Jaws - Defining the Summer Blockbuster

the modern summer blockbuster and the

Mega Movie event as a whole can be

traced back to the summer of 1975 and

the debut of director Steven Spielberg's

Jaws. in an instant the Hollywood System

of film making was altered forever and

the idea of a summer blockbuster film

was born the years preceding the hit

film were filled with decidedly smaller

Budget Cinema with more films that fell

into the aour theory of filmm defining

the landscape than ever before the post

Jaws world of Hollywood would soon be

defined by big budget special effects

heavy Cinema like Star Wars which

brought in huge crowds for especially

huge profits the story of a great white

shark terrorizing the people of Amity

island in the summer and police chief

Martin Brody played by Roy shider the

man dedicated to stopping it quickly

became the highest grossing film of all

time both in North America and

internationally it's a moment in film

history that is still being felt today

while jaw's massive success and

influence can be attributed to the idea

of right time right place right movie

Spielberg's Mega hit is not a touchstone

film simply because of its box office

reshaping profits rather Jaws is a high

Watermark when it comes to the so-called

popcorn film in its wake countless

massively budgeted movies have attempted

to replicate its formula pop culture

influence and Legacy although there are

dozens of like-minded films that have

come along in the decades since Jaws

Remains the Paragon of Blockbuster film

making understanding its incomparable

success and its many elements is to

understand what makes or breaks any big

budget mainstream movie A defining

quality of Blockbuster Cinema is high

concept effects Focus spectacle that

dazzles the audience but not necessarily