Review of Jaws (1975) by Brittney B — 04 Dec 2015

Steven Spielberg has truly made history in cinema! He has indeed, invented one of the award- winning movies of a lifetime! I am here to tell you that this movie is nothing less than suspenseful. When there are signs of a bloodthirsty beast deep below the ocean blue, you have no other choice but to wonder what will happen to the next human that plunges into the water.

This is nothing short of dramatic irony, intensity and of course the detail that is highlighted to make this movie possible. There is complete irony within this film. As I noticed the "Amity Island Welcomes You!" sign, I couldn't steer my eyes past the picture portrayed on the billboard shown in the movie.

The picture emulates the women smiling, sitting on her surfboard, out in open water. When speaking about a movie dealing with a shark and then having the lady on the billboard sitting in open water, will obviously have a problematic issue.

This sign was portraying nothing but happiness that "should" be experienced at the beach. Throughout the movie, we see plenty of "fishy" things happening that lead us to wonder, what will happen next? The dramatic irony of all of this is that fact that we as the viewers KNOW what is out to get humanity in this situation.

Even before seeing the movie, we can assume what is happening to an extent. The camera view being used has helped shape this movie to what it is today. You wouldn't expect angles to play such a detrimental part of a movie, but for this Spielberg movie, it does.

Another main aspect that carried this movie through the suspense genre was the music they had composed. From the instruments with a lower- flat noted sound to the tempo of each beat speeding up, this leaves you with the anxious feeling that I mentioned earlier.

Their timing not only with their tempo, but when to place it within the movie was absolutely fantastic! To only place notes that ring "here I come" when the shark is about to attack couldn't have been more perfect for the set up.

Without the affects of the music, the dramatic irony of it all and especially the shark being hidden away for the majority of the movie, we wouldn't have the movie Steven Spielberg calls "Jaws".

Let us not surpass the movie that is a motion picture legacy.