BUT, because the shark didn't work right over half the scenes where they would have had this shark chewing on people and seeing them chomped to bits they had to instead use the camera and just reactions of the actors most of the time. They placed the camera with the lens right at water level were part would be underwater and they would show legs and arms moving and murkiness. With the awesome music and that effect it just kept you on the edge of your seat waiting for that damn shark! The movie was like riding a roller coaster in the dark. you knew some scary stuff was coming but you couldn't see it coming!
The start of the movie was supposed to have the shark shoot up out of the water and chomp Crissy and parts of her fall out of its mouth. But instead they used ropes tied to her under water with guys pulling her back and forth violently and then had her react.
That was one of the most chilling scenes in movie history for my money. Still gives me the willies when I watch it at home on my big screen with the sound cranked!
Ann Dusenberry - I went to high school with her. LOL. She said she was going to be in the movies, and so she was....
Alien had a very similar thing happen, they couldn’t figure out a way to make the alien look like something other than a guy in a rubber suit, so they showed you bits and pieces which dramatically increases the threat because it can be anywhere.
And yet even with the tale told over and over that less is indeed more, most directors (including Spielberg and Scott) will show you the whole monster any chance they get.
Jaws was a great movie....Roy Scheider the main reason....
Sort of Hitchcockian. In the movie Psycho, he did not let Janet Leigh know that the water in the shower would turn ice cold, which made her scream more realistic. Also he used chocolate syrup poured onto her as blood.
Absolutely brilliant...