Jaws' is the original summer blockbuster, setting the standard by which all others are measured. It's the Michael Jordan of cinema: there will never be another 'Jaws,' simply because the film so profoundly changed the way movies are made and marketed.
Based on Peter Benchley's bestselling novel, 'Jaws' centers around the fictional North Atlantic resort island of Amity, which finds itself terrorized by an enormous great white shark. Our hero is Martin Brody, a New York cop who took the job as Chief of the Amity PD to get his family out of the city and then finds himself in the midst of an unprecedented crisis none of his prior experience has prepared him for. The remains of young Christine Watkins are found on the beach, the apparent victim of a shark attack(Chrissie Watkins' death scene at the opening of the movie is one of the most legendary in the history of film). Chief Brody wants to close the beaches, but is refused permission
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It is terrifying without being grotesque, and spectacular without being unbelievable (if the shark looks a little fake, remember that, at the time 'Jaws' was released, 'Space Invaders' was on the cutting edge of computer graphics design and there was no such thing as 'Shark Week on the Discovery Channel'). Roy Scheider's Brody is a quintessential everyman, an average guy beset by fear and guilt who finds himself in extraordinary circumstances and rises to the occasion. Dreyfuss' Hooper is brash and brave enough not to come off as nerdy or self-righteous, and his friendship with Brody becomes the backbone of the movie (Spielberg and screenwriter Carl Gottlieb wisely deviated from the novel in regards to the character of Hooper, who was originally Brody's nemesis). Robert Shaw's Quint is a modern-day Captain Ahab, a worthy foe for the malevolent shark. The suspense is potent and the action thrilling, but the humor, emotion, and character development make this movie much more than a summer
Jaws is a 1975 thriller that was directed by Steven Spielberg and is also based on a 1974 nook with the same name. The film is about a great white shark attacking Amity Island which is obviously not real but a fictional resort.
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‘Jaws’ a thriller based on the novel by Peter Benchley, the film was directed by Steven Spielberg. In a beach resort of Amity Island, a young girl named Chrissie is the first victim of the shark’s vicious attack, when it strikes for the second time, the police refuse to put out warning about the shark. It then returns and kills again, the mayor orders the local fishermen to catch the great white shark before it kills even more victims. The fishermen are satisfied when they catch a Tiger shark the mayor reopens the beaches despite the warning from the ichthyologist when he suspects it was from a formidable great white shark. Brody and Hooper and the only fisherman willing to join them to catch the great white set out in the fisherman’s boat only coming face to teeth with the enemy. This film is rated as a 15, and has a running-time of 124 minutes. It was made in the USA, the soundtrack to ‘Jaws’ was a famous two-note piece composed by Czech composer Antonín Dvořák.
The title Jaws, is of course an innuendo referring to the shark. The opening credits start off by putting you deep in the treacherous waters of Amity moving along with an object that you assume is the shark but don’t officially know because of the camera position. The camera puts you in the depths of the water with the shark giving the viewer an extra edge when they witness a character jump into the water ignorantly. The fact that we know something that the character obviously doesn’t creates an uncanny feeling of wanting to warn or yell at your television. This type of cinematography is what enhances our viewing experience in a way that a book cannot do as effectively. On the contrary the books gives our main character, Chief Brody, a since of insecurity and worry while in the movie there isn’t enough time for us to sit and go into everyone’s background. Being able to cover more information and still keep viewer/readers attentive is something that is much more actively represented by a book. The most important sequences in the book sta...
...whether or not they should enter into water the next time. His techniques are done in memorable ways that allow for the audience to be “haunted”, in a sense. This film is arguably one of the most influential thrillers ever made. It sets the standards for movies to come. It created a building block of technique uses that was not previously displayed throughout films. It surely set the standards by which others are measured. Spielberg changed the way movies were made and marketed. Just like a good joke, timing is crucial. Spielberg’s timing through a mixture of horror and comedy created amazing effects in this film. The special effects are properly balanced between the story and character, which is extremely important and done gracefully. Holistically, Jaws succeeds on almost every level. It is fearful without being outlandish, and incredible without being improbable.
The classic 1975 film, Jaws, takes place in a coastal New England tourist town. After a young woman is killed by a shark the police chief and the mayor have differing opinion on what to do about the shark. The police chief, Martin Brody, wants to close the beaches while the mayor, Larry Vaughn, does not want to lose any tourist revenue and overrules him. After another shark attack a bounty is put out for the shark. While a shark is caught it is not the one who has been terrorizing the community. However, the beaches open once again and there is another attack. Brody, along with oceanographer Matt Hooper and local fisherman Quint set out to find the shark.
In the movie “Jaws”, which is a 20th century film, the preying shark terrorizes the beaches of New England. After he is finally trapped, he is killed- but not in the same fashion as Grendel was. The shark was shot in the mouth and then blew up to do a CO2 tank he had swallowed. The way in which each antagonist was killed was in two very different ways: with and without weaponry, respectively.
In a crucial scene in Jaws, chief Martin Brody must use his mistake as guide for to him complete his goal of saving the town from the antagonistic shark. After catching a tiger shark, the local town fishermen all celebrate their victory together with Brody and the mayor believing they have solved Amity Island’s problem. Soon the mother of the deceased child who was killed by the great shark appears on the boardwalk. Her costume, a solid black dress appropriate for a funeral, contrasts with the bright sunny day on the beach that is represented with high-key lighting. The dress also symbolizes the mother’s multiple feelings of mourning for her child and her anger towards Brody, which again juxtaposes the feelings of success among Brody and the fishermen. Her conversation with the police chief is executed through a shot-reverse shot sequence but she catches Brody’s attention with a smack to his face. She goes on how Brod...
