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12 Angry Men

Characterization plays a major part in most movies, this is what gives
the audience insights into a characters personality. The film
relies more heavily on the use of characterization than any other movie I can
think of. Due to the lack of special effects and because the film takes place
almost entirely in a small jury room the development of characters was key.
This star studded cast of actors included such names as: Henry Fonda, Lee J.
Cobb, and Ed Begley, even the guy from The Odd Couple was in the movie.
An important part of characterization deals with how characters are
revealed. There are four major methods of revealing characterization:
actions, appearance, dialogue, and ...

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unintelligent; very large in stature with a strong jaw line
and wearing his shirt unbuttoned at the top without a tie. We can also make
assumptions about Henry Fonda’s character(juror #8) based on his
appearance. He looks very intelligent and almost angelic in his all white
suit and with his tall and slender build. Later in the movie these ideas are
reinforced by the other three methods of characterization. However, there is
one character whose appearance is misleading. Juror number five appears
to be the average middle class citizen, but in fact he hails from the slums.
Once again, since the film takes place in the small, suffocating jury
room we get to know quite a lot about characters. For example, we learn
that juror number ten is a racist, that juror number four resents young people
due to his own sour relationship with his son, and that juror number three is
a cool and calm stockbroker who “never sweats”. With as much as we ...

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Added: 5/4/2006 04:19:37 AM
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