Suspense In Jaws
How does the director Stephen Spielberg use filmic techniques to build suspense and tension in the opening sequence of the film ‘Jaws’?
The 1975 summer blockbuster ‘Jaws’ based on the best selling novel by Peter Benchley
The film opens with a chilling black screen and the non-digetic sound of little bubbles popping in the distance. This automatically gives the impression that the audience is underwater. The black screen also makes the audience feel nervous about what is happening around us as the darkness plays with humans’ worse fear, the unknown. As the first title appears on the jet black screen with a contrasting white font the infamous theme tune begins with a slow, deep, ominous non-digetic sound. As the different titles appear
The 1975 summer blockbuster ‘Jaws’ based on the best selling novel by Peter Benchley
The film opens with a chilling black screen and the non-digetic sound of little bubbles popping in the distance. This automatically gives the impression that the audience is underwater. The black screen also makes the audience feel nervous about what is happening around us as the darkness plays with humans’ worse fear, the unknown. As the first title appears on the jet black screen with a contrasting white font the infamous theme tune begins with a slow, deep, ominous non-digetic sound. As the different titles appear