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    Jaws Movie Analysis

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    The screenplay is created to both Benchley and actor Carl Gottlieb. Jaws is based on a giant man eating great white shark that attacks beachgoers on Amitty Island‚ a new England summer resort town‚ causing the local police chief Martin Brody to hunt it with the help of a marine biologist and a professional hunter. The films charecter are Martin Brody as the police chief‚ shark hunter as Quint‚ oceanographer as Matt Hooper. Larry Vaughn as the major‚ Ellen as Brody’s wife. I believe Jaws is

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    make have consequences good or bad is the theme that I have chosen to explore. I am giving evidence of this theme in short stories "On the Sidewalk Bleeding" (written by Evan Hunter) and "Stand on a Cloud" (written by Phil Kawana)‚ also the film "Shark Tale" (directed by Vicky Jenson) and the song lyric’s "Bad Decision" (by Trey Songz). The theme "decisions that we make have consequences good or bad" is presented in the text "On the Sidewalk Bleeding" written by Evan Hunter. At the beginning of

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    at assessing risk and that we focus more on things like shark attacks and lightning strikes versus things like heart disease which has a more likely chance of doing harm to us. Economics is a key term that they use to explain how we can assess the risks that we are faced with each day. Throughout the article they give us numerous examples to prove the fact that we worry too much. For example‚ Levitt and Dubner state that “there were 68 shark attacks worldwide‚ of which just four were fatal”‚ when

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    Associate Level Material Appendix E Comparing Physiology Worksheet In this assignment you describe and compare the circulatory‚ skeletal‚ and respiratory systems of sharks‚ iguanas‚ eagles‚ and humans. Answer each of the following questions in 25 to 50 words. Circulatory System * Shark * How would you describe the structure and function of this animal’s circulatory system? Include any unique characteristics. A shark’s heart is a two-chambered S-shaped tube‚ small in proportion

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    Jaws Film Techniques

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    great white shark that cause havoc to the small township of Amity‚ New England. The film is set around the 4th of July with the shark’s first victim dying only a few days prior to one of the busiest days of the year‚ t. This is significant because in the USA the 4th of July is one of the biggest national holidays of the year‚ nearly all Americans will not be working and as it is in the middle of summer many Americans will be enjoying themselves relaxing on the beach. This makes the shark seem like

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    Have fun in the ocean; kitesurf‚ windsurf or surf in Mauritius 27 July 2012 A little island country surrounded by turquoise water‚ Mauritius is an obvious choice for trying out all kinds of water sports. Add to this combination the trade winds and tropical climate and you will soon see why more and more windsurfers‚ kitesurfers and surfers come to Mauritius. Kitesurfing in Mauritius Kitesurfing in Mauritius is a fantastic experience; the island is known the world over

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    were the shark’s point of view‚ the zolly‚ and the shots of Captain Quint preparing for the shark. All three instigate suspense and keep the audience on the edge of their seats. An interesting group of shots in Jaws are the shark’s point of view shots. These occur throughout the entire movie‚ however they are primarily used in the beginning. Spielberg originally only used these because the mechanical shark was not working. However‚ once the crew was able to

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    Through the blindness of failure‚ there is an unknown success. In Ernest Hemingway’s novella‚ The Old Man and the Sea‚ there is an old fisherman named Santiago‚ who lives in a small village in a shack made from royal palm trees. Struggling to catch a fish for 84 days‚ Santiago decides to go out to sea during hurricane weather‚ alone with no help--not even from his friend Manolin‚ a fisherman apprentice. Santiago is willing to sacrifice his life for a big fish able to end his dry streak. Santiago’s

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    The two symbols from the Herman Melville’s novel‚ Moby-Dick persists of the sharks following the whale like Captains Ahab’s crew and the whale and Ahab possessing “dents.” While the Pequod ship remains on the sea trying to kill Moby-Dick they see sharks. Since the crew last seen the sharks it was also with the white whale‚ and this astonished them. The sharks were following the whale‚ and protecting him from the harpooners trying to kill him. “.. And whether it was Ahab’s crew were all such tiger-yellow

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    remember thy washing blow.”(Act 1 Scene 1) Likewise in the film a fight between the Jets and Sharks is the opening scene. In both tragedies one of the major conflicts is the disagreeing of love between Romeo and Juliet and Tony and Maria. Romeo and Juliet are not wanted to see each other because Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet. Similarly‚ Tony and Maria cannot be together because Tony is a Shark and Maria is a Jet. When Bernardo see’s Tony and Maria kissing at the dance he runs over and

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