Jaws

     In the film Jaws, Chief Brody wants to close down the beaches following a death that was caused from what his medical examiner, Hooper, tells him was a shark attack. The mayor of the town is very reluctant to do this, seeing how it is summer and the beaches are there largest and most profitable attraction. He tells Brody until he has proof, the beaches will stay open. As more and more people go missing, Chief Brody continues to plea with the mayor to close the beaches. When the shark strikes again and kills a young boy, his mother puts out a reward for whoever kills the shark. This causes plenty of fisherman and amateur shark hunters to go out looking for the shark, but with no success. A professional shark hunter named Quint offers to kill the shark for $10,000. As more tourists are arriving for July 4th weekend, Brody convinces the mayor to hire Quint. Brody, Hooper, and Quint set out to kill the shark, which proves to be no easy task. After a long, bloody battle that claims Quint's life and their boat, Chief Brody, who was on the sinking boat's mast, shoots a scuba tank that he had placed in the shark's mouth using a rifle, blowing the shark to pieces. Hooper, who Brody believed to be dead, emerges from his hiding spot in the ocean after the explosion, and the two men swim back to shore using barrels they found in the remains of the boat.
     Spielberg did an excellent job with the camera work in this film. He was a young pioneer in the film world at this time, doing things that had never been seen before such as the infamous "dolly zoom". His filming technique of the big, obviously fake shark made it look real enough in the movie to evoke fear from the audience. The score instantly brought tension and fear to whatever scene it was added to. As soon as you hear the music, you know exactly what it means. Spielberg's brilliant directing, along with the classic "Jaws" score, made this film an instant classic, frequently referred to as one of, if not the greatest film of all time.