Blog #4

During this scene, the camera angles give us an illusion of the space being represented.  The director shows the shark, Jaws, as an up close shot multiple times throughout the scene.  This not only makes the audience’s perception of how far the shark is from Brody become a little obscured.  But it also makes the viewer feel as though the shark is much larger in physical size than it actually is.  Not only do we have these things to contend with, but going along with the topic of space, we also have to decide what we believe to be the directionality of the shark.  Seeing the shark in an up close shot, makes us believe that the shark is coming towards Brody.  However, we can not be for sure of this until we see another angle.

The director also used the time of the scene to affect how viewer’s would view this film.  We can notice that as the shark came closer to Brody, the music was getting progressively faster and luder.  We can also notice that the music playing in the background had a tonal center.  As we listen, we can hear that the higher instruments within the orchestra are playing a sort of peppy beat while the lower instruments are playing the well known theme song for Jaws.