Joe McBride 11/21/11 English 11 Hero ’s Journey Narrative: Jaws Jaws was a movie that was made which clearly represents itself as a movie that follows a Hero ’s Journey Narrative. The Journey begins with The Call‚ as part of the Departure. The Call begins once Sheriff Brody is first made aware of the shark attack that happens‚ before several more break out. He essentially accepts The Call by looking further into the attack‚ in case more come to his attention. The Initiation begins
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For my final project‚ I choose to watch Jaws directed by Steven Spielberg‚ 1975. Jaws is set on Amity Island known as a popular summer tourist destination. As the town prepares for its annual Fourth of July parade‚ a shark lurks in the waters threating the town’s main source of summer income. After multiple shark attacks‚ three men take it upon themselves to catch the great white shark that has plans on ruining the summer. At the opening shot we find a group of kids siting on the beach with a bomb
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made great decisions about thecamera techniques to be used in each scene. In 1996‚ a restaurant with the nameBubba Gump was open in honour of the movie‚ and surprisingly there is one in thePeak Galleria in Hong Kong!The opening scene of the movie is filmed very beautifully‚ especially with thefeather floating in the air‚ because it creates the mood of the whole piece. Also‚ themusic and sounds chosen to accompany the opening scene‚ contributes to the tone of the entire movie.From right the beginning
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The opening scene of the 1962 film‚ L’eclisse‚ is quite strange from an editing standpoint. While I can not exactly understand what the actors are saying to do lingual differences‚ I notice the pace and cuts feel unnatural and highly forced. After analyzing the clip‚ I believe this was all intentional by the director‚ Michelangelo Antonioni. The scene begins in the apartment of what appears to be a couple. The couple seems to be in a rather big argument. However‚ there are no clues or evidence that
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The overall mood in Roman Polanski’s Macbeth is gruesome and depressing. Setting‚ costume‚ sound‚ and pace contribute to the development of the mood in the movie. The opening scenes in Macbeth show a dull and sullen landscape. The atmosphere is gloomy which is seen through the dark clouds‚ the pouring rain‚ and the muddy earth. The castles and the buildings look ominous because of their choppy lines and unpleasant ambience. The costumes in Macbeth look tired and dirty. During the movie‚ the characters
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Fast paced Indian music builds tension even before the opening credits have stopped rolling Establishing shot indian city‚ while not revealed as india at this point the viewer associates the architecture as foreign in some exotic location‚ one car on the road‚ depth created by background being out of focus and leading lines created by the road. High angle extreme long shot‚ zoom to reveal tracking shot of taxi cab and people in exotic attire and foreign style tricycle cabs‚ gives the viewer more
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How does the director Stephen Spielberg use filmic techniques to build suspense and tension in the opening sequence of the film ‘Jaws’? The 1975 summer blockbuster ‘Jaws’ based on the best selling novel by Peter Benchley The film opens with a chilling black screen and the non-digetic sound of little bubbles popping in the distance. This automatically gives the impression that the audience is underwater. The black screen also makes the audience feel nervous about what is happening around us
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Alex is a young boy with an older mother who says ‘just 10 more minutes’ for him staying in the water‚ if she had not said that and not let him go‚ he would still be alive. Contrasting two extremes‚ a large‚ meaty lady walked past Alex on the opening scene; straight away it strikes you how skinny Alex looks. Speilberg has done this so you think ‘Why was Alex eaten?’ when there were better people the shark could of picked. Another contrast demonstrated by Speilberg was that Alex’s mother was shouting
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theme song from “Jaws”‚ played by a cello‚ which makes us cringe every time we hear it‚ no matter where we are. This amazing film‚ directed by Steven Spielberg in 1975‚ is so addicting that it is still insanely popular to this day. (IMDb) It is known that every time you hear that theme song‚ the shark is around. The movie even opens with a tracking shot of the ocean floor with the song playing‚ putting the audience in suspense of what will pop out on the screen next. “Jaws” is the story of a
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How is the Character of Prospero Conveyed in the Opening Scenes? Prospero is the protagonist of Shakespeare’s play ‘The Tempest’. At first‚ he is a sympathetic character because his usurping brother wronged him making him appear helpless‚ be that as it may‚ his possession and use of magical knowledge renders him extremely powerful. However‚ the fact that he uses this power over the other characters makes him not entirely sympathetic. Prospero is the rightful Duke of Milan‚ who‚ along with Miranda
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