Film Analysis of Jaws

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Film Analysis of Jaws

The film Jaws was directed by a popular director called Steven

Spielburg. Steven Spielburg directed some great well known films,

e.g. E.T, Close Encounters of the 3rd kind and this film is a good

example. The film Jaws is about a gargantuan great shark which is a

man eating shark. The shark attacks many people in different

terrifying and horrifying ways throughout the film and the shark

slaughtered many people throughout the film. The film shows us our

natural fear against the shark. The film was set in America in a

place called Amity Island on a particular day, the day was July 4th.

The reason why it was set on this particular date is because on this

date it is the American Independence Day. During this national day

people celebrate America’s independence. This film is still such a

popular film because sharks are one of our worst dreadful fears in

life.

In the film the music is very interesting the music can make you think

what’s going to happen in particular scenes in the film. For example

the second attack on the small young boy who was paddling on a craft

and when he was about to get attacked the music gets louder, faster,

thrilling, much effective and that makes the audience think that the

shark is near by and is going to attack. When the music is really loud

and fast the shark attacks but we don’t see the shark. When the shark

has attacked the boy, the music goes unadulterated silence. The

director done a very good job with the music because when he makes the

music go louder, faster and thrilling theme it really builds up the

audience’s attention and apprehension from the shark.

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...a man on the boat tried in vane to help

and was attacked instead. That builds up great tension and fear of the

audience because the director made the audience believe that the two

boys who were messing around under the artificial shark fin were

really a shark but then he made the audience realise that the original

shark was in the safety pool were brodys’ kids were.

I thought the scariest moment in the film was towards the end when

Quint was attacked by the shark and he was eaten that was the scariest

moment and horrifying moment because you can see the sharks teeth

covered in blood and small bits of meat on his sharp teeth as they

looked lethal as it crushed Quint. I also noticed the size of it, it

was incredibly colossal and almost the size of the ship that brody and

his team members went on to hunt down the shark.

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