Jaws opening clip

The first clip of Jaws start of with teenagers surrounding a fire on the beach. instantly the audience can detect something straight away is going to happen because you can see that they are the majority are drunk and unstable. This is helped when two teenagers, a male and female run off down the beach near the see. 

When the girl is swimming out by herself the audience can see the buoys in the background which denotes that she is far out. The girl is wearing no clothes when swimming which could connote that she is vulnerable as she has nothing covering her. On the other hand, the boy is wearing his clothes and he is on the beach safe. 

More broadly, the violent slaying  of the girl sets the tone of Jaws in that both protagonists and antagonists are identified to the audience (humans vs sharks) very early in the film, again following the common nature of a standard narrative. Whilst the shark is attacking the the girl, the boy has no ideas what is going on and kind of passes out on the beach not sure what is currently happening 

Camera Shots 

At the beginning, the camera pans along the characters. This creates a great establishing scene amongst the youngsters. The director is trying to create an atmosphere one of a predator picking its prey.
The shots consist of various close ups, great for the audience to analyse and establish the surroundings and characters.
The film contains a shot reverse shot, which engages the audience into the film as they feel that they are involved through the use of psychological camera positioning.