The movie jaws comes under the genre thriller. Thriller (genre) uses suspense, tension and excitement as the main elements to stimulate the audiences mood so the movie would be more interesting as its gives the audience anxiety, terror, anticipation , expectations, and sometimes unexpected events.
To be honest and from what my teacher said to the class the genre of a movie depends on the audience like maybe for people age 16-20+ the genre is thriller but for kids aged 6-10+ the genre can be horror it all just depends on the audience.
A little brief about the Jaws:
A woman was killed by a shark when she went skinny dipping near a tourist town of Amity Island the case was than reported. A police chief name Martin Brody wants to close the beach down but the Mayor Larry Vaughn doesn’t allows him because fearing that loss of tourist will cripple the town. Two man named Matt Hooper an Ichthyologist and a ship captain Quint has offer to help the Chief to capture the shark. This movie is basically between Man Vs Shark / Nature.
Characters / Cast:
1. Martin Brody , Police Chief : played by Roy Scheide
2. Quint, Ship Captain: played by Robert Shaw
3. Matt Hooper, Ichthyologist : played by Richard Dreyfuss
4. Ellen Brody, Wife to Martin Brody : Played by Lorraine Gary
5. Larry Vaughn, Mayor : played by Murray Hamilton
6. Meadows : played by Carl Gottlieb
7. Christine / Chrissie : played by Susan Backlinie
8. Interviewer : played by Peter Benchley
9. Hendricks: played by Jeffrey Kramer
10. Michael Brody: played by Chris Rebello
11. Sean Brody : played by Jay Mello
12. Jonathan Filley : played by Cassidy
13. Estuary Victim: played by Ted Grossman
14. Alex Kintner: played by Jeffrey Voorhees
15. Ben Gardner: played by Kraig Kingsbury
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