Film Analysis =]

Use of Camera

Panning right to left of fat man, going for a float in the water, normal. Focus is then turned to young boy, tracking left to right, audience do not know that he is main character yet, we just wonder why they are specifically tracking him. Lots of people singularly talking to man, P.O.V shot of the man, looking out into see, and 2 two shots of him looking of just his eyes looking over the shoulder, he is suspecting something which gives the audience a kind of suspense, but its just and boy picking up a girl in the water and a woman with a swimming cap on. There is a close up of the man, starts with medium close-up, close-up and finally a big close you, builds suspense for the audience. Lots of chaos as the camera focuses of close-ups of all the children that are in the see, the quick shots build tension.  The camera then goes underwater, it’s blurry and unclear, and the camera is tracking the children’s feet, sudden change of out of water, blood and parts of shark, chaos as camera changes shots, ending with medium close-up of mother and final MLS of boys’ lilo.

Mise-en-scene

The setting is a very realistic beach on a very warm, sunny day, which automatically makes people happy. it is a very busy beach with lots of people, playing in the sand, the sea, on sun beds, and buy the beach huts. There is a radio on in the background; everyone is in swim suits and trunks. Little children are making sandcastles. One boy is playing fetch with his dog in the water, but suddenly his dog has disappeared, that starts to bring a worry to the audience. People are putting on sun cream, it is a very realistic setting and relates to the audience, which frightens them more because it feels so real for them and they wonder what they would do in this situation. The only difference is the man watching everything cautiously as if he knows something is going to happen; there is a gang of children splashing about in the water. And finally the shark comes and the very realistic blood starts to cover the sea water.

Editing

At the beginning the editing is very smooth; the camera is tracking and panning people, so there aren’t many cuts. But suddenly the tension rises, and there is lots of cuts of what people are doing on the beach. For instance, the boy playing fetch with his dog, and the sudden cuts from the suspicious mans P.O.V shot of the sea back to him talking another man. The short close-up shots of the man, which suddenly get closer to him, reminding me of ‘dun, dun, dun’ which the audience would be familiar with when something shocking is about to happen. When the group of children go into the water, there are many short snappy close-up shots of all the different children which start to build tension, as the audience wonder which one something will happen too. Cutting to under the water shots of all the boys legs, then the lilo and sudden change of out of water shot of the shark and chaos of snappy shots of people running out of the water in panic, to create shock horror. It then cuts to the mother of the boy who has died, ending in the shot of the lilo.The editing has to be short and snappy to keep up with the pace of the clip.

Sound (diegetic and non-diegetic)

Sound was very important in this clip as it created a beach atmosphere with the diegetic sound of the waves and the water splashing as the children jumped into it and people where swimming about. Also the people’s conversations on the beach were just in the background, to create a feel of realism. The dog barking and the girl screaming would probably be non-diegetic, even though they were in the shot they may have been added in later for emphasis and for it to be louder. I think the radio music would be non-diegetic as the director would have had the station made up and recorded to put in the background of the scene so it felt more naturalistic and there wasn’t just silence. The little boy singing ‘the muffin man’ was diegetic and it creates a clash, as you feel happy but the audience know something is about to happen, so you feel sad for the little boy who has no idea what is about to happen. When the camera moves under the water to film the boys legs, the jaws theme tune music starts to play, this is when the tension starts for the audience, it is non-diegetic as the actors in the scene cannot hear it, it is there for the audiences benefit and without it there would be no suspense. It has been recorded in a studio with an orchestra. It slowly gets louder, and its like a heartbeat, which matches the audiences heartbeat which is probably getting faster too. Suddenly there is chaos as the shark is attacking and the music gets louder and more instruments are heard like drums, to match the chaos of the scene. Suddenly it is silent and the music has disappeared and so has the shark, now all we hear is the mothers voice and the quiet lapping of the waves. The Jaws music is then repeated throughout the film for the audience to know that the shark is about to appear without the actors knowing, and it is familiar to the audience because as soon as it plays they know it is the Jaws theme tune.