blog #6

ESSAY

            This scene I felt followed every rule that is set for movie directors to follow.  Clearly they have followed the 180 degree rule by showing the man on the boat as well as the shark.  They have set the 180 degree line basically along where the sunken boat is sitting.  They come close to breaking this rule multiple times as they cut from the shark and back to the man on the boat with the gun.

            This point brings us to the 30 rule.  I believe that they did follow this as they seemed to cut to a shot that was near thirty degrees from one antoher.  Not only this but they also seemed to shoot at a near thirty degree angle.  Both of these two items together made it very easy for them to follow the 30 rule.  

            One last thing that I would like to touch on is the fact that this director did not break the rule of thirds.  He did everything in threes from the lines to the cuts and also the theme song.  It was absolutely incredible what these people have done with this movie as a whole. 

            As I previously stated, the directors did not break any of the rules during this scene.  It is absolutely amazing to me that such a great movie can come about without breaking the basic guidelines set by filmmakers everywhere.  This is especially true seeing as how we live in a time where every movie breaks at least one if not all of these rules in order to make their film appear to be more realistic.  I tell you this, based off of the time when this movie was made and the fact that no rules were broken, makes this movie greater than most others made today in my mind.