Analysis Of The Movie Jaws

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In 1975 director Steven Spielberg released the soon to be award winning movie Jaws. The adventure and also thriller movie cost eight million to make. Then racked up two hundred sixty million in the box office during its whole release in theatres. The inspiration for this movie, was brought from a real life story. When four people were killed by a great white in a sequence of attacks near the sea, in 1919, it was later caught and killed by two amateur fishermen. The two lead actors in Jaws are these same fishermen, who kill the shark in the movie as well. This movie received over ten awards for its efforts, and even 3 Oscars in its time, as well as many nominations. ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073195/ Edit on later date ) With the spot light …show more content…
Shark fishing has become even more popular. However the decline in the populations has brought some concern, from the over fishing.With so many people going out and fishing for sharks, there doesn’t seem to be a way for sharks to recover their numbers in time with the rise of fishing. Population numbers were at alarming low, but as of recent years, the population has slowly been recovering, especially off of the east coast. The NOAA( National Oceanic And Atmoshereic Administration) had this to say on the matter recently, "We've seen an increase in the number of sharks in every survey since 2001; that reflects management efforts to conserve the populations of various shark species.” ( http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/press_release/pr2015/scispot/ss1509/ …show more content…
The famous shark theme being used whilst they sneak up on each other, quietly chanting ‘dun dun dun’ in time with the symphony being played just as someone jumps on the other to scare/surprise them. It’s surprising how a movie, could affect our daily interaction with one another, and it had been released forty five years ago. The famous music has been used in parodies and comedy skits as well, a more recent video was made “Jaws” -Minecraft Parody ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYCoyxxlE5A ). It features a one minute short skit of a fast paced Jaw’s reenactment combined with other elements to make a comedy, such a internet meme’s or internet jokes, and situational humor. A talking shark is also

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