JAWS Opening Scene (with CGI VFX)
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Chrissie Watkins' fatal shark encounter's is one of, if not, the best opening scenes in movie history. It is a classic example of less is more. When Susan Backlinie (Chrissie Watkins) passed away earlier this month at the age of 77, The VFX team at CKVFX put their skills to use and created a CGI updated version as a tribute to Susan and her terrifying scene.
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Cool to see. Susan definitely gave the greatest horror death performance in film. It still gives me chills.
What about Sarah Michelle Gellar's iconic long chase and death in I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)???
RIP Susan ' Chrissie Watkins ' Backline. 😪😪😪
Pretty cool but it works so much better when you don't see it. That unseen force of nature is truly terrifying. Bruce constantly malfunctioning was the greatest filming mishap to ever happen that turned a typical monster movie into a classic that I would argue is one of the top films ever made in ANY genre. Appreciate The Daily Jaws content!
well we dont know which scenes he wasnt going to show the shark anyway... even if it was working, im not sure he was ever gonna show it in every single shot....
I love that shark of cables so much especially his distinct face
Yes I agree the unknown
@@adamblackedition5529 Exactly! Not to mention that when the shark did work, they didn't reshoot those scenes with the shark.
@@CHALETARCADE yeah the way it seems is that it was intentional they didnt show the shark until they did, I mean, thats makes the most sense.... the shark is in every scene its suppose to be in, like when its swimming towards the boat and hooper is tiring the knot, it worked..... when it first comes out the water at chief , it worked.... when it smashed through the glass, it worked, when hooper was fighting it in the cage, it worked... when it killed quint, it worked.... theres no point in any part of the film where they had to hide the shark cos it didnt work... the barrels were ALWAYS part of the story, they were not added cos the shark didnt work...
That was brilliantly done. It looks great. I consider it a good "what if", but agree that the way things were done in the existing movie are perfect, and should stay as they have been for the last 49 years. The VERY talented Mrs Backline's performance sold the hell out of that scene, and that's what made it the cultural juggernaut that it is. If she had not sold it as well, or was in the hands of a lesser actress, the movie would not have been as successful. And, watching the interviews she's done in the years since that movie, she was, in my opinion, very sweet and likeable, and has always looked back on it with fondness. It's an unfortunate loss to the world, but her star will be shining brightly down on us from the heavens. She will always be a major part of cinema history. The only bad thing I can say about her is, back in 1975, when I was 8, and saw the movie in the cinema, SHE GAVE ME NIGHTMARES FOR MONTHS.!!!!
This was great. A combination of the book and movie. TBH, the Book's description is terrifying in its own right.
First he detects her...he glides just beneath her, raising her up in the water and slowly back down..he comes up to the surface, his dorsal fin cutting through the water before sinking back into the darkness... Chrissie suddenly becoming frightened (after he passes beneath her) the quick and sudden bite, her terror of discovering her leg is gone and finally the massive body rising from the black with her in his mouth and then slamming back down.
I recently found a copy of Jaws that was from the 1970's. A paperback but still classic. And yes the book is descriptive and disturbing in it's own style. I'm loving the 📖book📖.
@@EdsterIII I guarantee you'll hit a part you won't like, and easy to see why it wasn't included in the movie. You'll know when you come across It.
the first two of the first bite and rebite was amazibg and terrifing and then i would have left the rest back to the imagination. well done
The effort was notable but you wouldn’t want to show the shark that early on in the film. When you get your first real glimpse at it in the film, it’s truly terrifying.
And in fact, contrary to the myth, Spielberg didn't want to show anything of the shark on purpose.
I really enjoyed that. I quite like these, ‘what could have been’ experiments. I’d like to see a redo of Alex’s death in the same vane, as again, that was meant to have more shark in the scene.
We have actually done that scene. Just haven't shown it yet based on their views of this and the jaws 4 chase we did a while ago. Both were met with a vary varied view and some harsh wording from hard-core fans.
@@Escelce Ah, that was you guys! That was amazing. Don’t get the objection, personally, but to each their own.
