In the title sequence, the camera moves through the water, giving the audience impression of the sharks eye view. The music starts of very quietly and builds up until it is much louder; this creates the feeling that the shark is approaching its victim, and shows a connection between the theme music and the attacks. Also, the music builds up tension; this is best shown when a radio is playing on the beach, creating a happy holiday atmosphere. On the other hand, after the shark attack, there is absolute silence. There is contrast between the music and silence which emphasis that, what has happened is out of ordinary. People, go to the beach to enjoy them and do not expect to be eaten by a shark. Whenever, this music is heard, the audience is warned of an attack.
In the opening scene, there is a sound track of a mouth organ being played; everyone is relaxing around a bonfire on the beach, and the camera pulls back to show a wide view of the sea which has the sound of the sea in the background. Already, the audience is being prepared for something to happen. The montage begins when a little girl goes for a swim and during this, there is no music, all we hear is the splashing of the sea. To show that the girl is totally unaware of the sharks approach; the camera show a close up of the sharks view and the music starts, during this, the camera view switches between the top and the bottom of the water. There is a low-angle shot of the girls legs kicking in the water and the camera zooms in; the sharks is coming in for the kill, but, we do not see the shark which build up tension , for the audience, further. There is a pause in the attack, where a man is laying down on the beach; this shows the innocence of the girl and that there is no help for the girl.
After the attack there is sudden silence, all we hear is the sound of the sea, the audience now know that the girls is dead.
To scare and get the audience thinking, the director shows false alarms for the approaching of the shark, this is when a little boy walks up the beach to his mother. The camera follows him up the beach, which singles him out from the crowd and alerts the audience that something is going to happen to the boy. With the permission of his mother, the boy goes for a swim for ten minutes; meanwhile, Brody is watching the water. The impression on his face, when the camera zooms in, shows that he is uneasy and expects another attack. Then he observes something black moving through the water; this is the first false alarm as it is only a man who is wearing a black swimming cap. The second false alarm was when a women screams in the water, it turns out that she was only playing. Then we see a small boy with a yellow swimming suit, his legs are kicking in the water and the audience is reminded of the first attack. At this point, Brody realizes that there is something wrong and the horror is seen on his face, there is general panic and everyone runs out of the water, screaming. And then, there is sudden silence, simultaneously, the yellow swimming suit washes upon the shore; which makes the audience realize that the boy is dead.
I enjoyed this film because, of the way the director build up fear by the appearance of the shark, when the music is being played showing the connection between the two. Also, because at some points, the director, does not show the shark, instead, he shows how dangerous it is, an example of this would be when the shark destroys the jetty. Also, I enjoyed the film, because of the way the director shows fear through the characters impressions
