the Foreman has exercised a transition in power, from legitimate power to referent power. The transition in power is shown through his inability to display competency in leading with the first vote. Throughout the movie, the Foreman would lead the group by expressing his voting choice first, however the Foreman opted to wait for other jurors to voice their choices due to him transitioning from a head thinker to a heart thinker.

As the jury is still hung on the determination of a unanimous decision for the trial, the continued deliberation has caused a siding effect. One of the effects of siding that is show in the jury room is the adoption of the win/loss thinking, which has caused destructive conflict. Siding also added additional imbalance perceptions, which complicates the

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