Jaws

THE GREAT BLUE is a screenplay inspired by the Moby Dick fable. However, the script offers the audience a new twist: it’s Moby Dick in space. It’s an intriguing concept. The movie ALIEN took “Jaws” and created a successful film in space, thus giving this script merit. The script is driven by themes about second chances, fate, and destiny. The script features the characters from the famous tale. The goal is clear and the stakes are high. While there are some very exciting moments in this script,…

The audience is on the edge of their seats waiting for the monster, the villain, the antagonist, the inevitable. They know that the evildoer of this tale will be making an entrance soon; and how do they know? It’s simple: the Jaws theme is playing. The theme song for Jaws falls under the film music category. Film music is “Music used in a film to accompany the action and create atmosphere”. Film music goes by many names, such as background score, background music, film music, or incidental…

book? If not then Peter Benchley’s book will make that happen. Peter Benchley was born May 08, 1940 in New York, he has written many books and many of them have been made into movies. But his most famous book is “Jaws”, yes it was a book before Steven Spielberg made it into a movie. “Jaws” the book was very famous it sold about 20 million copies, this famous book is about a killer shark in a seaside resort in Long Island in Amity. Benchley has a very unique style he is very descriptive and…

What do Jaws, Jurassic Park and E.T all have in common? They were all directed by someone who arguably deserves the title, ‘living legend’. The first person to direct a movie that had a revenue of over $100 million, the same person who invented the modern blockbuster with the iconic movie ‘Jaws’. Steven Spielberg is the living legend in question. December 18th, 1946. This fateful day was the fateful day that Steven Allen Spielberg began to grace us all with his presence. Born in Cincinnati,…

Earth, it is easy to think of whales. The confusion comes when the term whale is part of a sea creature's name. You see, when people talk about sharks, their mind is subdued by both the theme song and the horrific scenes that are part of the movie Jaws. The last thing that you would think of when observing or even swimming along the side of a whale shark, that such a large and peaceful animal may belong to the same…

Hemingway, and Jaws, the famous movie directed by Steven Spielberg, both use themes of ambition and hubris, forms of desire. However, how the characters act on their desire,…

come in many different shapes and sizes. Oftentimes a hero is celebrated for the dedication and sacrifice that goes into being a savior to others. In the case of Martin Brody, his heroic actions were not appreciated until the end of his journey. In Jaws, Martin Brody is Identified as a hero because he follows all the steps in the Hero’s Journey. To be a hero there is many steps including, the Ordinary world, Call to adventure, Refusal of the call, Answering the call, Mentors, Talisman, Allies,…

Examination of a Protagonist Jaws is a story by a American novelist, Peter Benchley. The story was originally published in 1974 , and also made into a film, Jaws in 1987. The story itself takes place in a small summer town named Amity Island where every businessman has to wait for summer in order to take more money from the tourist. The town’s business and earnings were mostly dependent on summer because of the beach. Moving along, one of the characters from the movie is Larry Vaughan who…

When you are/feel like you’re in a dangerous situation, do you let your imagination take over? Or do you use reasoning. Dreams, movies, personal experiences, and literature can make your imagination run wild. From Jaws to Stephen King’s novels, the reader can imagine the character’s fears and how they handle these situations. I have had a similar experience when I felt stuck in a dream and used fear instead of reasoning. A short poem by Ishmael Reed, “beware: do not read this poem,” he tells a…

Unit 6 - Audience Response - Assignment 2 Task 1 A Media Product that has had a strong impact on its audience is the film ‘Jaws’. This film uses the hypodermic needle technique as it emphasises a negative opinion on sharks and how they are dangerous man-killers which is what gave them such fearsome reputations. The film spawned an international panic about sharks and this created a mass audience effect as the attraction to go to destinations with beaches declined as people were afraid to go…