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How does John Williams' music contribute to the feelings of fear, tension and excitement in Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975)? Discuss, with particular reference to the opening title sequence.
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How does John Williams' music contribute to the feelings of fear, tension and excitement in Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975)? Discuss, with particular reference to the opening title sequence. In the 50's the science fiction genre of film really took off. So called 'B movies' like 'King Kong' started to show over sized animals wrecking havoc in the humans lives. This is really where 'Jaws' stems from. Many recent films like 'Anaconda', 'Lake Placid' and 'Deep Blue Sea' are descendents from the 1975 'Jaws', that went down in film history The film is based on Peter Benchley's novel also called 'Jaws', set in the small seaside town of Amity Island. The seaside town has havoc wrecked in it when a great white shark begins making sharks on the unsuspecting victims. Martin Brody is the town's local police officer who tries to pursuade the mayor to shut the beach down before any more attacks...
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