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    Spielberg’s earliest films, JAWS, captured the audience’s attentions so vividly that the movie remains to be a cult classic even decades later. The audience sunk its teeth deep into the enticing combination of drama, thrill, science-fiction, and adventure the film obtained. At face value, JAWS appears to be focused on a giant monstrous fish, but with further analyzation of the plot structure, narration, and original music demonstrates the brilliance and complexity of why JAWS is a well deserving Oscar-winning

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    Jaws Analysis

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    revenue will cripple the town. Ichthyologist Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and grizzled ship captain Quint (Robert Shaw) offer to help Brody capture the killer 25-foot beast, and the trio engage in an epic battle of man vs. nature. Steven Spielberg’s, Jaws is an instant classic horror film that’ll bring shivers down a viewer’s spine and has them ready

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    Fear In Jaws

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    psychological. You yell, “Barracuda,” everybody says, “huh, what?” You yell “Shark,” we’ve got a panic on our hands on the Fourth of July.” One movie could spark this type of panic, not only for the Fourth of July, but for the span of a whole generation. Jaws, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, and Richard Dreyfuss. This movie, released in 1975, tells the story of three men who go out hunting a large shark that has been terrorizing the beaches of Amity Island.This movie

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    Conflict In Jaws

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    The opening scenes of the film Jaws (Steven Spielberg 1975), one of the main characters chief Martin Brody is introduced. Chief Brody is new to the town and main concern is keeping the people and the water safe. The mayor main concern at first is to keep the revenue coming in, which is keeping the beaches open for visitors. The small town Amity Island, a fictional New England town, busy season is the summer. The films primary conflict, which is a series of shark attacks in a small time frame, is

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    Tension In Jaws

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    Film Analysis of Jaws by Steven Spielberg The film Jaws was directed by Steven Spielberg from the best selling novel by Peter Benchley. The film was set in Massachusetts resort town of Amity Island in the height of the beach season. When the resort was terrorized one summer by surprise attacks from a great white shark. John Williams created the score to Jaws, which has since become a well-known theme to in depending doom. The film is generally considered one of the scariest

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    Jaws Blockbuster Effect

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    Known as one of the greatest and most famous films of all time, Jaws was recognized as a summer blockbuster after its release in June 1975. Jaws, directed by Steven Spielberg, was highly known for its outstanding cinematography, scenic music, as well as the effect it had on filmmaking history with the tremendously small budget they had of 9 million dollars. This film created a summer blockbuster by being the start of great suspense, action, and strong effects and explosions. Movies these days have

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    Jaws: American Thriller

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    Task 1- Thriller Genre: Jaws (1975) trailer The text Jaws is an American Thriller film released in 1975. It is a suspenseful, tense script that focuses on the use of iconography, narrative conventions and character conventions to build a masterpiece of thriller text. Through the use of these elements, Jaws becomes an effective example of the codes and conventions of the thriller genre. The text Jaws is famous for its effective use of iconography. Diegetic and non-diegetic sound play key roles in

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    Jaws Directed by Steven Spielberg USA, 1975, 124 minutes Reviewed by Kassandra Wellman Student, Wynford High School, Bucyrus, OH (USA) Jaws is based on book written by Peter Benchley which is loosely based around the shark attacks of 1916 along the US eastern coast. Peter Benchley co-wrote the screenplay with Carl Gottlieb. Jaws is tagged as an action and adventure, mystery and suspense, thriller and is intended for older audiences (PG-13). Jaws main characters are: Broody (Police Chief) played

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    Jaws Film Analysis

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    Jaws premiered on June 20, 1975. Steven Spielberg directed the film, accompanied by screenwriters Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb. Jaws has many film techniques that accompany the main characters. The main characters of the filmed are played by Roy Scheider (Brody), Robert Shaw (Quint), Richard Dreyfuss (Matt Hooper), and Murray Hamilton (Mayor Larry Vaughn). Director Steven Spielberg uses many different film techniques to emphasize different scenes in the movie and command the audience’s attention

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    The film Jaws is deemed as one of the greatest movies of all time, it is not only a movie, but it changed the movie industry due to its success. The success of Jaws is a result of the mass of advertising the producers did. Jaws was the first film to have a “wide release”, opening at the same time across the country and making it the highest grossing film at the time. The vast amount of detail the producers went into advertising can be seen in the Jaws’ movie poster. Through the vivid red title, the

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