Camera usage and editing in JAWS

This movie keeps the viewer ?on the edge of their seat? while not even introducing the true star of the movie until it?s half way over. The viewer knows that the shark is there and due to several point of view shots, is given the opportunity to see through its eyes. Spielberg uses a lot of camera movement throughout the movie, this adds to the success of its suspense. In the scene where Chrissie gets eaten by the shark, the camera goes under water and a l

A combination of cutting to continuity, and parallel editing were presented by Spielberg in JAWS. In the scene where Hooper, Quint, and Brody put together the shark cage, cutting to continuity was used to give the viewer the idea of what they were doing without showing every boring detail of assembling the cage. Parallel editing is the alternating of shots between two sequences, usually in different locals, suggesting that they take place at the same time. This technique was used in the scene where the two fishermen throw a roast, as bait, off a pier to catch the infamous shark. At the same time Chief Brody is shown looking through an informative shark book with the look of terror in his eyes. The viewer gets the idea of the fate of the two fishermen by the parallel of the photos that Chief Brody is looking at. The chain used is simply not strong enough to hold the g

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