Jaws Film Techniques
Jaws Media Essay
“Jaws” is a thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg. The film is about a great white shark that cause havoc to the small township of Amity, New England. The film is set around the 4th of July with the shark's first victim dying only a few days prior to one of the busiest days of the year, t. This is significant because in the USA the 4th of July is one of the biggest national holidays of the year, nearly all Americans will not be working and as it is in the middle of summer many Americans will be enjoying themselves relaxing on the beach. This makes the shark seem like a greater threat and emphasises the fact that people are going to be killed because as the higher amounts of people obviously increase the likelihood …show more content…
A yellow shirted man throws a stick into the water for his dog to fetch only to find the dog will never return. Meanwhile Alex Kitner and his mother are at the beach enjoying themselves in the summer sun. Alex has a conversation with his mother before walking off the beach being followed by the camera. Alex grabs a yellow lilo from off-set before diving into the sea on top of it, he is wearing red trunks and lying on a yellow lilo, these colours have connotations of danger.
The camera cuts to Chief Brody who is being approached by somebody as some “cats” keep parking in front of his house. Brody however has bigger fish to fry, he is frequently looking over the shoulder of the man and panics and stands up as he hears screaming from a young couple playing in the water.
We return to the yellow shirted man who is now shouting his dog's name “Pippin” trying to find her when suddenly the camera cuts to the shark's point of view and the infamous Jaws them begins to play. “We” swim through the clear Amity waters before picking out a seal-looking object which is in fact Alex Kitner. As the theme reaches it's climax the camera cuts to the sunbathers on land who begin to point at the shark overturning the lilo asking if each other saw it. We cut back to the shark's perspective and see the now reddened murky
“Jaws” is a thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg. The film is about a great white shark that cause havoc to the small township of Amity, New England. The film is set around the 4th of July with the shark's first victim dying only a few days prior to one of the busiest days of the year, t. This is significant because in the USA the 4th of July is one of the biggest national holidays of the year, nearly all Americans will not be working and as it is in the middle of summer many Americans will be enjoying themselves relaxing on the beach. This makes the shark seem like a greater threat and emphasises the fact that people are going to be killed because as the higher amounts of people obviously increase the likelihood …show more content…
A yellow shirted man throws a stick into the water for his dog to fetch only to find the dog will never return. Meanwhile Alex Kitner and his mother are at the beach enjoying themselves in the summer sun. Alex has a conversation with his mother before walking off the beach being followed by the camera. Alex grabs a yellow lilo from off-set before diving into the sea on top of it, he is wearing red trunks and lying on a yellow lilo, these colours have connotations of danger.
The camera cuts to Chief Brody who is being approached by somebody as some “cats” keep parking in front of his house. Brody however has bigger fish to fry, he is frequently looking over the shoulder of the man and panics and stands up as he hears screaming from a young couple playing in the water.
We return to the yellow shirted man who is now shouting his dog's name “Pippin” trying to find her when suddenly the camera cuts to the shark's point of view and the infamous Jaws them begins to play. “We” swim through the clear Amity waters before picking out a seal-looking object which is in fact Alex Kitner. As the theme reaches it's climax the camera cuts to the sunbathers on land who begin to point at the shark overturning the lilo asking if each other saw it. We cut back to the shark's perspective and see the now reddened murky