Spielberg's Jaws

Spielberg's Jaws

In the film jaws the creativity of the camera shots and the uses of

music is extremely effective and create an exciting atmosphere for the

audience. I am analysing this to tell everyone what jaws is about and

the tragic attacks that happened on Amity Island, USA. The worst

attack happened on Independence Day due to the beaches been busier

than they usually are. Tension is the main scare factor of this movie

but it is also used to capture the audience’s attention.

In the first attack the music and tension is not used as much to make

the audience feel more comfortable and unaware the first of many

attacks is about to happen. All is cheerful as a party takes place on

the sand dunes near the beach. A drunken pair of teens run off to what

they think will be a nice swim in the sea. As they are running into

the sea the boy collapses and the girl continues in. This then makes

the audience panic as the girl has gone in on her own. There is then a

mid view shot of the boy as he lies there and groans. At this point

the girl is still unaware she is still on her own. A camera shot shows

the girl in a closer view splashing around in the sea then skips to a

sharks eye view of the girl underneath then the music comes in with

the camera moving towards her. The camera then goes up to the water

level and shows the girl calmly swimming but as the shark moves in on

the girl the music is played and the camera angle changes back. You

see a several splashes under the water, then the camera switches to

show the girl been dragged under. At this point the girl is screaming

for her life. She tries to grab a buoy that is floating near to where

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...e end of the boat off. Another

extreme close up is used on Quint and Brody when the boat is sinking.

Quint then loses grip. A quick turn in the camera shows the shark

consumes Quint. The camera then does another sharp turn to show that

Brodys hurt. Brody then aims for the shark as it swims past. The

camera view then goes to sea level. The explosion in the water marks

the killing and the end of the shark’s reign of terror. A close up of

Brodys face is then shown as he smiles matt the friend thought dead

swims up to the log where Brody is resting. Then the credits open.

I think Jaws the film would not have been as successful if the cameras

and music had not have created the tension and suspense they did. The

camera shots and music give this film the extra scare factor that it

needed. I enjoyed watching this film a lot.