Jaws - 1975 - Steven Spielberg
Answer the following questions throughout the viewing of this film.
1. Explain how the opening of the film (“Chrissie’s last swim”) utilizes suspense rather than surprise.:It shows that the shark is thier and their are many shark attacks to come.
2. What is Chief Brody’s first reaction to finding out that their might be a shark feeding near Amity?: He gets worried about his kid who plays in the water all the time and everyone else who plays in the water.
3. How do Chief Brody and Mayor Vaughn differ in their approaches to dealing with the shark? Why is this?: Cheif Brody wants everyone out of the water until the shark is dead but mayor Vaughn wants to risk it an hope no one gets kills by JAWS.
4. Describe Amity Island before the arrival of the shark.: Amity island seems like a nice place to where a lot of people know eachother and it seems like a nice and peaceful place to live.
5. What affect does the close up on Chief Brody during the second shark attack have on us as viewers?: I think the close up effect used on Chief Brody let's us see through his eyes. It's almost like we, the viewer, are realizing the same thing Chief Brody is.
6. The 2 men fishing with a roast is a good example of building suspense through what is not seen. How does Spielberg do this effectively? Think of the sound, action, and dialogue.: There are a couple times in the movie where we maybe only hear a very tiny bit of dialogue then the rest is actions and sounds. From what Spielberg does I think the sounds contribute a lot. The actions by characters is carried out quite well too. For example, the two men fishing with the roast, we see them hook the roast, then we see them go in the water with their boat. So from this we can see that they are trying to catch the shark, so in our minds we can conclude the shark may make an appearance, making it more suspenseful.
7. Describe Hooper as a character.:Hooper is a really smart oceanogapher and he becomes freinds with Chief Brody and him and th fisherman but only when their drunk. Hooper is also very skeptical when the first shark is caught he doese'nt beleive that thats the real shark.
8. Describe Hooper’s reaction throughout the autopsy? Why is he not satisfied when the men catch a large shark they assume to the one responsible for the earlier attacks?:When he exsamins the first shark attack on the girl he sais that this shark is way to small to be the real shark.
9. How does the mood of the film change when the vacationers first arrive for the Fourth of July? : The mood becomes kind of unsettling because, we know there is a shark in the water and all these people are coming to the beach. We don't know who will eventually go into the water, although many people go in the water, but if someone does, then there is the great risk of the shark attacking the people.
10. What kind of shot type does Spielberg use in the next shark attack and why is this effective as our 1st look at the shark?: He uses a kind of almost over the head look so when we do see the shark, we see the sharks face only.
1. Explain how the opening of the film (“Chrissie’s last swim”) utilizes suspense rather than surprise.:It shows that the shark is thier and their are many shark attacks to come.
2. What is Chief Brody’s first reaction to finding out that their might be a shark feeding near Amity?: He gets worried about his kid who plays in the water all the time and everyone else who plays in the water.
3. How do Chief Brody and Mayor Vaughn differ in their approaches to dealing with the shark? Why is this?: Cheif Brody wants everyone out of the water until the shark is dead but mayor Vaughn wants to risk it an hope no one gets kills by JAWS.
4. Describe Amity Island before the arrival of the shark.: Amity island seems like a nice place to where a lot of people know eachother and it seems like a nice and peaceful place to live.
5. What affect does the close up on Chief Brody during the second shark attack have on us as viewers?: I think the close up effect used on Chief Brody let's us see through his eyes. It's almost like we, the viewer, are realizing the same thing Chief Brody is.
6. The 2 men fishing with a roast is a good example of building suspense through what is not seen. How does Spielberg do this effectively? Think of the sound, action, and dialogue.: There are a couple times in the movie where we maybe only hear a very tiny bit of dialogue then the rest is actions and sounds. From what Spielberg does I think the sounds contribute a lot. The actions by characters is carried out quite well too. For example, the two men fishing with the roast, we see them hook the roast, then we see them go in the water with their boat. So from this we can see that they are trying to catch the shark, so in our minds we can conclude the shark may make an appearance, making it more suspenseful.
7. Describe Hooper as a character.:Hooper is a really smart oceanogapher and he becomes freinds with Chief Brody and him and th fisherman but only when their drunk. Hooper is also very skeptical when the first shark is caught he doese'nt beleive that thats the real shark.
8. Describe Hooper’s reaction throughout the autopsy? Why is he not satisfied when the men catch a large shark they assume to the one responsible for the earlier attacks?:When he exsamins the first shark attack on the girl he sais that this shark is way to small to be the real shark.
9. How does the mood of the film change when the vacationers first arrive for the Fourth of July? : The mood becomes kind of unsettling because, we know there is a shark in the water and all these people are coming to the beach. We don't know who will eventually go into the water, although many people go in the water, but if someone does, then there is the great risk of the shark attacking the people.
10. What kind of shot type does Spielberg use in the next shark attack and why is this effective as our 1st look at the shark?: He uses a kind of almost over the head look so when we do see the shark, we see the sharks face only.