@@pauleyd80 ahh thank you so much
Solid effort. I'd say, it even works ALMOST as good as the original, because you see a LITTLE of the shark, but far from its entirety. You see the JAWS ... which is very fitting for the opening scene. 😂
Now go and re-do all shark scenes in JAWS 3 and make it a proper movie, will you? ❤
If they'd let us we would
That would be great. Why Jaws 3 hasn't been re-edited and better fx shots done I don't know. It might be somewhat salvageable. The shark is way too big to be believed and the 3d makes it awful. Jaws The Revenge is beyond hope, in my view.
I actually like Jaws 2 and thinks it's still a good film. The Original is obviously perfection!
I agree
Aweee I loved this. We’ll done and absolutely no offence taken. It’s fun to see other takes on some of the scenes and this was beautifully done. Of course we all wouldn’t change a thing about the original opening scene but I enjoyed seeing another take on it. The original has to be the most iconic opening scene ever from a movie. I had the honour of meeting Susan once at a jaws convention and I actually got emotional 😂😂 this iconic figure I grew up with on tv and there she was in to a flesh. Absolutely remarkable performance that STILL gives me goosebumps to this day after what must be 200 times I’ve seen the movie. Thank you for posting this. It was a really nice tribute to the legend herself ♥️
Great tribute!! I saw Jaws the second week it was out at age 11. Now I’m 60 and IF this was the opening scene and we NEVER had the original scene for comparison.
I would have missed the entire movie because I would have been walking home to change my underwear.
Great job!! and another thanks for reminding me why I haven’t been in the ocean since 1975!!!!!
This is brilliantly done. As others have said, I think not being able to see the shark gave it the tension, but only imagining whats been underneath her all of these years l, i literally gapsed when I saw it.
WOAH!!!! That was incredible! R.I.P Susan, you were amazing!!!
Wow that was disturbing....im shaken.
I'm stirred.
My favorite movie of all time. To me, the best movie ever. #1. Thanks to JAWS, Spielberg became my favorite director and I his big fan. And JAWS became my favorite movie. I met Spielberg March 1986 at academy awards inside Dorothy chandelier pavilion on stage after ceremony and talked to him for awhile. He is my fav. I always wanted to meet Backlinie. Never did. I’ve seen JAWS like over 40 times. First December 1975 at theater #3 sunrise mall, massapequa, Long Island, New York. Own every issued version: on laserdisc (CLV, CAV)-DVD (regular, collectors, etc)-bluray-4K. In summer 1973-1974-1975: I used to swim way the hell out - so far that could hardly see people on the beach/shore. Was tiny dots. After seeing JAWS in December 1975: never again. Especially now with all the sharks coming up near shore-beach NOW. Don’t go to beach anymore. And if do, ever do, don’t go in water or just up to waist. I did meet Richard Dreyfuss at 1986 academy awards: asshole; saw him inside Chandler pavilion and outside, and said HELLO. He just looked, ignored and annoyed. Hate Dreyfuss after that. Especially after what he said lately. But love ❤️ Spielberg. Own the soundtrack of JAWS on vinyl record. I did spoof of jaws in high school in 12th grade for filmmaking class at pool. Read the book too. MOVIE “MAKO: JAWS OF DEATH” showed real sharks with actual people, like when shark bites down on leg of female in the pool scene. They used real sharks in that. And also in TINTORERA: TIGER SHARK movie. Real sharks.
Your not alone due to that this film is also considered as one of my favorites
Wow. The freak genius of not seeing that amazing animal do it's thing really hits home when you see what it may have looked like. From a B to an A movie in a heartbeat!
Love the clip,makes the attack more brutal
God bless you Susan,and thanks for a truly memorable and terrifying start to the great este film ever made xx
It loses so much momentum and suspense every time the shark is shown (if anything you may get away with a quick, and very shadowy glimpse of the shark ONCE that you question if that’s what you saw in the first place - establishing shot). Just shows how powerful the final scene ended up being. Great animation by the way. I’m just very happy the original idea had to be worked around and we got the complete suspense without seeing the shark at all. Spielberg pulled a rabbit out of the hat.
Wow.. really well done.
RIP Susan. Her performance still gives me chills decades later.
And as interesting as this video is conceptually, I echo the consensus that it all the more underlines how frightening the film is without the shark being seen.
