For our media coursework we have been watching the film called Jaws, which was directed by Steven Spielberg. This film is set in 1970's in Amity USA and is about a shark which attacks a lot of people. It is set on the 4th of July because that's when Brody, the main characters, son was involved in one of the shark attacks.

In the music sequence whenever the shark is near or attacking it has its own theme tune which is made to build tension because when you hear that music you know it's the shark and that something is obviously going to happen although at some parts of the movie it does trick you by playing the music but nothing really exciting happens. Two other examples of music or silence is used to scare the audience to build tension is when the radio is playing on the beach then after the attack its silent and when all the characters at the beginning are sat round a fire and music is playing cheerfully which contrasts on what we all know is about to happen.

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