BY Regina Simmons

Jaws (1975)Review

link:

 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073195/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

“When a gigantic great white shark begins to menace the small island community of Amity, a police chief, a marine scientist and grizzled fisherman set out to stop it.” (imdb)

The analyzations of the elements in Jaw’s is first the use of the underwater-perspective camera shots of a woman swimming at the beach during night hours. Of course the classic Spielberg shot of the camera pushes into subject. For example the famous Jaws scene’s called “Get out of the water” when Brody played by Roy Scheider sees the shark take under one of the kids that is swimming, the subject is in focus but everything around him is out of focus. Also, that scene has the Point Of View shot taken over the shoulder of one of the character which represents the third person.

The visionary director Steven Spielberg has a lot of signature and remarkable shots in Jaws. There’s a large number of long takes and dolly movement, close up shots of characters being introduce by long dialogue parts to demonstrate emotional empathy of the scene. This old 70’s retro film certainly has Spielberg directing writing all over the shots.