JAWS film review

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Nikita Damania 10E

THE BEST FILM OPENING EVER!

Thrilling, horrific, gripping; have you ever imagined a film opening meeting all these adjectives? Well… think again, because Jaws does!

 Jaws                   opens theatrically with non-diegetic sound: the famous ‘der-der’ music associated               with sharks gets louder and faster. The change in volume and tempo indicate that a danger is getting closer. The music sounds menacing- it creates a sense of foreboding danger when the audience hear music later on in the film.

 The first shots we see are of the shark’s world – setting the shark up as the central, most important character. This is a mysterious, unfamiliar territory to the audience. This immediately grabs the             audiences’ attention. Spielberg leaves the audience with no easy answers as to why we are being lead through the sea; we are left to ponder                   the significance of this journey and its potential connection to the near- extinction of the human race.

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 We are able to see the world from the POV of the shark. A vast amount of suspense is created as we are guided slowly but steadily through the water, wondering what the shark is about to do next. This has now most definitely become a horror film cliché. What makes the journey all the more redoubtable is the fact that we cannot actually see the shark; this creates even more threat towards the audience as it is an unseen danger.  

 As the underwater world slowly fades up to the beach, we are lead up to a ...

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