This was so perfect... I watch this at least once everyday since it's been out & I want the whole movie to get this treatment & I want to see it from beginning to end!!!
Some of the scenes I really liked
I prefer the original, but very well done! Especially the shot when Chrissie is desparately clinging to the buoy and the shark rips her away from it. RIP Susan Backlinie
Obviously I think it worked better leaving stuff to the imagination but you really had to suspend disbelief quite a bit because a lot of the motions and such that she was being dragged, there's just no way that that could have happened without you seeing a shark that big. Obviously it's a movie and it worked out amazing like this but if a massive shark is working its way up a tiny woman's legs there's going to be parts of it coming out of the fucking water. Lol. But you did a good job of lining up the bites with the movement in a way that was plausible. And it was still really disturbing. I always liked how she's begging God to save her. But in a situation like there's nothing that is going to save you that you could potentially even give credit to a god for. Nothing will stop your death now. And that's how the real world is too. She did an absolutely phenomenal job. And the only film with an opening scene that I like more than this is scream. This shit is truly terrifying
Amazing !!!
Nothing wrong with a bit of what if. FinTastic video.
Wow! This was so well done. Thank you for taking the time to do this and to share it. I think this would have been effective as well because the shark is shown in quick flashes. Of course, nothing beat the original and you acknowledge that.
RIP to Susan Backline!!!!😂❤😊
Looks great. I've always wondered what Jaws would look like if a version was made with all of the mechanical shark scenes with his head out of the water were replaced with a realistic looking cgi great white.
a "realistic" cgi great white doesnt excist..
Very cool to see this. Rest peacefully Susan 🤍🪽…amazing performance that still makes me as terrified today as it did decades ago.
R.I.P Susan Blacklinie❤❤❤❤❤ it's a nice "What if" but it's better just left alone! Susan Blacklinie sold the opening sequence on her own and left our minds to conjur up the horror going on underneath!! As Tom Savini once said, "If that's what they're going to do at the start of the movie, what else have they got in store?!" She was the first, and she sold it with horrific brutality in the most iconic way!!❤❤❤❤❤
That would be a truly terrible horrifying death to endure... notice she screamed for God to help her... do that before you die... John 3:16-17
It definitely makes the scene intense and scary with the shark in it, but I think it was way more terrifying to not really know what was attacking her. It's perfect the way it was filmed. 😊
Fresh set of nightmares! Thanks for that. Why did I watch!!?
You see a lot of these, and the work that goes in to them is nuts. That being said, I agree with people saying that less is more. One of the biggest problems in monster movies is directors who can’t wait and just hurl their antagonist out there.
AMAZING
Well done!
Oh shittttt
Brilliant. Really really good. Would have been even better with a cloud of blood in the water. It just shows what can be done to improve the film although most will say it is perfect as it is. I'm quite sure if George Lucas had directed this, he would have already messed with it and added enhanced effects. Would like to see the team have a go at some of the other key scenes in Jaws such as the kintner attack.
Kinda like this better..but still sends chills either way
This was awesome! Please show us Kitner’s death!
It's still pretty effective, but I agree it's better in the finished film where what is happening under the water exists solely in your imagination and is undoubtedly more terrifying than what they could show on screen.
More exciting when especially for early on if you dont see the shark!
Creepy for sure, but less horrifying. I have the book by Joe Alves about Designing Jaws, and in it are some storyboards that you guys came really close to. But of course, these effects are better than they could have done back then, so I guess it all worked out anyway. But interesting experiment nonetheless!
Brutal!
What’s also crazy is that imagine real sharks nearby while they are filming
i think the shark shots aren't needed after all THANKS largely to the very spot on acting of the late Susan Backlinie.
Her shock and confused reactions AND the pain she screamed feels so horrifically genuine...real that no insert shots of the shark was needed.
Oh fuck that's even more terrifying than the original with just the 1st 2 shots of the shark the rest was maybe too much great job I'm feeling scared right now!😮
It looks better without the shark. But still an interesting idea of what might have been.
At the 1:08 mark they could also edit in a quick little flash of a bloody leg with no foot like in the novel... Just for the gore-hounds.
