Jaws Use Of Cinematography In Jaws

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Jaws is a 1975 thriller that was directed by Steven Spielberg and is also based on a 1974 nook with the same name. The film is about a great white shark attacking Amity Island which is obviously not real but a fictional resort. -Steven Spielberg’s use of editing and cut scenes is one of the biggest factors in this movie. He uses contrast in certain scenes to amplify one and somewhat down play the other. The intensity in one scene can form an overstatement on what is really going on even when the setting itself is very relaxed. One scene the really exemplifies this is one of the first scenes when Chrissie runs into the water and is dragged under water by the unknown, but a bit after we realize that she is actually being attacked by a great white. The camera cuts back to Tom laying down, completely unware of the events presiding. Him laying down enjoying the sun is a complete contrast and also the slight note screaming that is playing is very opposite Chrissies which makes the intensity shoot up when we …show more content…

He uses 2 symbolic elements constantly during the film. One of them is the use of colors especially yellow, which interpreted as a warning of danger. Examples of this are Chrissie being a girl with blonde hair, the childing having a yellow raft and the man in the boat with a yellow cord, and it is not by coincidence that shark attacks happened during these scene, Spielberg was trying to let the view know that a shark attack was underway. More use symbolism is the film is the shark itself, the shark brought 3 men together as friends and allies. When they first are together they were constantly arguing about the shark and how to kill it, but as time goes on they find themselves spending more time out at sea with the shark as a danger they develop a sort of bond. The shark is meant to bring Quint, Hooper and Brody together, and more to prove this is the meaning of Amity which means

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