Characterization plays a major part in most
             movies, this is what gives the audience insights
             into a characters personality. The film 12 Angry
             Men 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 thoughts. The
             film 12 Angry Men makes strong use of all of
             these methods, but the use of appearance seems
             to be the primary method used in revealing
             characterization. As we are introduced to the
             characters we can make fairly accurate
             assumptions of their personality based on the
             court room scene at the beginning of the film. For
             instance, juror number two looks like the
             prototypical nerd; wearing glasses, looking very
             awkward and small in stature. Also, juror number
             six looks very rough and presumably unintelligent;
             very large in statur...