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    Introduction: Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg when Jaws was first released it was received by the critics as the film to watch at the time because it did such a profound job at putting fear in audiences around the world and today is considered one of the greatest films ever made. The film jaws does a great job at appealing to the psychological needs of it's viewer because its ability to build suspense in the film because the shark is never really shown till near

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    The novel Jaws by Peter Benchley was created into a big hit movie directed by Steven Spielberg. Like in with many novels that are created into movies the director have to make changes. These changes help the movie Jaws make a lot of money. The three major changes Spielberg made was making Matt Hooper into a likeable character, the mayors involvement with mobsters, and that Quint is not eaten by the shark. In the novel, Matt Hooper is not a likable character. He is presented as an arrogant

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    Jaw Morphology Essay

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    I. morphology of the face The jaw morphology of the lower face is determined by vertical and anterioposteior spatial relation between maxilla and mandible. The position of the mandible is maintained by neuroskeletal system and it is a major factor determining the morphology of mandible. Spatial position of the dentition is also important determining factor considering the position of the mandible. 1,2 1. Occlusal plane When spatial positon of the teeth is not adequate, mandible is deviated from the

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    Jaws Editing Techniques

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    Jaws is a suspenseful film directed by Steven Spielberg, a well known film auteur. Within this film the director and his colleagues collaborate to introduce a variety of cinematography techniques that help portray thrill and excitement. With a combination of successful and clever editing, lighting, sound, camera positioning, and dialogue, the scenes are transformed to be very realistic and influence the viewer’s perspective as if they are there. In order to properly analyze this film, an evaluation

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    Movie Analysis: Jaws

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    Teresa Viggiano FIL3854 July 12, 2015 Analysis #1 Jaws Jaws is based on a shark that causes disruption on a beach during a holiday and keeps returning to hunt. In the scene I have chosen to examine, many different forms of cinematography, lighting, sound and narrative techniques are utilized. The outfits worn by the three main characters are based on their personalities. Before the shark comes into the scene I have analyzed, the three men are not showing their nervousness or uneasy attitudes. The

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    Jaws Film Techniques

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    Jaws (1975) Media Coursework Peter Benchley wrote "Jaws" the novel before it was made into a film directed by Steven Spielberg. "Jaws" is a thriller/horror with the main aim being to build up suspense and tension. When making the film Jaws Steven Spielberg had to face the challenging task of translating Benchley’s popular novel into a hit movie whilst still maintaining the suspense created through the many textual devices used by Benchley, such as language techniques and sentence structure. Spielberg

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    Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Peter Benchley's 1974 novel of the same name. In the story, a giant man-eating great white shark attacks beachgoers on Amity Island, a fictional New England summer resort town, prompting the local police chief to hunt it with the help of a marine biologist and a professional shark hunter. This movie represents all the stereotypes that people all over the world have about sharks. Most people in the world don’t even dare

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    In April of 1975, Saigon, the South Vietnamese capital, fell. This triggered the end of the Vietnam War, the only real defeat in American military history. Two months later, the movie Jaws was released, and it was a smash hit, the first real blockbuster in the history of American cinema. The success of the film is of course related to the fact that it was based on a popular book, built suspense like few if any previous films had done, and of course was marketed and released on an unprecedented scale

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    Throughout this oral i will be reviewing the themes, cinematic techniques and props. Jaws is based on Peter Benchley's best selling book. Steven Spielberg transformed this best seller into a horror movie in which scared 95% of people out of the water. This could have easily been one of those cheesy movies where you can just tell what is going to happen but the way Spielberg has incorporated the techniques into the movie is outstanding. Spielberg has used props such as music, sound effects and he

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    Jaws Cinematography

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    During the film Steve Spielberg uses music, a mysterious shark and camera techniques such as simultaneous track and zoom, long shot, close up shots and medium shots to build suspense, tension and scare the audience. The music represents the shark, especially its movements and its presence. In the title sequence the camera is moving along the seabed like a shark. Spielberg makes the audience believe that the camera is viewing things through the shark’s eyes, he uses a camera shot called point of

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