I would love to see this for the Marge death scene
pretty hard to judge when it's only 480p.
This is a myth. Beyond the early storyboards, Spielberg never planned to use Bruce. Even Susan Backlinie said the original plan was to use an electric winch but she asked for man power. Spielberg :"I really wanted to do it without showing the shark".
Interesting concept but I prefer the original without seeing the shark. It also sets up the scene when we see the shark for the first time and the classic line "we're gonna need a bigger boat" was voiced.
I prefer the suspense of not seeing it at times...more dramatic
Can you made a short about brose the shark
The part that gets me is the lack of blood in this scene.
Appreciate the work put in, by whoever, whatever ( AI ) to bring the scene into the "meh waters" of "modern" movie "creativity"
Nice pitch, you're a amazing person with a good idea.
But l don't see it improving on perfection
( if you call seeing a beautiful girl getting eaten alive perfection ! )
So on that basis, sorry l don't want to invest, I'm out and l wish you all the best.
As Quint would've said,
" Jeez H Christ, like taking a Sharpie to the Mona Lisa & giving her a moustache !"
RIP Susan ❤
I think it was fate that the shark didn't work at the start of production. Steven was forced to use other methods to keep the audience interest. But it's what you don't see that can scare you more than what you do see sometimes. And it worked perfectly👌
Bruce was never scheduled to be used for any of Jaws until July 1974 out at sea for the Orca based scenes.
The beach attack scenes were filmed in May and June. The first scene involving the shark to be filmed was the pier/holiday roast scene, filmed in late May. They didn't even know Bruce was going to malfunction until late June.
The shark was hidden on purpose for the first half of the film. Spielberg was a suspense director, as Duel and Something Evil proves.
Cheers.
It reminded me, unfortunately, of the 2023 attack on a Russian man in Egypt; a tiger shark ripped the guy apart and it was all captured on camera. The shark flipped him upside down, lunged out of the water and bit down on him hard, over and over. In 1975, no one knew what Great White sharks acted like- Shark Week wasn’t invented yet. So even though Spielberg’s intro was more Hitchcockian, your version ends up being more realistic in that the shark WOULD in fact be seen on the surface in an actual attack.
Susan Backlinie passed away
Wasn't the opening concept of Jaws going to have the shark jump out of the water and get Chrissie Watkins from above?
Now that looks good, the shark biting and eating her while she was praying was pretty horrifying , I wonder what Alex or the estuary victim was like as it bit of his leg in detail and he still pops back up to move Michael Brody out of his way so at least he dies an honourable death in the deleted scene RIP Susan Backline who gave me nightmares with her genuine performance watching Jaws while family were out having a cigarette I'd fast forward the scenes I couldn't handle when I was 6 😂
True Story: The actress visited the producers office. She was prepared when he asked her to undress, instead pulling out polaroid shots of her. Clever girl
If the intention was to show the shark, this would have been the best possible way to do it.
There was no intention to show any of Bruce during this scene. It's become a myth. Spielberg didn't use Bruce by design. Besides, the water was too shallow.
I would love to see the shots of Bruce as they exist in the movie to be replaced by cgi.
Interesting, but the original is more effective, in this case, the unseen is more terrifying than the seen.
Good but nothing can beat the roaring shark from Jaws the revenge.
Cool to see but without seeing the shark is better. It’s adds to the tension
It's better as a GHOST SHARK...leaves you feeling the trauma on another magnitude...not seing the monster as it devours you....
This is brillant it would be a great remake joke
I thought that was brilliant
Pretty much exactly how it would play out if it was made today (unfortunately)
works pretty well but not seeing the fish still stands😊
Cara se pensa na dor imensa que ela deve ter sentido 😢tendo sua perna mastigada e detalhe o tubarão quebro o oso da coxa dela
Cgi just doenst work on sharks in water, just looks too fake
Spielberg was right.
If this film was made today, It would be garbage but no offense. RIP Susan Beckeline. You will be missed
This proves that showing the shark would have been like showing Michael Myers real face. Halloween would have been a very different film if it had. Jaws would have been very different if the shark had worked
Haha true except Michael Myers face isn't on the poster or dvd cover or thumbnail of the streaming channel you're watching it on. So not quite as accurate but I get what you meant.
