Jaws

Jaws

The story starts in a town named Amity. As the town begins to prepare to what looks like to be a very awesome summer, Chief Officer Brody is a bit concerned as to what has been occurring in the waters of Amity. Soon his team consisting of Hooper and Quint find that they found more than they could handle.

Steven Spielberg ran into a series of problems when he made this film so I would say that overall he made the best for what he had considering the circumstances. Turning Jaws into something of that of a mystery was a great device to use against audiences. Sound was a major factor of how this movie built up tension. The film tends to build up at first to show that everytime the shark was about to attack, he would do so at the climax of this score. Even when we get to the beach scene do we also see that Spielberg messes with our mind by throwing a false alrm in there with all of the people in the water with the kids playing pranks. However, soon after we see that the shark is indeed at the beach ready to eat.

The elements for this film are definitely dependent and signature to that of the filmmaker considering that he is known for the notorious Spielberg Face. Time and time again we see it in this film as it is to show a sign of how the audience should be reacting to this particular moment in time.One example of this is when we are at the beach and Officer Brody is scanning the shoreline when we cut to a trombone shot of his face in shear terror that there could very well be shark in the water. It helps the audience understand the tone of that particular moment in time.