Mise-en-scene: Opening scene of Jaws

1. It begins with the sharks p.o.v as it swims.
2. We hear non-diegetic, low stringed music - associated with the shark.
3. Camera tracks past kids around campfire.

4. Fire is a source of light.
5. Girl and boy on the edge of the group - they are outsiders.
6. The medium close up of the girl shows the wooden fences behind her. This is significant because the fences are like bars, which symbolises that she is trapped.
7. High angled shot of the beach implies that the people below are vulnerable and weak.
8. The girl and boy run far from the fire, people and noise and into the darkness.
9. When they run, there are more bar like fences, which symbolises that they are both trapped.

10. Music begins to fade away and you can only hear their voices, as well as the sea. They are putting themselves in isolation.
11. For now, the tone of the scene is calm: moonlight is reflecting on the sea.
12. Sunset symbolises that the day is ending and so is her life.
13. Cut from a long shot to a short shot of the girl, which brings the audience closer to her perspective.
14. Long shot of the girl swimming under the water, which puts the audience in the shark's point of view.

15. Music begins to play which suggests that something is about to happen.
16. The music is non-diegetic yet her screaming and the sea is.
17. Music abruptly stops when she dies.