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    Tension In Jaws Suspense

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    How does Steven Spielberg create tension in the film “JAWS”? ‘JAWS’ is a horror/thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg in 1975; it is based on the novel by Peter Benchley. Steven Spielberg is a master of suspense and has created tension all the way through the film ‘JAWS’. A great white shark attacks the summer resort Town of Amity Island; on the 4th July‚ Independence Day‚ a declaration of independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. The police chief tries to close the beach but the town

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    Analyze the methods used to make the opening battle sequence of ‘Saving Private Ryan’ both shocking and realistic‚ and say how effective you find it as an introduction to the film Steven Spielberg’s master piece Saving Private Ryan earned itself 5 academy awards‚ including the best director award in 1998. The all star cast starring Tom Hanks‚ Matt Damon‚ Tom Sizemore and Edward Burns brings to life the horror of war. Seen through the eyes of a squad of American soldiers‚ the story begins

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    Movie Analysis of "Jaws".

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    Released in 1975‚ Jaws was probably one of the best adventure‚ action‚ and suspense films of that era. Directed by Steven Spielberg with the following staring main cast members Roy Scheider as "Martin Bordy" (chief police officer)‚ Richard Dreyfuss as "Matt Hooper" (marine biologist)‚ Robert Shaw as "Quint" (local fisherman)‚ Murray Hamilton as "Larry Vaughan" (town mayor). "Jaws" the movie‚ is not like any other any other fish story. The film is about a gigantic 26 foot shark that has an appetite

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    The Girl in the Red Coat is perhaps the most moving and important image in the movie Schindler’s List created by Steven Spielberg. This movie is based on a book by the name of Schindler’s Ark by Thomas Keneally. The movie is based somewhat loosely on an actual historic event. Schindler’s List takes its name from Oskar Schindler‚ who was a real historical figure credited with saving the lives of over a thousand Jews (O’Neil). Schindler’s List is a movie that is primarily in black and white. This photo

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    from veterans and the research he completed on his own. During three years (July 1942 - July1945) from their training in England to the end of World War II‚ Ambrose tells us the unbelievable story of the Band of Brothers. Besides of this book‚ Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks produced in 2001 for HBO a ten part mini series based on Ambrose’s book. This mini series is the most expensive of his kind ($125 million of budget). Band of Brothers was met with extremely positive reviews from critiques and viewers

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    had a close encounter?” quote from David Laughlin from Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Well everyone who has ever seen the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind has had their own close encounter of some kind. Written and directed by Steven Spielberg and Produced by Colombia Pictures in association with EMI Films. Colombia Pictures the same year is credited with the production of four other films which include Bobby Deerfield staring Al Pacino‚ The Deadly Triangle staring Dale Robinette

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    Lincoln Film Review

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    -2 Lincoln. Dir. Steven Spielberg. Perf. Daniel Day-Lewis‚ Sally Field‚ Tommy Lee Jones. DreamWorks‚ 2012. DVD. In the film Lincoln‚ director Steven Spielberg puts the audience in the setting of the white house during Abraham Lincoln’s second term as president of the United States. The film focuses on the chronological sequence of President Lincoln’s second term as he strives to get the 13t amendment signed‚ freeing the slaves and ending the war. In Lincoln‚ Spielberg portrays the president

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    When Steven was in high school he produced his first feature- length film‚ “Firelight”‚ a science fiction movie with only a budget of $400‚ foreshadowing his love for filming. After his parents divorced‚ Spielberg attended California State University‚ Long Beach‚ and got his first job as an unpaid intern in the editing department of Universal Studios‚ after

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    Raiders Of The Lost Ark

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    Raiders of the Lost Ark‚ directed by Steven Spielberg‚ was released in 1981 and was one of many great films with the acting role for Harrison Ford. This thrillingly comical adventure film where Dr. Indiana Jones‚ played by Harrison Ford (aka Han Solo) is a professor of archaeology and expert in ancient artifacts. He is hired by the American Government to find the Ark of the Covenant‚ which is believed to hold the ten commandments. Unfortunately‚ Germans located the site of the ark of the covenant

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    discuss visual and oral text features in your response. In the film ’Schindlers List’ directed by Steven Spielberg an important idea raised is that one man can make a difference. The main character Oskar Schindler is first presented as a selfish profiteer of war but dramatically changes his morals and beliefs when he witnesses the mass burning scene towards the end of the film. Spielberg used a range of camera shots to change the mood by bringing excitement or horror to the audience. At the

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