Research Paper On 12 Angry Men

In the movie, 12 Angry Men, there were plenty of things to focus on. The weather, the way the men were dressed, their facial expressions, and more. I’d like to focus a little on all of these things throughout this paper, because they all help make the film what it is. As we started watching this movie, I think the thing I noticed most was the weather and how everyone looked uncomfortable and grumpy. Who wouldn’t be uncomfortable and grumpy on a hot day while wearing a full suit while being stuck in a courtroom. Although the film “12 Angry Men” was in black and white, from the lighting I could see that they were very sweaty which only seemed to get worse throughout the movie. I think the heat really messed with them in the movie, I feel the …show more content…
The cameras also showed groups of two or three during the time when it was one against the other men.
I didn’t even notice the camera angles did that to juror 8 in the beginning until I went back through, and the only reason I really went back to check was because I noticed that they did this to juror 3 when he decided to be stubborn and stick to guilty while everyone else changed their votes to not guilty, and the camera also looked down at him and showed people grouping against him. It showed that he was alone.
Another instance where the men had grouped up on someone was when the prejudice guy had made some very rude prejudice remarks about the kid, and majority of the men, got up, moved away from the table, and turned their backs on him. When the first few men had done this I had no idea what was going on but later I understood and I thought it was quite powerful. Which clearly it was because that guy sat down after it had happened and did not say a word throughout the rest of the