February | 2015

If you couldn’t understand what i said… I hope this will help you 😀

The movie jaws is based on a novel wrote by Peter Benchley (puts a picture of him) . The movie jaws was directed by Steven Spielberg (picture) an amazing and creative American film director he has created many mind blowing movies like Jurassic park , Indiana Jones and many more.

This heart-pounding movie is about Man V.S Shark and lies under the genre thriller. Not to be too much of a spoiler but it starts of with woman who was killed by a shark when she went skinny dipping at the beach near a tourist town of Amity Island. A police chief named Martin Brody than wants to close down the beach but wasn’t given permission to because the mayor Larry Vaughn fears the loss of tourists will cripple the town as 4th of July will be coming and is a big time for Amity island for tourist to come down and go to the beach. Martin Brody than decided that he has to kill the killing machine with the help of two man Matt Hooper an Ichthyologist and A shark hunter named Quint. The set of the movie was at Amity Island. It started on May 2, 1974.


Music begins very quiet and slow.		Non- diegetic Audience feel submerge underwater Starting point for tension.
The camera shows the point of view (POV) of the shark moving through the weeds.		It lets us see what the shark sees of the shark. The shark is swimming through the weeds. The shark is heading somewhere. To create a mysterious feeling to the audience. Foreshadowing ( something is going to happen) due to music.
The music builds up and gets louder and faster.		To catch the attention of the audience. To give the audience a shocking starting so you would continue watching as you are curious of what is going to happen…. But cuts of to party on the beach (change of beach) and it links to the people at the beach telling that a character is going to die. Tension builds up further giving the a sign of DANGER!!!
Opening Scene
There is the sound of a mouth organ being played at the beach party.		1^st picture long shot (shows full body) 2^{nd &}3^rd picture close up shot (shows shoulders and head) The sound of the instrument creates or changes the feeling of the audience Sound of the instrument and conversation are Diegetic
There is a large bonfire on the beach. The sea dominates the background		Extreme long shot It lets audience know where they are Let audience see the characters relationship The contrast of the fires hotness and the seas coldness.`
The camera pulls back to show a wide shot of the sea. We can hear the noise of the sea in the background.		Diegetic sound Long shot Since we know the shark is in the water it tells us / the audience that something is going to attack
Whilst the girl is swimming there is no music.		It gives the audience the feeling of caution for the girl as they know the shark is in the water
The camera shows the shark’s point of view and the music starts.		Zoom shot , shark point of view (P.O.V) The music starts because it shows the audience the shark is going to attack. Lets the audience know that the shark is getting closer. To intensify the audience
The camera switches between the top and bottom of the water.		P.O.V Shot It shows different perspectives.. the bottom one is a shark the top is anonymous.
There is a shot of her legs kicking and the camera slowly zooms in.		Showing the shark getting closer to her Intense the scene of the attack that is going to happen
There are pauses in the attack, and the camera shows the boy slumped on the beach.		The contrast of the 2 scenes shows how more intense the attack is The 2 scenes compliments each other Juxtaposition Pan shot

At the end of the scene all we can hear is the sound of the sea.		Shows as if nothing happened Creates and uses the element mystery Audience will start asking question such as: When is the next attack?, What is going to happen next?,etc. Got the audience glued Safe for the time being but we as audience know the killing machine is still around