Analyse the ways the director builds up suspense and scares the audience in the film 'Jaws'.

... Analyse the ways the director builds up suspense and scares the audience in the film 'Jaws' In this essay I will be analysing the film Jaws. The film was directed by Steven Spielberg whose other works include Indiana Jones and E.T. Jaws is a fascinating and entertaining film mainly because of its interesting and diverse plot. The people of Amity Island used to live a peaceful and quiet life in the small summer resort town in America. Now however, the people of the small town have become victim to a man-eating Great White Shark. The town officials hesitate to warn people about the shark for fear of losing business during their busiest time of year, Fourth of July weekend. Therefore the shark is kept quiet from the town until a child is attacked in broad daylight and killed. After many failed attempts, Martin Brody, the chief of police in Amity,

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