Suspense in Steven Spielberg's Movie Jaws Essay

The shark theme appeared for the first time on the film during the opening credits, with the camera view under the sea symbolizing the view of the shark when it swims underwater. The theme has couple music arrangements played by different instruments which are bass, celli, trombone and tuba. Part of the music seems be played by alternating two notes. Apart from that, the music is also played in high register and has a menacing tone. Part of the music is in slow tempo, part of it has fast tempo.

Usually, films are neither holistically unrestricted, omniscient, or restricted. If a film is completely unrestricted everything would be expected, which makes it extremely difficult for the audience to continue watching. However, if the piece is completely restricted, the plot and narration ranges can be severely limited. JAWS defeats these two flaws by containing both unrestricted and restricted narrative qualities. Although, he is not the narrator, by watching Brody’s strengths and weaknesses it’s unquestionable why any person would root for Brody. Thus, restricting the audience into following the knowledge of Brody with the exception of the musically intensified shark attacks. For example, every time the camera moves around the water and then focuses on the next victim’s vulnerable feet the audience knows an attack is waiting. The non-diegetic sounds of the iconic musical piece, Main Title, beautifully speeds up after the camera, thus indicating to the audience the shark is about to attack without the actor’s or actress’s knowledge. This is vividly shown in both the opening scene and the Alex Kintner scene as a tactic to get the audience’s heartbeat pumping and blood pressure rising. On another note, screenwriters often surround the protagonist with family members hoping this would create a sentimental relationship between the audience and the character. However, this often does not because of

Hooper brings along a lot of his very expensive marine-biologist equipment to help them find this beast quicker. Also, they bring along some chum to attract the shark more easily. After being idle for some time, Brody and his crew finally see sign of the shark. The shark bites into the boat, and swallows up Quint in the process. At that point, Hooper is under water in the anti-shark cage attempting to stab the shark. Before the ship sinks, the Ultimate Boon occurs when Brody shoots a compressed air tank while it is in the shark 's mouth.

Does any of you in the class know the themed music for jaws? of course you do, we all do. Because sharks are really scary arn't they? Sadly Films such as this as well as the media have built up this huge reputation of sharks being threatening, alarming & Dangerous monsters of the sea. It's a tragedy! Today I will be arguing for the rights of these misrepresented sharks and how this new "catch and kill policy" is completely wrong.

The opening of the film is from the shark point of view, underwater, the scene is errie. John Williams distinctive music playing leaves the audience tense, especially because they can’t see the creature. We cut to the camp fire scene which introduces our first convention, the weak female teenager. A young girl, Chrissie Watkins and Tom Cassidy leave the safety of a camp fire to go swimming in the middle of the night. We are moved from a warm, safe elemental scene to the cold, dangerous and open ocean. The final view of the camp fire is a high shot this gives the audience a feeling that something is watching them. We are left feeling unsettled but excited. The teenagers run the broken fence and now ‘out of bounds’ are they safe? Chrissie runs into the water and the camera angle pans back to show the dark ocean with a buoy floating in the distance. A sultry bell sound ringing out, building up an eerie feeling. In the water Chrissie is presented as a lady even underwater Chrissie appears stunning while swimming. This same shot is Spielberg shows the point of view of the shark. At this point the audience knows something is going to happen and Spielberg builds the tension using John Williams score. Spielberg uses diegetic sounds of splashing and non-diegetic sounds to great effective. The music starts very quietly and slowly. As the shark moves through the water, the beat and the

And the alien, every time the alien appeared we just can see half part of his body! The camera angle makes the shark and the alien more mysterious! (Prop) Prop is something fake but is real in the movie! For example in Jaws, the shark was fake, but the people make it real in the movie, you can't find the difference between the fake and the real!

