[Teresa Burnham]

1st watch
We see the conflict in this movie immediately after the foreman gets to the last juror who does not vote “guilty,” like the other 11 jurors.
Tension increases when the juror #8 admits that he’s not sure about the defendant’s guilt or innocence but believes that further discussion is necessary since the defendant’s life is at stake.
When a biased juror #10 claims to know these types of people, it triggers juror # 9 to react, calls him ignorant and questions his proficiency of the truth, plus other reactions, and distractions arise. This propels the foremen to start further discussion.
Juror #2’s reason for finding the defendant guilty validates the juror #8’s assertion that further discussion is needed and moves the story forward.
What makes this movie entertaining is it gives us a glimpse of people’s reaction when their certitude is challenged and speculation about the final verdict.

2nd watch
The main character doesn’t seem assertive about his vote, but he is persistent about having at least an hour’s discussion about the trial.
The heated dialogue between juror # 9 with the biased juror # 10 who gave a denigrating description of the defendant and his community, shows the weakness of their belief.
The attitude of juror # 7 when juror #8 mentioned that the ball game doesn’t start till 8 shows that he really didn’t care.

[Teresa Burnham]

The opening scene is intriguing. We can guess that these are bank robbers because of their masks.
The next scene with a man holding his mask is a nice set up. He doesn’t seem to be too important until the scene ends with that same man as the “Joker”.
We wonder why the banker doesn’t seem to be intimidated, until he opens fire on the robbers. We’re almost sure that he won’t survive otherwise there will be no story.
We learn that the ruthless joker is very smart by hiring the best and eliminating all of them at the end.
The dialogue between the banker and the joker towards the end of the scene had a bit of a twist since it makes us think that the joker will shoot him just like he did the others.

[Teresa Burnham]

I, Teresa Burnham,
As a member of this group, I agree to the following:
1. That I will keep the processes, strategies, teleconferences, communications, lessons, and models of the class confidential, and that I will NOT share any of this program either privately, with a group, posting online, writing articles, through video or computer programming, or in any other way that would make those processes, teleconferences, communications, lessons, and models of the class available to anyone who is not a member of this class.
2. That each writer’s work here is copyrighted and that writer is the sole owner of that work. That includes this program which is copyrighted by Hal Croasmun. I acknowledge that submission of an idea to this group constitutes a claim of and the recognition of ownership of that idea.
I will keep the other writer’s ideas and writing confidential and will not share this information with anyone without the express written permission of the writer/owner. I will not market or even discuss this information with anyone outside this group.
3. I also understand that many stories and ideas are similar and/or have common themes and from time to time, two or more people can independently and simultaneously generate the same concept or movie idea.
4. If I have an idea that is the same as or very similar to another group member’s idea, I’ll immediately contact Hal and present proof that I had this idea prior to the beginning of the class. If Hal deems them to be the same idea or close enough to cause harm to either party, he’ll request both parties to present another concept for the class.
5. If you don’t present proof to Hal that you have the same idea as another person, you agree that all ideas presented to this group are the sole ownership of the person who presented them and you will not write or market another group member’s ideas.
6. Finally, I agree not to bring suit against anyone in this group for any reason, unless they use a substantial portion of my copyrighted work in a manner that is public and/or that prevents me from marketing my script by shopping it to production companies, agents, managers, actors, networks, studios or any other entertainment industry organizations or people.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by  Teresa Burnham.

[Teresa Burnham]

Hi everyone. my name is Teresa. I’ve completed one script, but it needs a lot more work.
The main reason why I’m taking this class is to improve every scene in my script.
What’s unique about me: I’m a landscape and macro photographer.