Sandy's Final Presentation Proposal - Tsotsi and The Prodigal Son

For my final blog project I plan to blog on the film Tsotsi.  This is a film rich with Biblical imagery and references which got me to think about the Parable of the Prodigal Son.  There are many similarities between the two stories and I would like to explore them further.

JAWS - You Know He's Coming!

We all know it, that ominous, tell-tale sound as the base of the string instruments play their DaDum, DaDum, DaDumDaDumDaDum.  We know that Jaws is coming and someone will most likely be eaten.  

This music has become synonymous with that carnivorous shark who wreaks havoc on innocent oceanic swimmers.  I saw the movie Jaws as a child and to this day when I hear that music I feel the hairs on the back of my neck raise.

The music associated with Jaws, in my mind, isn't music at all but is actually the sound that the shark makes as he moves and attacks.  Similar to the the way a person makes sound as they walk or move.  This is simply the sound that Jaws makes as he is on the prowl.  

The above clip starts out with normal sounds that you would associate with the beach.  There is nothing unusual except the anxiety displayed by our main character Mike who simply cannot relax.  As Mike is looking out onto the ocean at the swimmers, we begin to hear it.  We hear the sound of the shark coming.  We don't see him right away but we know it's Jaws because we know the sound of his movement.  I get chills just thinking about it.  DaDum, DaDum, DaDum, DaDumDaDumDaDum----and a scream!  He has attacked someone.  

Brilliant use of music to create the character of the shark!