Jaws
At the very beginning of the film you only see a black screen but in the background you hear the sound of the sea, which immediately links to what the film could be about, but then as soon as you seethe actual sea, you go straight underwater with something swimming through seaweed which makes the audience curious and nervous to see what is lurking in the water and the penetrating music in the background. To then have a complete different scene with teenagers having a good time on the beach but the audience knows there us something out there and anyone who goes into the sea is a victim for the unknown beast.
When the camera pulls back to show a wide shot of the sea it reminds you of what is out there and the danger but the teenagers don’t know or suspect anything. Also there is a titled frame with a high angled shot this shows the teenagers are weak and defenseless if they go into the water. The camera tracks a girl called Chrisy, so you connect to her and feel for her as soon as you see her running towards the water, with the boy following her the audience already suspect the danger, and to see which one it is.
Steven Spielberg used camera shots as a cinematic technique. He used lots of long shots which helps convey both isolation for the victims and makes the shark seem to have incredible hunting abilities. The POV camera shot taken of the shark perspective creates dramatic tension because you can’t actually see the shark yet it creates a lot of tension by giving the illusion that something scary is just going to happen when unexpected. Then when you do see the shark, he is barely shown at all it’s mostly a part of his body or even the reflection on the top of the water. This makes the viewer curious to see what the whole shark looks like also what kind of shark it is. Also in the beginning scene when the woman is just about to be devoured by the shark it shows half of the body underwater (legs kicking), this symbolises panic and people splashing although we...
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