Quint: “Mr. Hooper, I’m not talkin’ about pleasure boatin’ or daily sailin’, I’m talkin’ about workin’ for a livin’, I’m talking about sharkin’!” Welcome back to the Jaws universe and the second part of my characterisation study. I trust that you haven’t had any shark problems between then and now— I’ve been swimming in the…
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Characterisation in Jaws Part 1
Ellen Brody: What am I gonna tell the kids? Martin Brody: Tell ’em I’m going fishing. Note*: The film Jaws was based on Peter Benchley’s 1974 novel of the same name. After re-watching Steven Spielberg’s Jaws (1975), I realised that forty-four years and all the films made since have done nothing to remove it from…
Using a Time Limit in Your Story.
‘Tick tock, tick tock’ After finishing the first novel in the Ringu trilogy by Koji Suzuki last week it was evident that I hadn’t read a book so quickly in a long time. For those of you who haven’t read it or seen the film (the Japanese or American version), the basic plot is that…