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Why Did Steven Spielberg A Game Changer

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A two time Oscar winner and a full time Visionary. Steven Allan Spielberg has directed over 100 films and still counting. Spielberg’s dramatic directing style has been capturing audiences attentions for over 50 years. He’s changed the movie-going experience since day one. Steven Spielberg is a game changer because he changed modern Cinema with his signature directing style and his iconic DreamWorks logo. Steven Spielberg was born one year after World War 2 ended. Growing up Jewish was hard for Spielberg. He often felt as if he was an outcast. He was one of the only Jews at his school. He claims he has “Peter Pan Syndrome” meaning he never really grew up. He is still a child at heart. He was scared of practically everything when he was young, and his creative mind made every creak and bump in the night a terrifying new monster just waiting to lure him into the darkness. Despite being afraid of most things in television, he was fascinated with all things movie. He never really paid attention in school, usually resulting in C’s. His father gave him …show more content…

He’s had to go through extremely stressful scenarios to become the phenomenal director he is today. In my opinion, the most important moment in his movie making carrier was directing Jaws. That was the movie that started it all for Spielberg. When he was assigned the job of directing the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley, Steven’s career was now recognized by big Hollywood studios. Very soon production nightmares happened on the set of Jaws. Spielberg realized a very big problem, “We started the film without a script, without a cast and without a shark” (Richard Dreyfus). Spielberg was over budget, over schedule, and overwhelmed. The mechanical shark used in the film would break due to the salt water so Spielberg had to come up with interesting ways to not show it. That is why the movie rarely shows the shark. “The young director woke up every day fearing he

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