12 Angry Men

Movie

12 Angry Men

Sidney LUMET

Director

Production

Reginald ROSE, Henry FONDA

Creative commons By - SA - NCLaurence Bernard

1957

A court room drama film

Index

• Forward note
• Direction / Production
• 12 jurors, one verdict
• The plot
• Shot types
• Camera angles
• Camera movements
• Other camera techniques
• Scene analysis
• Choose a task
• Useful resources

This course is part of the French curriculum for the English class LLCER Terminale.All scenes in this course were selected, cut and numbered by your teacher. Note that "12 Angry Men" is in the American Public domain.You can watch or download it for free here:

https://archive.org/details/12AngryMen1957

Henry FONDA

Sidney LUMET

Reginald ROSE

Producer Actor

Screenwriter Producer

Film director

#5

#1

#2

#3

#4

#6

12 jurors, 1 verdict

Introduce the characters. How much do we know about their identity , life, social background and ideals. Who is the protagonist? Who is the antagonist? How do they differ?

#9

#11

#7

#8

#10

#12

the apartment

the deliberation

the first vote

the El train

the weapon

the case

The Plot

the verdict the ending the outcome

the last vote

the method

the photo

the glasses

the alibi

SHOT TYPES

Ways of framing what the camera sees, and how close it is to the subject.

OVER THE SHOULDER

TWO SHOT

WIDE SHOT

MID SHOT

CLOSE-UP

EXTREME CLOSE-UP

ESTABLISHING SHOT

The specific location of the camera to take a shot. Related to "Point of view"

CAMERA ANGLES

HIGH ANGLE

ABOVE EYE LEVEL

LOW ANGLE

EYE LEVEL

BELOW EYE LEVEL

How the camera moves

CAMERA MOVEMENTS

PEDESTAL

TRACKING

PANNING

TILTING

DOLLY

ZOOMING

STATIC

SELF-STUDY

Watch the 8 scenes corresponding to the beginning of Lumet's "12 Angry Men" and try to identify different shot types, camera angles and movements.

OTHER CAMERA TECHNIQUES

Fade in / out

Rule of 3

Symmetry

SCENE ANALYSIS

SHOT TYPES

Choose 2 scenes. Identify the shot types, camera angles and movements or any other technique used in each scene. Explain what effects are created.

CAMERA ANGLES

CAMERA MOVEMENT

OTHER CAMERA TECHNIQUES

Film

Write

Perform

Direct

Explore

Sketch

Choose a task

Explore any related theme or any other film you like. Share.

Take shots of your friends working or acting.

Choose a scene, find partners. Perform it live.

Choose a scene.Sketch the story board

#8 is back home.Write a 1 minute long scene.

Join a team of actors and direct their acting.

The Internet Movie Database

ACMI

How the camera pulls us in

Interview: Lumet on "Making Movies"

Upopi

Full movie

cinematography (en)

cinematographie (fr)

Useful resources

The end

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