A Synopsis Of The Film 'Jaws'

Shark attacks still happen to this day. There’s nothing more terrifying than hearing a story in the news of a mighty, great white shark killing an innocent person. He mentions the backlash of Hollywood blockbusters such as “Jaws” and “Sharknado 3” that intensifies one’s fear. Sharks have evolved in our

Sharks, the scariest, biggest, baddest creatures! That's what we make them out to be, but are they really? The answer is no, we say that. We kill more of them than they kill of us, about 900,094 more. Sharks, being carnivores, are NOT natural predators of humans.

Sharks are aquatic creatures and very important to the living with lots of information humans may not understand. To start off, femeles give birth to 7-9 sharks per litter that are 3-4 feet at birth. Next humans believe all sharks are monsters but out of 400 species only 4 sharks have been claimed to attack on humans. Lastly sharks attack for 2 main reasons one reason is for defense and predation. They attack in defense when humans are in or around their territory they attack in predation mistaking people for seals. In conclusion sharks are creatures that humans are still learning about and try to understand them better.

Sharks have been in our oceans for almost 450 million years. Those millions of years of evolution have allowed many different shark species to develop abilities, and to become perfect predators.

Arising over 350 million years ago, the shark species has been labeled as a human devourer. Now, with the increase in human population, the demand for shark meat, fins, and cartilage are at an all time high; therefore, the existence of the shark is becoming a concern (Budker 1971). Individuals are conditioned to think of sharks as a negative aspect to the environment, which is prolonging the effort to save shark species from becoming extinct. With that in mind, some private as well as national organizations have accepted the challenge of educating and informing people about the existence of the shark specie and its importance to the sea.

One of the ways that Spielberg conveys a sense of suspense in Jaws is by not showing the shark. He gives us man glimpses of it, such as the fin, and shadows accompanied by blood, but never the full until late in the film. I think this really helps us as the audience fear the shark more, as our imagination is forced to fill in the blanks, which sometimes creates something far worse than the actual thing.

Many people call sharks beasts, terrible things, killers, but they are not. For instance sharks need to eat to just like humans. Sharks can eat all day. When sharks eat too much they throw it up and eat more. Sharks fend for themselves when they are hungry they might find other sharks and eat them. Sharks eat squid, shrimp, sardines, tuna. Besides sharks can never stop moving so they don't’ stay in one spot. Lastly sharks might look mean but they are

To this day, many of us still see them this way. In fact, coastal states stared to host shark culling events. In these sometime month-long events, a state government will pay any fishermen to bring in a freshly killed shark generous amounts of money. Peter Benchley, the author of "Jaws" doesn't support shark culling, he in fact helped raise awareness about sharks becoming endangered. He wrote articles about how misunderstood sharks are (Benchley, Peter). This is now illegal in the United States, but is still practiced in countries such as Japan and Australia. Even in those countries, shark culling is on its way out. But

First I will highlight the brief journey through the horror genre and the conventions that have developed. Second, I will then show how these conventions are used in the film Jaws. Let’s start with the silent era, an era based on monsters, Frakingstien 1910, Dracula 1912, The Phantom Of The Opera 1925. Without sound, there was a heavy emphasis on make – up, adding to the horror and preparing the first convention, which is the reveal of the monster. Facial expressions and body language played big part in early horror movies as it provided the tension. A second convention was the ‘dark property in the middle of nowhere,’ using isolation as a way to build up tension.

The image the filmmaker shows you the struggle of victims while iconic music is played. The motif is the music which can be heard anytime the shark attacks. This allows the music to stand for the vision of the shark approaching. The scene in the book that sums up the theme, is how Brody responds to the shark violence . The scene in the movie that sums up the theme is while the men are on the boat, bonding over their experience, Brody states “You’re gonna need a bigger boat” (Jaws, ) as the shark keeps ramming the boat.

Over the past 100 years sharks attack numbers, though rare, have been increasing. Ironically two of the most recent attacks have happened this month, which is the 40 year anniversary of the movie Jaws. these two attacks happened at Oak Island in North Carolina. The two attacks were at different times, only by hours, but on the same beach. It’s suspected that either a tiger or bull shark had attacked these two teen girls, but usually great white, lemon, spinner sharks are to blame for human attacks. Attacks this year had also been performed by a nurse and mako shark. Most attacks are categorized as “provoked attacks.” This is like a shark getting a shark bite during spearfishing, shark catching, or even releasing it from a line. Sharks accidentally

this information widely collides with what the movie the shallows heading place. in the documentary the shark that was proven to kill the most was the bull shark which in history is said to be very territorial, there was one incident where a man was swimming in an area where a bull shark was around and as it bit him once giving him only a few seconds to be aware the shark Came back and took off his arm. this Behavior was set to be shown in a bull shark and not a great white or in the movie the shallows the great white was killing for no reason and yet having a ginormous that well avoiding that well just to

Sharks are one of the most feared carnivores in the sea. There are 365 species of of sharks in the sea as we know today. All sharks are carnivores. Most of them eat live fish, including other sharks. A shark's most common natural enemy is an another shark. Most sharks eat their prey whole, or they tear off large chunks of the bodies. Some sharks crush their prey. Others take out small pieces off flesh from large fish. Sharks also feed on dead or dying animals. Sharks have the reputation of attacking human beings. But less than 100 shark attacks a year are reported throughout the world. Sharks are most common in warm seas and oceans. Whale sharks, are the largest shark known to man. Sharks are classified in the order

Have you ever been scared of a shark? If you have, you really shouldn’t be. While many of us have learned to fear sharks, they’re the ones who should fear us. People are a shark’s BIGGEST predator. In fact, humans kill 73 million sharks per year. In what you are about to read I will give you an insight into the information of sharks ranging from how they are tracked to how they help us.

One piece of evidence I found was, mostly all shark attacks are cases of mistaken identity. A shark could bite a thrashing leg or arm, and as soon as it realizes what's in it mouth is not a fish, it lets go. On top of that, sharks get drawn by the sound of distressed fish, that is also the same sound a shark will here when a surfer is paddling into a wave. The final example to note is, when a shark sees a surfer in a wetsuit it has to decid to attack full force, or they can swim closer to try to find out what is is. In some cases the shark will be curious enough to brush up against the fish or person, but dosen’t mean to cause harm. A good way to show that sharks don’t want to cause harm is it like being licked by a dog, the dog is trying to figure out what you are. Still, sharks are being blamed for attacks that aren't their fault, you wouldn’t blame a curious one year old for knocking over a glass, but you would think its a shark's fault when it attacks a