Jaws

Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg when Jaws was first released it was received by the critics as the film to watch at the time because it did such a profound job at putting fear in audiences around the world and today is considered one of the greatest films ever made. The film jaws does a great job at appealing to the psychological needs of it's viewer because its ability to build suspense in the film because the shark is never really shown till near the end of the film which creates a question of how it looks, and how big and dangerous it is and keeps the viewers thinking throughout the whole movie installing a psychological effect because you never really know the severity of the situation

(263) zoom shot: In Jaws (1975) a zoom shot is used to show police chief Brody’s realization that a kid had been attacked by a shark. The audience sees his change in expression and probably feels the same way.

In both the excerpts "Jams" and "Swimming with Nightmares" by Peter Benchley, the author creates suspense in many ways. The author utilizes descriptive words, character's choices, and dangerous situations for creating suspense.

Watching a film, one can easily recognize plot, theme, characterization, etc., but not many realize what basic principle lies behind nearly every story conceived: the hero’s journey. This concept allows for a comprehensive, logical flow throughout a movie. Once the hero’s journey is thoroughly understood, anyone can pick out the elements in nearly every piece. The hero’s journey follows a simple outline. First the hero in question must have a disadvantaged childhood. Next the hero will find a mentor who wisely lays out his/her prophecy. Third the hero will go on a journey, either literal or figurative, to find him/herself. On this journey the hero will be discouraged and nearly quit his/her quest. Finally, the

Swimming in the ocean on a beautiful beach, the sun shining, the water is the perfect temperature, you have zero worries in the world. Until you feel a bump on your leg and notice someone on shore screaming and pointing in your direction, duh dum. You bring yourself out of your reverie and notice a very large fin protruding from the water moving towards you, duhh dumm. Your heart starts racing as you frantically think of your chances of being able to swim away from this monster coming your direction with increasing speed, duh dum dum dum dum. With simple notes of a tuba, John Williams could amplify the fear portrayed in Steven Spielberg’s movie Jaws (1975). These simple notes would carry on to be a standard to symbolize something terrifying

     Next, you see a shot of the girl kicking her legs, and the camera slowly zooms in. This shows the view from the shark’s point of view, and shows the audience that the danger is getting closer, which is certainly building the tension up.

The return is the last step in the hero’s journey. The return is when the hero goes home upon completion of the journey. Sometimes the hero goes out and lives alone, isolated from society. In most cases however the hero returns home and continues living their life.

Police Chief Brody jumps up from his tense sitting position and shouts for everybody to get out of the water. This was what Police Chief Brody was worried about. The boy, Alex is a lost cause can do nothing but scream, splash and attempt to believe he can escape from the sharks clutches. Alex is dragged down violently as he tries to gasp for breath; he is finally dragged and lost to the depths of the dark sea. The camera shot is really close up to the boy as he is fighting for his life; we see his pain, his struggle and his death. Everyone on the beach couldn’t miss the raft in the distance flip over and the blood

Two books can seem completely different from each other when judged by characteristics such as genre, plot, and theme. However, if people were to look at the books together and as a whole, they might notice one striking similarity between the two. That striking similarity is known as the hero’s journey. First observed and documented by Joseph Campbell, the hero’s journey is a concept in which heroes, or people who commit actions for the greater good, follow a three-step cycle known as departure, fulfillment, and return. At the first stage of the hero’s journey, the hero receives a call to an adventure that takes him from the comforts of his home. Next, at the most important stage of the hero’s journey, the hero begins to experience life

After the fatal death of Alex Kintner getting eaten whole by a great white, nothing left but the yellow lilo that came to shore. We meet a brave character by the name of Quint, the shark hunter, he told the people that he would capture the shark, but instead of $3000 he wanted $10,000. As he goes on the journey with the chief and the ichotnyist, he tells them about the traumatic encounter with a great white shark.  To summarize,  Quint talks the shark attack that followed after the sinking of the U.S.S Indianapolis by a Japanese submarine. He explains the sharks characteristics to the chief, “he’s got lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll’s eye. When he comes at ‘ya, doesn’t seem to be livin”. Looking closely at this scene and putting history

In the beginning of any narrative that follows a monomythical structure, a reluctant hero is called to adventure. In Pulp Fiction, this hero is Jules Winnfield. Jules is called to adventure when Marcellus Wallace instructs him and Vincent to collect his briefcase from Brett’s apartment. Interestingly enough, this occurs before the film even begins, as we are first introduced to Jules and Vincent in medias res as they make their way to the apartment. Usually the next stage is supernatural aid, where the hero receives help with their journey by some otherworldly force, but Tarantino chooses to switch this stage places with the first threshold. The first threshold is when the hero faces a “threshold guardian, standing for

After the shark kills again, the sheriff begins to read up on sharks and decides to call a special scientist that is an expert on sharks. Brody and Hooper (the scientist) charter a boat with the famous shark hunter, Quint, to find and kill this shark and save the town from financial disaster. The level of terror in this town and in the audience grows throughout this movie. Eventually Brody, Hooper and Quint are forced to spend the end portion of this film isolated at sea, hunting this shark. Robert Shaw's Quint is considered one of the most "anti-heroes" the movies ever saw.

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 acts of heroism are acted out several times throughout the film. Of course, he also had his boat captain and a marine biologist along for the wild ride. This plays out to be a team-like environment, in which they contributed their different individual strengths towards the common goal; hunting down the massive man-eating shark.

Fin Shepard (Ian Ziering) ,the main actor, is the superhero of this story. As a young 30 year old man , Fin Shepard grew up by the beach. Being divorced and owning a small bar, Shepard wasn’t a wealthy man. One day as he was surfing, he got bit by a shark. This is were the story flips. He had to leave everything he had to find his kids and ex-wife , because of a shark storm. He has to fight countless about of sharks that are coming at him from different directions, but what makes him stand out from the rest is how brave he is. There is one scene when Shepard had to save his daughter by pushing her out of the way and jump in the shark's mouth with a chainsaw.