A response paper to the film (“Jaws”, Steven Spielberg 1975) and the related article (“BEFORE AND AFTER “JAWS”: CHANGING REPRESENTATIONS OF SHARK ATTACKS,” Beryl Francis)
1. Make a formal question asking for audience’ opinions. This question should concern about the film or the article, and must be RELATED to your paper (a hook question to your paper). It’s like a summarized THESIS question of your whole paper. Please have 1 CITE REFERENCE to this first part.
2. Then, write a response paper to the film and its’ related article.
The focus of the paper should be what you learned about the film (plot, meaning, questions, technique, … etc.) and the academic article as a source to back up your points. It must make quoted reference (AT LEAST 3 in this second part) to the article and the film in question. It SHOULD NOT summarize the plot of the film or the article.
Here is the link to the movie: https://www.mov.onl/2020/06/jaws.html (close all the pop-up ads)
The article is attached below.
Please also refer the two following example essays and follow their outline.
So the police chief famously informs the shark hunter, right after the first brief appearance of the man-eater in “Jaws.” It’s not simply a splendid line of dialogue, it’s an example of Steven Spielberg’s strategy all through the film, where the shark is more talked about than seen, and seen more in terms of its actions than in the flesh. There is a story that when producers Richard Zanuck and David Brown first approached Spielberg with an offer to direct the film of Peter Benchley’s best seller, he said he would do it on one condition: that the shark not be seen for the first hour. Viewing the movie’s 25th anniversary DVD, I was surprised to realize how little the shark is seen at all.
The movie takes place over the Fourth of July weekend on Amity Island, a tourist resort that feeds off the dollars of its visitors. A famous opening sequence establishes the presence of a man-eating shark in the coastal waters; a girl goes swimming by moonlight and is dragged under, screaming. All evidence points to a shark, but Mayor Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) doesn’t want to scare away tourists, and orders Brody (Roy Scheider), the police chief, to keep the beaches open. “If people can’t swim here, they’ll be glad to swim in the beaches of Cape Cod, the Hamptons, Long Island,” the mayor tells Brody, who spits back: “That doesn’t mean we have to serve them up a smorgasbord.” But the mayor strides on the beach wearing a sport coat and tie, encouraging people to go into the water. They do, with predictable results.