Clenching teeth, defined facial bone structure and fine dentistry; the title of Steven Spielberg’s classic film Jaws paints quite a mental picture for its viewers with many possibilities. Along with the title, the original film poster used to promote Jaws was visually colorful and terrifying all at the same time. The poster indicates an oversized great white shark lurking in the dark depths of the sea, looking up towards the surface at a swimmer. Waiting and watching, the imagery of the poster gives the viewer the feeling that the shark is waiting for just the right moment to attack with its powerful bone-crushing jaws. What makes this film so interesting and captivating is that for over half of Spielberg’s film the protagonist, the shark, is nowhere to be seen. The way Steven Spielberg incorporates and mixes powerful and suspenseful music with his brilliant editing of the film, as well as the composition, allows viewers to believe there is an actual shark, even though the shark is out of sight.

After the movie was released, the public was terrified and since little was known about sharks, the media and public accepted the image provided from Jaws. The image of sharks as rogue man-eaters made fishermen rush to the shore to go shark hunting. Sharks were used as game in competitions, prizes for fishermen trying to protect the shores, and their fins were cut off for shark fin soup, common in Asia for traditional events (Francis). The fear of sharks was heavily influenced by the press who, to sell more copies, used over dramatic stories and abstract wording to scare people. As best said by The Sydney Morning Herald “fear sells.” Major newspapers that were traditionally conservative like the New York Times and the New York Herald, started to publish stories about “man-eating beasts” and “bloodthirsty monsters,” (Francis). As a precautionary action, beaches set up

This is shown during one scene in which a massive population enters the shark’s water and the camera cuts to isolated individuals who would be considered easy prey. In other words Steven gave us the old game I like to call “who gon’ die

technique is most used in the film. The shark cannot be seen as it is

The lure of the sandy beaches appeals to people worldwide. Television shows, movies and the draw of the beach lifestyle have a universal attraction that one can’t help but want to visit. The sun, surf, barbeques, nothing could ruin a day like that; nothing but a fin in the water. Most beach goers have not experienced seeing a shark fin in the water, let alone a shark attack. Sharks may be in the close proximity where humans are but they don’t actively go hunting for humans. Media has fed into mass hysteria and fear of sharks, leading to the mass killing and endangering of a vital creature to the marine ecosystem.

Our attitude toward Sharks has changed over the decades, but not as much as it needs to. Shark attacks still rattle people to the core. The recent spate of them in North Carolina, involving eight victims over 24 days, was particularly disturbing because there were so many of them, in such shallow water, in a short time. Then there was the widely covered episode in July in South Africa, when champion surfer Mick Fanning fended off a Shark that seemed determined to on bite him. Throw in the 40th anniversary this summer of the release of “Jaws” and the release of Syfy’s “Sharknado 3,” and it’s easy to see why some people might collapse into a fetal position at the mere mention of “Shark.”But people seem to be realizing, if slowly, that there’s

Duna. Duna. DunaDunaDuna Dunaaaa (Jaws Theme Song). Chomp. Movies about sharks are very stereotypical. Jaws the movie was exaggerating the attacks of sharks on humans. Jaws showed that sharks are just out to get humans. We are there main meal. That’s not true. They are very stereotypical about sharks and their history as I have said before. Well your “Man eating, flesh ripping” sharks hunt and attack the humankind by using their senses, methods of attacks, and aggressiveness in history.

The movie shark water is explaining how amazing and beautiful the sharks are. They are trying to tell us in the movie that sharks are not dangerous and that they should be protect not killed. The mission of the film is to go in country where there is illegal fishing and try to stop it. They are telling us that sharks are really important in ecosystem of this world and also important in the food chain of the sea. But the shark week is trying to tell people how big and dangerous sharks are. All the videos I watched of the shark week they were showing people getting attack or even kill be the sharks. Most of the time they are looking for the biggest sharks in this world just to show people how big they can be. I thinks that people are scared

The text Jaws is famous for its effective use of iconography. Diegetic and non-diegetic sound play key roles in creating anticipation and suspense in the text. The use of screams, deep voices and one liners like “we’re gonna need a bigger boat” are all examples of how the responder is made to feel uneasy and cautious about what is to come. The music in Jaws