Jaws, by Stephen Spielberg, is a thriller film directed by Stephen Spielberg, before he was Spielberg. It follows the journey of a few of the remaining logical men on Amity Island, where a girl was recently found dead on the beach from a mysterious attack. The police chief, Martin Brody, believes it to be a shark, and with the help of a marine biologist, Matt Hooper and a shark hunter, Quint, they discover it may be a great white with the taste of human blood. The mayor refuses to believe there's a shark out of fear that he will lose the tourist's that season but after a few deaths, he eventually gives in to the three men to hunt down the shark.

      In this film, one can definitely see Spielberg's foundation for his meticulous nature that exists in more contemporary films. Jaws truly represented how a filmmaker could increase the tension by 'not' showing the shark. This is obvious to most audience's who are familiar with Spielberg, but under further analysis, his focus on the dialogue banter between the characters was the backbone behind the development of the story. The simultaneous nature of dialogue versus the result of the attacks would keep the audience on edge of the unknown, what most humans are weary of. To Spielberg, it was a matter of suggestion to the audience, allowing them to create the shark in their minds. For a film that was never meant to be a hit, it shows how a someone could do amazing things with what seems like a problem to others.