Jaws

Jaws is a 1975 American horror film about a shark that attacks beach goers at a fictional beach side town, and follows the shark hunters and scientists that try to capture it. The film opens with a couple going skinny dipping in the sea early in the morning. Both characters are young, appealing to the horror genres target audience of teenagers by helping them relate to the events onscreen. The fact the scene is set so early in the morning when the sun has hardly risen suggests the characters have been out all night, which also appeals to the target audience as they like to imagine themselves taking part in a all night events. The scene also opens with establishing shots of the beach and the sunrise, which also introduces the male character who is shown in the foreground. The audience can connote he is unintelligent but sociable, a typical 'jock' character which is a genre convention of a lot of teenage horror films. We see these characteristics displayed by the characters clumsiness, falling down a sandy bank as he runs after the girl but also his good humoured nature shown through his speech. He says "I can swim! I just can't walk, or dress myself," which refers to his falling over and struggle to get his clothes off.

The second establishing shot we get is a long shot of the beach leading on to the sea. The girl runs from the camera to the sea and dives in, then starts swimming away. The girl seems to be having fun, as we can tell through her body language. We have a close-up of the girl, although she is still not fully visible due to the dark lighting of the shot. The non-diegetic sound of seagulls also lets the audience know this is a sunrise, not a sunset. We then have a shot of the girl swimming from under the water. We know this is from the sharks point of view and the scene is suddenly made tense. The non-diegetic music that begins with this shot helps create the tension, as it features very slow ominous and deep tones. Another shot shows the camera creeping slowly towards the woman from under the water as she floats there kicking her legs. These shots are very long and drawn out to bring the film to a painful slow speed to increase the anticipation of the audience. The background music slowly changes into a variation of the sound motif of the shark. The tense tones lead up to the sharks attack of the woman.

The pace of the shots quicken as soon as the woman is attacked to show the pace of the action and the threat and speed of the shark. The woman is dragged under the water and then thrashed around violently by the shark as she screams for help. Juxtaposed shots between the terrifying situation the girl is in to the calm relaxed situation of the boy lying drunk on the beach makes the girls shots seem more dramatic. After more close-ups of the girl screaming for help and mid-shots tracking her movements through the water, she is suddenly dragged underneath the surface. Her screams and the loud tension music cut off abruptly as soon as she is out of sight, and the shot ends with 3-4 seconds of silence just showing the slow movements of the waves. This shows how quickly things seem to return to normal again after the attack. This works to make the threat of the shark seem greater, as its victims vanish without any trace. The fact we never actually see the shark throughout this opening scene also makes it more frightening, as this plays on audience’s fear of the unknown. This also builds anticipation for the reveal of the shark later on in the film.

18

 

 

Only adults are admitted. Nobody younger than 18 can rent or buy an 18-rated VHS, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, UMD or game, or watch a film in the cinema with this rating. Films under this category do not have limitation on the bad language that is used. Hard drugs are generally allowed, and explicit sex references along with detailed sexual activity are also allowed. Scenes of strong real sex may be permitted if justified by the context. Very strong, gory, and/or sadistic violence is usually permitted. Strong sexual violence is permitted unless it is eroticised or excessively graphic.

15

  

Only those over 15 years are admitted. Nobody younger than 15 can rent or buy a 15-rated VHS, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, UMD or game, or watch a film in the cinema with this rating. Films under this category can contain adult themes, hard drugs, frequent strong language and limited use of very strong language, strong violence and strong sex references, and nudity without graphic detail. Sexual activity may be portrayed but without any strong detail. Sexual violence may be shown if discreet and justified by context.

12

 

Home media only since 2002. 12A-rated films are usually given a 12 certificate for the VHS/DVD version unless extra material has been added that requires a higher rating. Nobody younger than 12 can rent or buy a 12-rated VHS, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, UMD or game. The content guidelines are identical to those used for the 12A certificate.

12A

 

Cinema only. Introduced in 2002. Films under this category are considered to be unsuitable for very young people. Those aged under 12 years are only admitted if accompanied by an adult, aged at least 18 years, at all times during the motion picture. However, it is generally not recommended that children under 12 years should watch the film. Films under this category can contain mature themes, discrimination, soft drugs, infrequent strong language and moderate violence, sex references and nudity. Sexual activity may be briefly and discreetly portrayed. Sexual violence may be implied or briefly indicated.

Parental guidence.

All ages admitted, but certain scenes may be unsuitable for young children. May contain mild language and sex/drugs references. May contain moderate violence if justified by context (e.g. fantasy).

 

Universal

All ages admitted, there is nothing unsuitable for children.

Indiana jones, raiders of the lost ark.

In the opening two minutes of raiders of the lost ark Indiana Jones the shot that establishes the main character is the long shot when you can see his silhouette in front of all the other characters, in the long shot that shows him in front of the rest of the group connotes confidence in what he is doing. the group that are following Indiana Jones are wearing dirty and torn clothes where'as Indiana is wearing tidy and practical clothing this shows that Indiana is well equipped for what he is doing.
The setting is a rural location an exotic location that is a main convention of an action adventure genre. the diegetic sounds that are in the jungle to create the scene are the noises of birds, bats and the swish of the machetes held by the men that are following Indiana also some screaming in the background that helps create tension with the non diegetic sounds and music that starts to get sinister as the characters start to find clues to this enigma that is created as the characters are walking. they are constantly looking behind them to see something that isn't there.
when one of the men sees a statue and then runs of screaming Indiana Jones walks over to it calmly then looks of into the jungle and starts walking faster like he knows what he is doing. as they progress there is a close up shot of a dart in the tree this shows us that they are not alone in the jungle so it adds even more enigmas to the story. Indiana walks over to the dart and pulls it from the tree again like he knows what he is doing, very calmly walks on as the remaining followers hesitate to follow. we are finally shown the location and told the time of this event as an

Preliminary task evaluation.

During our preliminary task, we included several shot types shot reverse shot, tracking shot, match on action and several medium and close up shots. we choose to film in the library because we could film myself entering the library through the door and meeting the actor sitting down then me sitting down. the shot used toi film me enetering the room was a medium shot. we could have then had a close up shot of my hand pushing open the door this would have successfully achieved a match on action shot. there was a close up shot of the other actor to show what he was doing. when the two actors are having a convosation the reverse shot. we also used a zoom, panning shot at the begining of the task this is used to show the audience who the main character is and to show some of the setting.

Preliminary task.