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HORROR-THRILLER AND ANIMATION COMPARISON

JAWS

• Horror-Thriller Genre• Produced in 1975• Directed by Steven Spielberg• Distributed by Universal Pictures• Based on the novel “Jaws” by Peter Benchley• https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=pmLP0QQPqFw

JAWS- SYNOPSIS

When a young woman is killed by a shark while skinny-dipping near the New England tourist town of Amity Island, police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) wants to close the beaches, but mayor Larry Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) overrules him, fearing that the loss of tourist revenue will cripple the town. Ichthyologist Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and grizzled ship captain Quint (Robert Shaw) offer to help Brody capture the killer beast, and the trio engage in an epic battle of man vs. nature.

JAWS (HORROR-THRILLER)

Point of View shot to show the audience exactly what the character in the scene can see. Creates a sense of fear with the audience because they can see what he is seeing.

The low angle shot when Jaws is first in the scene suggest that he is the superior character within this scene because the way the camera angle has been shot means the audience are looking up at him as if they are below him both literally and in hierarchy.

This is a wide shot of of the entire set and it will strike fear within the

audience because it shows how isolated they are and subsequently that there is no one around to help

them get rid of Jaws.

JAWS (HORROR-THRILLER)

This high angle shot shows the wreckage Jaws has just caused and makes the audience fear s to what he will do next, therefore keeping them in suspense.

The over the shoulder shot is also slightly a high angle shot.

Both of these shots connote that Quint is an inferior character in

comparison to Brody.

Extreme close-up is used to show the characters emotions, in this case fear. It helps the audience to relate to him if they an see clearly how he is feeling.