Analysing How Steven Spielberg Creates Tension and Suspense in Jaws.

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Analysing How Steven Spielberg

Creates Tension and

Suspense in

Jaws.

The essay is about analysing the ways the director builds suspense and scares the audience I shall explain the effects of the following:

Sound and music, camera shots, red herrings and tension in the plot. I will also include a conclusion and will give my views on the scariest moment of the film and provide my reasons for this.

The film is called Jaws. We get some idea of what the movie is about by this title. Steven Spielberg directed the film.

The story involves a series of attacks on swimmers by a great white shark. The effects of the shark attacks threaten the future of the resort's tourist business. Finally there is an epic attempt by three men to track the shark and kill it. The film is set in a fictional place called Amity Island in 1975.

The film begins with a title sequence, which lasts for approximately two minutes. We get a point of view shot; this is where we see a camera shot of what a character or, in this case, shark can see.