Section 2 - Jaws

Narrative Structure

• After the opening with suspense we go up to a group of people who are calm and oblivious to the danger.
• Camp right next to the sea which connects the two. non diagetic sound, image, text all builds suspense together.
• The time of the film doesn't give much away but we still know the area and what the danger is.
• Shows how care free she is.

Thriller Codes and Conventions

• Builds suspense from the opening on the bit where the lackey gets dropped under.
• As soon as she jumps in the water we think 'oh no' because we know whats in there and whats going to happen to her.
• The boy is no help since he is just sat on the beach.
• The shark has spotted her its a worms eye view to show shes care free and that she shark is about to attack.
• The boy on the beach cant hear her which suggests she's too far away, but once she's gone under the bell rings but he still doesn't know.
• The shark is still able to go and kill.

Camera Work

• Shot from under the water so we can see what the shark sees.
• Flick from danger to the boy on the beach who is oblivious, shows a contrast.
• At the start which is a heartbeat noise the camera is from the sharks point of view.
• Camera pan to the right at the bonfire.
• We see the sea then see the beach, shot reverse shot.
• Boy is filling the screen so it shows his importance in the film.
• Shot reverse shot from the boy to the girl.

Mise en Scene

• Dark lighting which causes suspense.
• Setting dark but candle lit.
• Concealment and protraction.
• Blue and green colours for the sea to show it's cold and the danger, to the warmer colours of the beach; reds and oranges.
• Chrissy runs in the dark with a boy to show she's venerable.
• Running whilst taking clothes off ... represents her stripping away her protection.
• Fence is spiky to represent shark teeth.

Sound

• Sound which build suspense for the audience, gets faster and louder, makes us believe there is danger in the sea.
• Non-diagetic sound of the Jaw's noise which causes suspense.
• Opening has a submarine noise, water and a fish detector.
• Opening noise mimics a heartbeat.
• Builds up which suggest the shark is going to attack- for shadowing.
• Diagetic sound of the harmonica.
• We associate the tense noise with the shark, so when we hear this we expect to see the shark.
• Bell in the sea used for help when needed, but when she rings the bell everyone is too far away to hear the noise.

Editing

• Cuts from camp fire scene to the water scene which creates a contrast between the two.
• After the building of suspense we expect something to happen, which it doesn't, it action which makes us think something is going to happen.
• We know ocean is big and when we see her in the big sea we see how small she is in comparison.

Graphics

• Title fades out... Capital letters, Big and Ordinary text.
• Titles still showing as the film starts.
• Font on a light or dark background, the text stands out on both since the font has a black out line.