@@Escelce yes, your imagination is more scary than reality.
@@OffBeatLondon101 I think my perspective was just different to most. I loved sharks before I saw jaws so not showing it just frustrated me. Especially when they told us and showed it on the cover. But each to their own I think. Still amazing movie regardless
They already filmed the holiday roast/pier scene and the Kintner attack scene before they even knew Bruce would malfunction. Bruce was never scheduled to be used in either scene, nor the Chrissie attack.
Sure, early in the storyboarding but not after the design of Bruce was finalised and built. The water was way too shallow. They didn't even want to use the perfectly working fin contraption until the pond scene.
I hate cgi sharks
Nice try but it doesn’t look better than my imagination
Ela não querendo morrer pedindo por favor não quero morrer e tubarão comeu ela 😢
Nah ... prefer the original version
My imagination is a lot scarier than that.
WAY LESS EFFECTIVE
Sorry, but that's a big NO.
Freaky.
Ewwww eh
One of the greatest happy accidents I guess you could call it with the shark not working. Just added so much more tension and build-up to the eventual reveal.
Just like Hitchcock would do
He never planned to use Bruce. Even Susan Backlinie said the original plan was to use an electric winch but she asked for man power.
Spielberg :"I really wanted to do it without showing the shark".
Hi everyone. Thanks for the feedback. I animated the shots here and it was always a "if the shark had worked what might it be like" moment and we thought we'd share the idea. BUT Susan was brilliant and didn't need it. So while it was a fun experiment the film did it best.
thank god the shark didnt work
Not flawless (feels like it was moving slightly too quickly), but very impressive for what's basically an unpaid experiment!
This edit was honestly a garbage heap of wrong decisions. You took a classic, near PERFECT film and thought you could improve it......and successfully made it worse than "Sharknado". Congratulations on your hubris. Leave it TF alone unless you gain a Spielberg level vision. What next....Citizen Kane? I CAN"'T WAIT. You will probably turn the sled into a jet-ski......
Take up knitting.
Imagine if a real shark got her while filming.....
@@goldeneagle99 I don't think her performance would have been any better. Made me believe she'd been through it before definitely 🙏
Yep it's far more terrifying when you don't see the shark in this scene.
Seeing the shark, it actually detracts from rather than enhances the scene. Was interesting though.
I swear this opening scene scared the shit out of me ´ when I was a boy and never took a midnight bath elsewhere than in a swimming pool or my bathtub ☝️
I particularly loved the interview where she explained they attached a cable to her ankle but didn’t tell or intentionally forgot to tell her when they would pull her under water so her surprise would be total and it did work and afterwards she was told to throw her arms to the left when pulled to the left and to right when pulled to the right ‘ this scene is hell of a genius and she nailed it 💯 perfectly ´ best opening scene ever
Jaws is and will remain a masterpiece and without Chrissie opening the movie it wouldn’t have been the “Jaws “ ❤️ 🦈 🎥
Her performance gives me chills every time I see it. Amazing. The addition of the shark def ratcheted up the horror factor quite a bit.
The visual of the shark doesn't add anything to the scene, in fact it detracts from the intensity of this sequence. Speilberg's setup--the quiet serenity of the swim--contrasts starkly with the violence of the attack. Clearly something large and powerful has a hold of Chrissie and our imagination is left to fill in the blanks of that which we do not see. So many similarities between this scene and the shower scene in Hitchcock's Psycho: a nude, solitary bather assaulted by a deadly yet indistinct attacker. Classic and gripping still nearly 50 years on.
Do you think these guys could do a video for the Ben Gardener attack?
I watched this quite a few times. Interesting to see what might have been happening below the water. What I imagined was still way worse than the video. Your mind filling in the blanks...
The first bite with the shark's jaws added made me jump ---and I've seen this film countless times. I would have cut back a little bit on the rest, but I like that you kept it zoomed in on the sharks mouth with her in it. I do think it is scarier seeing those teeth biting her. It complements Susan's brilliant acting very well. Nice job!
That is awesome! very well done.
IMO it should be remade with CGi, done in the way you have done it, very natural looking, with the film.
Very CGI Good