In the mouth of Jaws: analysis of the movie

In the summer of 1975, everyone was afraid of the water, afraid they might get eaten by a 20 foot shark, they were afraid because of Jaws. Jaws the movie directed by Steven Spielberg, his big hit, the movie that made him famous, and everyone terrified of sharks. The reason being the way he filmed the scenes, what he decided to emphasize, how he brought out the raw emotion in the characters, even though they were all acting. He made us feel what they were feeling, he made us scared, happy, lost, and he made us mourn for the people we didn’t know.

I didn’t see Jaws until I was about 7 years old, around 2005/2006, my sister and brother were always watching horror films and thrillers, but this was the first horror/ thriller movie I ever saw.

I was frightened, I didn’t swim for 4 weeks, not even in the pool. And now that I reattached it, I honestly understand what had frightened me, sure the graphics and the shark look bad at times, but it was everything else the made the movie better, the shots, the angles, everything.

Back In 1975, this movie was amazing, they hadn’t seen anything like it before, people nowadays criticize the shark owe it’s “totally” fake and unrealistic. But honestly think about it, who cares what the shark looks like, you still Jump at certain things, you still feel the rush when you hear THE music. To prove this I am going to talk about the one scene In the movie that stayed engraved In my brain throughout the film.

This Is the scene where the second attack happens on the little boy, the chief was always anxious, and we could tell by how we was always on alert.

We see that he Is the dominant In this frame, he Is the focus of all our attention, and behind IM Is the one who supports him, his wife, who always has his back, but we still don’t see her completely In the shot, despite her Importance to him. In this scene, the chief had been going through a lot of pressure, because the mayor wanted to keep the beaches open despite the attack on Kernels, but when he realized he was right all along, the vertigo effect comes Into play.

This scene has a bit of manipulation to It, with the medium shot, and the vertigo effect, but It still didn’t look extremely unrealistic, It gives us a peek Into what’s going on In his head, how scared he Is, nerved and unstable he Is. The chief Is nervous that he was actually right, even If that’s a good thing, he doesn’t want to be right In the off chance that someone Is hurt In the process.

That’s why the vertigo effect had such a powerful Impact on that scene, we saw that happen and we knew, he knew, something was not right.

Steven Spielberg chose the vertigo effect to show off that uneasiness, the frightening realization that something was wrong, so that we the audience would feel what the chief would feel. By reruns made the movie better, the shots, the angles, everything. Back in 1975, this movie was amazing, they hadn’t seen anything like it before, people nowadays criticize the shark THE music. To prove this I am going to talk about the one scene in the movie that stayed engraved in my brain throughout the film.

This is the scene where the second attack happens on the little boy, the that he is the dominant in this frame, he is the focus of all our attention, and behind him is the one who supports him, his wife, who always has his back, but we still don’t see her completely in the shot, despite her importance to him.

In this scene, the chief caches open despite the attack on Kisser, but when he realized he was right all along, the vertigo effect comes into play.

This scene has a bit of manipulation to it, with the medium shot, and the vertigo effect, but it still didn’t look extremely unrealistic, it gives us a peek into what’s going on in his head, how scared he is, unnerved and unstable he is. The chief is nervous that he was actually right, even if that’s a good thing, he doesn’t want to be right in the off chance that someone is hurt in the process.