Peter Benchley and Stephen Spielberg respectively use their artistic talents to entertain the audience of their work. Peter Benchley literary talent triggers the imagination to form visuals of his characters, and horrify the reader of Jaws. While Stephen Spielberg adaption makes changes to appeal to the viewer of Jaws. The novel will receive great reviews from critics such as the New York Times, make the recommended reading of Doubleday and Company, and the movie will become the father of the summer blockbuster film. Each inspires fear of sharks, and the ocean, and Jaws will become an icon of American culture as it inspires video games, t-shirt graphics, and future sequels to entertain audiences. Each artist’s ability to stimulate its perspective audience leads to the phenomenon of movie and novel.
I chose to write about the very famous movie Jaws, directed by Steven Spielberg in 1975. Beginning with Act I, is what we call the set-up. The very first part of the set-up is the characters. The protagonist in the movie is Martin Brody, who is a police chief. Chief Brody’s wife is Ellen, the Shark hunter is named Quint, and the oceanographer is Matt Hooper. The mayor of Amity Island, Larry Vaughn, is also a significant character in the movie. The antagonist is Jaws, the great white shark. The relationship between the protagonist and the antagonist is not a good one. The protagonist, Martin Brody, is on a hunt for the antagonist, who is a sea monster and has gone on a killing spree, attacking many of the innocent victims on Amity Island. Next, the inciting incident sets up the central conflict in a movie. The story is set into motion with the attack and death of Chrissie Watkins. Chrissie is a young girl who was skinny-dipping with a boy after a party. This results in her getting brutally attacked and eaten. Her remains are found the next morning on the beach, by police chief Martin Brody. The town declares her death a “boating accident.” The film’s tone is frightening and definitely scary. The first turning point in the film is when a young boy, Alex Kitner gets eaten by the shark, while swimming with his friends. This leads to the decision of the police chief closing down the beaches for the safety of the residents on Amity Island. Alex Kitner’s mother issues a three-thousand dollar reward for the person who finds and kills the shark. This attracts many shark hunters from nearby cities to Amity Island.
Jaws is a really movie about a lot of suspense. The reason I think that Jaws is a really good movie about building suspense is because of three main things. One of the things that has a lot of suspense is Sound. When Jaws, well the shark is under water and is about to attack something or someone the music starts getting loud. Another thing that is really good about building suspense is the Camera Angle. The reason I think the camera angle is good about building suspense is when the camera is on the boat and it's going with the waves it feels like you're really there. The last thing that really draws my attention in the movie that builds suspense is the picture. The reason that the this really draws my attention is because in the film when something bad or a big part of the movie is about to happen the lighting in the movie also makes it feel like you are really there are have a part of what's actually going on.
Jaws, written and published by Peter Benchley is a magnificent, action-packed novel. Benchley seems to have a burning passion for sharks, as the novel is based on a great white that terrorizes a small seaside town. The story begins in a small town called Amity. A young girl, Chrissy Watkins, went for a late night swim. While on her swim, she is unfortunately killed by a great white, and her body washed up on shore the next morning. This shark attack captures the attention of police chief, Martin Brody. He then requests to have the beaches closed for further investigation, his request was then denied by the mayor, Larry Vaughan. He is worried about the summer tourist season, as the summer season keeps the small town of Amity alive. The shark
Within the work of Jaws, written by Peter Benchley, he presents characters that completely influence the plot of the story. This story is about a great white shark that threatens the safety of the summer tourists in the community. Jaws have three main characters, Brody, Hooper and Quint. Roy Scheider, known as Martin Brody in the story was the chief of police on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. In the story, he has a wife named Ellen and two children. Martin Brody is fighting to reserve a safe community called Amity Island. Brody purpose to have a safe community is to protect tourists and his family by finding the shark and killing it. The author states that Martin Brody says that “One man can make a difference” in Amity Island. Brody puts
The plot is a major difference setting these two movies apart. Jaws starts off the movie with two teenagers rushing down the beach towards the dark water to go for a little skinny dipping, night swim. When the guy passes out on the beach taking his clothes off it leaves the girl out in the water all alone. The shark strikes dragging her around and then underneath the dark blanket of the water surface, not to return. The girl’s hand is then found washed up on the beach the next day with a pile of crabs feasting off of it. It was a hot, dry summer on Amity Island during the fourth of July week, a small community, whose main revenue comes from its beaches. When the new Chief of Police, Martin Brody discovers the remains of a shark attack victim, his first instinct is to close the beaches to swimmers and boaters. However, this does not go over well with the mayor and the town committee. Chief Brody is angered and disappointed when a young boy is killed by the predator that very same weekend. The dead boy's mother puts out a bounty on the shark, and the waters of Amity are soon overloaded with amateur shark hunters and fisherman hoping to win the reward. A local fisherman with a lot of experience hunting sharks, Quint, offers to hunt down the creature for $10,000. Soon Quint, Brody and Hooper, a visitor from the Oceanographic Institute, depart the island and head offshore to begin hunting the Great White shark. As the three men
In movie, the Amity island was attack by a big, killer great white shark. For stop this shark attack, police Brody(Roy Scheider), biologist