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    How does the director try to build suspense and scare the audience in the film Jaws? The film Jaws‚ directed by Steven Spielberg‚ was created approximately 30 years ago. It tells the story of a shark which attacks and kills numerous people off the north-east coast of the USA in a small holiday resort called Amity Island. The attacks took place around the 4th of July‚ which in America‚ is similar to the British bank holiday. During this time‚ many Americans and tourists from abroad visit resorts

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    Steven Spielberg's Jaws

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    Steven Spielberg has directed a large majority of the most successful movies‚ including six that are ranked in the top 25 highest grossing films to date. When many think of Spielberg’s success that first thing of Jaws‚ most of the time. Jaws was his first real hit and not only made him famous but was the sole spark that ignited his career. Others see that E.T gave him his first insight to fame‚ but you can name many of his movies and make a case for all of them. The purpose of this paper is to research

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    Steven Spielberg has an abundance of skills when it comes to producing and directing movies. His attention to detail is what grabs viewers‚ making them memorable and enjoyable. Using these skills as a Hollywood director/producer he brings to life‚ with storytelling‚ some of the most significant events in the world’s history‚ for instance slavery and the Second World War. Everybody understands‚ somewhat‚ these considerable events either from history books or their own research‚ but unless they lived

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    Tension In Jaws Suspense

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    How does Steven Spielberg create tension in the filmJAWS”? ‘JAWS’ is a horror/thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg in 1975; it is based on the novel by Peter Benchley. Steven Spielberg is a master of suspense and has created tension all the way through the filmJAWS’. A great white shark attacks the summer resort Town of Amity Island; on the 4th July‚ Independence Day‚ a declaration of independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. The police chief tries to close the beach but the town

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    quote goes greatly with Steven Spielberg’s life and career. He didn’t have much to start off with but in the end he didn’t let that get to him and he didn’t want to fail. He was determined to finish his dream and that is what he did! Spielberg + section of the paper + why it reveals he’s admirable Spielberg was born on December 18‚ 1947 in Cincinnati‚ Ohio. His mother Leah Adler was a concert pianist and his father‚ Arnold Spielberg‚ was an electrical engineer. Steven was the oldest of four children

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    a person who has not heard of Steven Spielberg. He is one of the most renown‚ if not the most renown‚ American filmmakers of the century. His films have captivated and helped develop imaginations of contemporary society and remain among the most successful films ever made. Spielberg was born in Cincinnati on December 18th‚ 1946. His father was an electrical engineer‚ and his mother a concert pianist. Steven seemed to get the best elements from both of them. Spielberg had an early fascination with

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    proposes equality. The Inspector speaks about them all being the same. ’We are members of one body’. Priestley’s use of the word ’body’ shows that we are all connected and linked. Everyone needs to work together. The Inspector wants to teach the Birlings how to be more responsible and that money and class is not going to make you a better person and should change their attitudes towards the working class. An Inspector Calls’ imitates Priestley’s socialist views while outlining the trouble with Capitalism

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    How are film techniques used in Jaws to create suspense for viewers? Throughout the well-known film Jaws‚ directed by Steven Spielberg‚ a number of different film techniques are displayed to create suspense for viewers. A few of these many techniques used are character behaviour‚ props and sound effects. These techniques help draw the audience to the film and experience different feelings towards each of the characters. Character behaviour is a key film technique used to create suspense‚ Steven

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    Steven Spielberg is an American motion-picture director‚ producer and executive‚ who has achieved great success. Spielberg made his first film at the age of 12‚ in 1969 his short film ’Amblin ’ came to the attention of Universal Pictures and he signed a seven-year contract with them. He was 26 years old when he started making ’Jaws‚ ’ in 1975. The movie became a huge blockbuster as it carried suspense to a new level through sophisticated editing‚ musical scoring and camera technique. Steven Spielberg

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    We’re Going To Need a Bigger Park For this paper‚ I chose Steven Spielberg‚ and chose the movies; Jurassic Park‚ and Jaws. The movies are very different‚ but they are very similar in their own way. The beginning of both movies are actually extremely similar. In the opening of Jaws‚ we see nothing‚ but ultimately the music starts playing‚ and to start things off‚ the girl (not sure if she had a name) was killed by Jaws to open up the film. However‚ Jurassic Park started off with pretty much the same

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