Suspense in Spielberg's Jaws The film “Jaws” was directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Peter Benchley. The film made in 1975 and is set on the East Coast of USA in New England, north of New York. The film is about a shark which starts to attack people. The first attack is at night when the shark attacks a lone female swimmer. After that the police become involved and this is where we meet the main character, Chief Brody. We see him at home with his family. He is in a new area with a new job but he is afraid of the water. We then meet Quint – a local fisherman and shark hunter who wants $10,000 to kill the shark. We also meet Hooper who is an oceanographer who is keen to investigate. The climax of the film is when the three men go out together to finally hunt down and kill this huge shark. [IMAGE] Spielberg is very clever in the title sequence. He uses the shark as the camera and the shark’s presence is made known by the music (played by strings just a mere two notes G# and A) this is repeated throughout the film. The scene starts off happy and relaxing at a beach party with people drinking and smoking joints. Then a woman gets up and goes in the water for a swim. The camera goes through the water as if it was the shark. We see the woman from a low camera angle then the woman gets eaten. This creates suspense as we did not see the shark. Before the second attack Brody watches the water. It is an unusual shot because we see him in profile. They give Brody a close-up which tells us that he is separated from the community and he is the only who knows about the shark. They then show him watching the water again. This time it shows us he is concentrating and highlights the fact he is on watch.
The close up shot of the sheriff overlooking the people on the beach with the look of concern and distress, opposed to the family in the background, smiling and enjoying the nice sunny day. This shot of him explains his perturb feeling that he knows what awaits in the water, unlike everyone else. The long shot of the person floating in the middle of the sea exposed makes the audience feel relaxed but also cautious. Over the shoulder shot shows the attention is not on the man talking to the sheriff but on the woman in the sea, which was a false alarm, of the woman screaming, but also keeps the audience alert. Another long shot is shown when the children get up to go to sea, makes the audience anxious for danger that is about to happen.
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‘Jaws’ a thriller based on the novel by Peter Benchley, the film was directed by Steven Spielberg. In a beach resort of Amity Island, a young girl named Chrissie is the first victim of the shark’s vicious attack, when it strikes for the second time, the police refuse to put out warning about the shark. It then returns and kills again, the mayor orders the local fishermen to catch the great white shark before it kills even more victims. The fishermen are satisfied when they catch a Tiger shark the mayor reopens the beaches despite the warning from the ichthyologist when he suspects it was from a formidable great white shark. Brody and Hooper and the only fisherman willing to join them to catch the great white set out in the fisherman’s boat only coming face to teeth with the enemy. This film is rated as a 15, and has a running-time of 124 minutes. It was made in the USA, the soundtrack to ‘Jaws’ was a famous two-note piece composed by Czech composer Antonín Dvořák.
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Steven Spielberg’s Jaws (1975) and his other film Jurassic Park (1993) both contain a major theme of what makes a successful hero in society. In Jaws, police chief Martin Brody must successfully eliminate the threat of a Great White Shark from attacking Amity Island. In Jurassic Park, billionaire John Hammond creates a theme park where cloned dinosaurs come alive, hoping that his ideal resort becomes a major success. Through the use of film style elements, such as editing and mise-en scene, Spielberg develops Brody’s character as a person who must learn from his past mistakes in order to become a successful hero while Spielberg creates Hammond’s character as a man who only sees himself as a hero of science and technology without realizing his attempted control over nature is what leads him to his ultimate failure.
A Film Review on Jaws [IMAGE]"Jaws (Style A)" Movie PosterBased on the novel by Peter Benchley, the film sees New York cop, Martin Brody (played by Schneider is investigating a series of deaths that bear all the blame. evidence of a shark attack. This was originally rated as a PG but when? re-released in a 12. A great opening scene showing Chrissy ‘the stereotypical blonde’. being devoured by the unknown killer, puzzles most reviewers in the question.
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