The second attack involves the young boy in the sea on his yellow lilo. The director focuses on persons in yellow to warn the audience that there may be another attack. As the families are enjoying their time on the beach, the camera then changes shots to see Brodys worried face. This then highlights the fact that he knows there is an attack about to take place. He continues to watch the sea like an eagle. The camera then focuses on the little boy with the lilo as he walks towards the sea. The camera then changes to give a view of the boy’s mother sitting down reading a book. Then as he walks towards the water the camera closes in on him carrying his lilo. He then asks his mother if he can stay in for 10 more minutes. At this point the camera directly shows a dog and its owner calling the dog. We are then left with a camera shot of the dogs stick. Just from this camera shot the audience know that the carnivorous shark has attacked the dog.
The camera then shows the boy in a middle view shot running into the sea then as he jumps onto the lilo the camera goes under the water to the same camera angle as in the first attack. After this shot the audience knows there is going to be an attack. But because it doesn’t happen straight away the film is building tension for the audience. But as this is happening, Brody is being distracted by his wife. This then makes the audience panic as Brody cant see him. As he tries to look round his wife the camera goes into a long shot and he hears a scream. At this point all the families run into the sea to grab their children. The camera focuses on the women as she is the last one to actually realise what is going on and as she stands up and shouts the camera changes to the attack. There is a mid range shot of the boy being tossed in the air like a piece of rubbish. We are then left with a shot of the lilo washing up on the beach with blood colouring the water. The music then cuts off and we are left with silence. At this point in the film we haven’t seen the shark in full but from the evidence we can gather that it is quite large.
Brodys family are by this time very worried as their whole lives revolve around the beach. The camera then gives a mid range shot of the jetty and it looks like it has been ripped in half by the shark which is shown for the first time in the film. The music is then toned down.
On the 4th of July there was a public holiday but Brody wanted to close the beaches because of the attacks. This then builds up fear and tension with the audience as it indicates there may be another attack. There were a lot of people on the beach that day so the cameras used a various amount of angles to show everybody enjoying themselves. Again the camera looks towards Brodys worried face. This then confirms there will be another attack. A tracking shot of the beach is then used to symbolize just how many people there are. Matt, Brody and Quint then go out to sea on their little trawler boat telling everyone they will definitely catch this killer animal. There is then an extreme close up of the fisherman’s hand holding tightly a piece of rope. There are also many close up shots used in this film. For example there are several close ups of weapons on the attempt to catch the shark.
Brody then lets the marine life scientist Matt go in a metal shark-viewing cage.
The camera then goes in to a bird’s eye view of Matt as the cage is lowered into the sea. When matt is looking around it then goes into a mid shot of Matt’s face this is scaring the audience as they cannot see what matt is looking at. Then it goes in to a mid shot view of the shark swimming towards the cage. From this point onwards the audience knows that there is going to be another attack. Matt attempts to stab the shark with a spear but drops it. The camera then follows the spear until it hits the floor. The camera is then in close up of the cage with the shark biting into it. Matt set’s himself free and swims off. Then there is a long view is of the shark swimming off but Matt has not returned.
The next scene is on the boat and Brody is cranking the cage out of the water but the cage has been torn to pieces and there is no Matt in sight. Brody and Quint then confer plans and start throwing big lumps of meat off the side of the boat. Another extreme close up is shown when the shark jumps up and bites the end of the boat off. Another extreme close up is used on Quint and Brody when the boat is sinking. Quint then loses grip. A quick turn in the camera shows the shark consumes Quint. The camera then does another sharp turn to show that Brodys hurt. Brody then aims for the shark as it swims past. The camera view then goes to sea level. The explosion in the water marks the killing and the end of the shark’s reign of terror. A close up of Brodys face is then shown as he smiles matt the friend thought dead swims up to the log where Brody is resting. Then the credits open.
I think Jaws the film would not have been as successful if the cameras and music had not have created the tension and suspense they did. The camera shots and music give this film the extra scare factor that it needed. I enjoyed watching this film a lot.
