Tension and Suspense the Novel and the Opening Scene of the Film Jaws
Peter Benchley wrote "Jaws" the novel before it was made into a film
directed by Steven Spielberg. "Jaws" is a thriller with the main aim
being to build up suspense and tension. In the novel Peter Benchley
uses many variations of language techniques to emphasise important
points that build up suspense. He also uses sentence and paragraph
structure to affect the reader in many different ways. Steven
Spielberg on the other hand uses different camera angles and shots
alongside lighting effects to create atmosphere and tension. In the
background he uses music and sound effects to add to the dramatic
visual images he creates. Finally Steven Spielberg uses specific
dialogue to show the victims feelings and emotions.
At the beginning of the film the soft, relaxing underwater noises of
communicating sharks instantly sets the scene and creates the feeling
of being deep underwater. The familiar beach sounds have a calming
effect, which immediately lulls the audience into a false sense of
security. The black screen that appears at the start of the film
doesn't provide the audience with anything interesting to look at so
the focus is strongly on the soundtrack. When the opening credits
appear, the contrast between the bold, white credits and the plain
black screen really stands out. The white credits could symbolize the
innocence and vulnerability of the victims against the black, evilness
of the shark. As the credits start to roll the first note of the
chilling "Jaws" music is struck. The peaceful aquatic sounds are
abruptly interrupted by the slow, deliberate minor strokes ...
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and Chrissie really creates atmosphere. Every time the camera switches
to the boy the audience is reminded of how frantic the atmosphere
around Chrissie is. The contrast of these two opposite atmospheres
makes the attack seem far worse in the film than in the novel.
I think that the film involves the audience more than the novel
because the use of camera shots can bring the audience close to the
action. The shark's eye view is a very good shot and ultimately brings
the audience into the middle of all the panic and confusion. It also
build suspense as the audience can see exactly what the shark can see
and when the shark is advancing towards Chrissie's legs they know
exactly what the shark is aiming for. When the attack is going on the
close-ups at water level make the audience feel like they're in the
water.
Genre and Narrative Establishment in the Opening of Pulp Fiction, The Krays and Goodfellas In this piece of coursework I am going to study, compare and evaluate three films in order to show how the genre and narrative are established in the opening five minutes of each. The three films I have chosen to study are 'Pulp Fiction', 'The Krays' and 'Goodfellas'. Pulp Fiction was released in 1995, it was written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and was star studded with the likes of John Travolta (Vincent Vega), Uma Thurman (Mia Wallace), Samuel L Jackson (Jules) and Bruce Willis (Butch). Pulp Fiction has a non-linear narrative; the film follows Vincent's life and the scenarios he transpires within just a few days.
The second scene of the film opens up to Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield drivi...
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Half of the documentary is filmed underwater, which is called underwater video videography, this is used multiply times in the film to show sharks in the wild and how the are peaceful animals. Narration is used throughout the whole film. Narration is a style of storytelling, which involves using a narrator of camera and he or she is never seen. This style is mostly used in informative documentaries. Host, is a style of storytelling where you learn about the story through a guide or a host. You see this person on the camera and they take you through a story in their own words. Recreations are used twice in shark girl one was to show when she was a child and was living on the great barrier reef, and the other one was a flash back to the 1950’s to show the over fishing of sharks along the great barrier reef at this time. This technique is to show important events that have already taken place. Madison uses personal point of view, this is where she tells the story from her personal perspective and her opinion. Camera tracking shots were used when she was on a boat to go diving with the sharks in the Bahamas, a camera tracking shot is where a camera is mounted on a camera dolly, which is a wheeled platform that is pushed along rails while the picture is being taken. Extreme long shots were used on the sharks to show us emotion. A birds eye view was used on the great barrier reef to show us how beautiful
How does Mary Shelley use elements of the Gothic in Chapter 5 to create an atmosphere of tension and dread?
An Analysis of How Narrative and Genre Features Create Meaning and Generate Response in the Opening of Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas
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probably as it has the dense part of the film in it. The audience are
As an audience we are manipulated from the moment a film begins. In this essay I wish to explore how The Conversation’s use of sound design has directly controlled our perceptions and emotional responses as well as how it can change the meaning of the image. I would also like to discover how the soundtrack guides the audience’s attention with the use of diegetic and nondiegetic sounds.
Sound is an extremely important element to a film. Music, the sound chosen in this scene, is categorized as non-diegetic, which means that the music is not in the story world. The directors use deep, dramatic, intense music when Nick is interrogating Judy about her speech. The music in the scene helps the audience feel the anxiousness that Judy is feeling towards predators, particularly Nick. As the music plays in the background, the intensity of the scene grows immensely. The directors use the music to help heighten the emotion during this encounter and reveal Judy’s inner fear of predators that gets the best of her in this
As time goes on, history has a way of getting distorted from its most truthful form. Time causes people to drift away from accuracy and become more interested in what they want to remember. Hollywood has a reputation of creating films that cater more to the average viewer, rather than the history buff. Inglorious Basterds, by Quentin Taratino, take very liberal liberty with a history story, and creates a story that will sell to the crowd. This may seem dubious, but it is often not such a bad thing. Hollywood can take a story that may have one connotation, may it be serious or dreary, and turn it into something that evokes different emotions, will still addressing historical issues or topics. Taratino chooses to film a movie of this type because of the way he can portray a very serious topic in way that no one has before. He picks the topic of World War II and the Nazi’s, but does not take the generic portrayal of it. Many previous movies of this subject have been released either show heroic American that battle insurmountable odds, or forsaken Jews that fight threw the worst. While it may seem dark to make a movie that takes a serious subject so lightly, it is part of the process of history. As it becomes more and more distant in time, there is less and less truth and seriousness put into it. It is seen in many other Hollywood movies, such as The Patriot (2000), 300 (2007), Braveheart (1995), and Django Unchained (2012). The interesting thing in many of the movies like these, is the enemy is often portrayed in an extremely negative, almost so extreme, they could be compared to the Nazis. Hollywood uses that Nazis as the level setter for enemies, it does not get worse than them. It is interesting to see how Taratino portrays the ...
Every second growing closer and closer to the destruction captivates your attention showing you what minor details created a ripple effect and sinking the ship. From the heart warming goodbyes when they set sail to the icy agonizing waters at the end. The movie really went into detail about the disaster and wanted people to know that it really happened and how devastating it is.
...movie that I fell in love with. But most of all I love how the story line is a great overlap into the cinematically engaging movie. There is a great use of camera, timing, shots and story line that are portrayed in this movie without being too overwhelming. This allows the audience to relax during the movie and just take in the scenes as a story from reality. To this day, and even still doing this paper I still come to find different aspects of the movie that I missed the previous times I have watched it.