Steven Spielberg's Use Of Sound In Jaws

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Sound operates on both physical and psychological levels to help bridge the story to move and make sense of the film. It helps the Director guide a films plot by repeating and enhance the world that has been created by the movies visible elements. One of the best ways to get the audience invested in the movies is a catchy soundtrack. A great soundtrack that helped the audience be aware of spatial and temporal dimension is the movies Jaws directed by Steven Spielberg. This iconic few notes help terrify audiences for decades. Every time these few notes would play, it would severely raise expectation of the scene, create a cadence, and develop the characters of the film. Whether or not the audience knew what was happening, they were directly

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