12 Angry Men

Movie

Director

Production

12 Angry Men

Sidney LUMET

Reginald ROSE, Henry FONDA

1957

A court room drama film

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Forward noteDirection / Production12 jurors, one verdictThe plotShot typesCamera anglesCamera movementsOther camera techniquesScene analysisChoose a taskUseful resources

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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

https://archive.org/details/12AngryMen195712 Angry Men ( 1957) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archiveremove-circle Internet Archive's in-browser video player requires JavaScript to be enabled. It appears your browser does not have it turned on....Internet Archive

Film director

ScreenwriterProducer

ProducerActor

SidneyLUMET

ReginaldROSE

HenryFONDA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_LumetSidney LumetSidney Arthur Lumet ( loo-MET ; June 25, 1924 - April 9, 2011) was an American director, producer, and screenwriter with over 50 films to his credit....Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_RoseReginald RoseReginald Rose (December 11, 1920 - April 19, 2002) was an American film and television writer, most widely known for his work in the early years of...Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_FondaHenry FondaHenry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 - August 12, 1982) was an American film and stage actor who had a career that spanned five decades in Hollywood....Wikipedia

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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?

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The Plot

the deliberation

the case

the first vote

the weapon

the El train

the apartment

the method

the photo

the glasses

the alibi

the verdictthe endingthe outcome

the lastvote

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SHOT TYPES

WIDESHOT

MIDSHOT

TWOSHOT

OVER THESHOULDER

CLOSE-UP

EXTREMECLOSE-UP

ESTABLISHINGSHOT

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

Establishing shot- gives the audience an understanding of where a scene is about to take place.

Wide shot- seeing a character from head to toe, not too far away.

Mid shot- the character is seen from waist up.- allows the audience to see the character's body language and actions.

Two-shot- two characters appear in the same frame. Pay attention to where or what they are looking at.

Over the shoulder- often used in conversations- the frame shows one character's back while another character is facing the camera.

Close-up- the character is seen from shoulder to top of head.- is used to show the character's emotions.

Extreme close-up- the entire face is framed.- parts of the face may be framed out.

CAMERA ANGLES

LOW ANGLE

Establishing shot:- gives the audience an understanding of where a scene is about to take place.

HIGH ANGLE

Establishing shot:- gives the audience an understanding of where a scene is about to take place.

EYE LEVEL

Establishing shot:- gives the audience an understanding of where a scene is about to take place.

ABOVE EYE LEVEL

Establishing shot:- gives the audience an understanding of where a scene is about to take place.

BELOW EYE LEVEL

Establishing shot:- gives the audience an understanding of where a scene is about to take place.

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

Low angle- the camera is below eye level to face up a subject.- can make the subject look strong, powerful, heroic or vilain.- can make the audience feel something unatural or unusual .- not a natural perspective.

High angle- the camera is high above the subject.- is the opposite of "low angle".- makes the subject appear smaller or weak.

Eye level- the camera is on the same level as the eyes of the subject.- a natural perspective.- is quite "neutral".

Above eye level- the camera is above the eye level of the subject.

Below eye level- the camera is below the level of the eyes of the subject.

CAMERA MOVEMENTS

PANNING

TILTING

TRACKING

PEDESTAL

DOLLY

ZOOMING

STATIC

Establishing shot:- gives the audience an understanding of where a scene is about to take place.

How the camera moves

SELF-STUDY

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

Static- the camera doesn't move.

Panning- the camera goes from left to right or from right to left.

Tilting- the camera doesn't move physically but rotates up or down in a vertical plane.

Tracking- the camera follows the subject backward, forward or alongside.

Pedestal-the camera is lowered or elevated.

Dolly- the camera moves forward and zooms out on the subject or the camera moves backwards and zooms in.- also called "the vertigo effect".

Zooming (in or out)- the camera is static- the lens magnifies (zooms in) or minimizes (zooms out) the size of the subject.

Symmetry

OTHER CAMERA TECHNIQUES

Rule of 3

Fade in / out

Symmetry- occurs when objects or subjects are arranged symmetrically, as if they were mirrored.- creates a sense of organization and order.

Rule of 3- the shot has imaginary lines (3,6,9..) either vertical, horizontal, canted/ oblique.

Fade in / fade out- a picture appears (fades in) or disappears (fades out) progressively.- can be combined : a frame fades out while another fades in.

SCENEANALYSIS

SHOTTYPES

CAMERAANGLES

CAMERAMOVEMENT

OTHERCAMERATECHNIQUES

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

Choose a task

Choose a scene.Sketch thestoryboard

Choose a scene, find partners.Perform it live.

Take shots of your friends working or acting.

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

Join a team of actors and direct their acting.

Exploreanyrelatedthemeor any otherfilm you like.Share.

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Film

Write

Direct

Perform

Explore

Useful resources

Full movie

How the camera pulls us in

Interview: Lumet on "Making Movies"

ACMI

Upopi

TheInternet Movie Database

cinematography(en)

cinematographie(fr)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050083/

https://upopi.ciclic.fr/vocabulaire/

https://www.acmi.net.au/education/online-learning/film-it/cinematography/

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