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    Movie Analysis of "Jaws".

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    Released in 1975‚ Jaws was probably one of the best adventure‚ action‚ and suspense films of that era. Directed by Steven Spielberg with the following staring main cast members Roy Scheider as "Martin Bordy" (chief police officer)‚ Richard Dreyfuss as "Matt Hooper" (marine biologist)‚ Robert Shaw as "Quint" (local fisherman)‚ Murray Hamilton as "Larry Vaughan" (town mayor). "Jaws" the movie‚ is not like any other any other fish story. The film is about a gigantic 26 foot shark that has an appetite

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    Jaws Cinematography

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    imagine and believe something that actually isn’t even there. It builds tension and the music gives a dramatic and eerie effect. Other example of how music of silence is used to scare the audience or build tension will be discussed next. The first scene‚ Chrissie strips to go swimming in the sea‚ the man from the same camp – where music is playing and the atmosphere is happy and relaxed – is chasing her towards the beach. The man is drunk and collapses; Chrissie has been in the sea already‚ for a

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    How does the director make the opening scenes in Mulan effective? The first scene is set at night time at the Great Wall of China and gives out a feeling of sinister and danger. The only characters which appear are Shan Yu‚ his eagle‚ the Huns that attack the great wall‚ as well as the Chinese guard who tries to escape and give signal. The music and sound effects also helps creating this more creepy and dangerous scene; the second scene moves to the Emperors palace cleverly and gives out a very

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    In 1975‚ Steven Spielberg made a movie based on the novel Jaws by Peter Benchley. Both the movie and the book tell the story of a giant man-eating great white shark that attacks the beachgoers on Amity Island. This results in the hunt to find and kill the shark to protect the people. The movie does follow the main novel story line closely‚ but there are still many differences that can be found‚ especially within the first few moments of the story and movie. The first difference between the movie

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    by shakespear during the Elizabethan age‚belongs to the literary tradition known as Pastoral which typically involves exites from urban or court life to the world of nature. In the opening scene of this play‚we are firstly exposed to the main hero‚Orlando who is describing his plight to the servant‚Adam. This whole scene deals with the theme of primogeniture that corrupts the brotherly love. Hence‚this particular part of the play is important for us as readers to understand to what extent who is loyal

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    Is Jaws a Horror Movie?

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    Is Jaws A Horror Movie? First‚ I will intend to take you on a brief journey through the horror genre and the conventions that have been associated with this type of film. Second‚ I will show you how these conventions are used in Spielberg’s Jaws (1975). To get started‚ we are going to investigate the first era or as it was called‚ the silent era. This era was based on monsters such as Frankenstein (1910)‚ Dracula (1912) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923). These black and white horror films

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    Jaws Movie Analysis

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    There’s so many great films nowadays that have been created and are still being create. But one of my favorites is definitely Jaws directed by Peter Benchley. It was released in June 20‚ 1975. The screenplay is created to both Benchley and actor Carl Gottlieb. Jaws is based on a giant man eating great white shark that attacks beachgoers on Amitty Island‚ a new England summer resort town‚ causing the local police chief Martin Brody to hunt it with the help of a marine biologist and a professional

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    Jaws Discussion Questions

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    Answer the following questions in proper english grammer and format. (Which means don’t write like you talk or blog but as if you were answering test questions) 1. What was your favorite part of the movie jaws and Why? My favorite part of jaws was when Roy Scheider a.k.a Chief Martin Brody was talking to his wife Ellen Brody outside and was yelling to his son to get out of the boat that was docked. Ellen thought that Martin was over reacting and just stressed after the recent shark attack. She

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    Tension In Jaws Suspense

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    How does Steven Spielberg create tension in the film “JAWS”? ‘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 film ‘JAWS’. 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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    ADAPTATION ANALYSIS OF JAWS DeVry University The novel JAWS was conceived by author Peter Benchley which was released in 1974. Prior to the publication of the novel‚ Jaws immediately went out to movie auctions. Universal bought the rights for $150‚000 in 1973‚ which was for Benchley‚ "the moon" (Davis‚ 2012). Robert Brown and Robert Zanuck loved the book so much that they immediately looked for a director to bring this book to life on the motion picture screen.

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