"STILLNESS IN THE WATER"AKA:
"JAWS"
byCarl Gottlieb
and
Peter Benchley
From the novel
by
Peter Benchley
OVER BLACK
Sounds of the innerspaces rushing forward.Then a splinter of blue light in the center of the picture.
It breaks wide, showing the top and bottom a silhouetted
curtain of razor sharp teeth suggesting that we are inside
of a tremendous gullet, looking out at the onrushing undersea
world at night. HEAR a symphony of underwater sounds:
landslide, metabolic sounds, the rare and secret noises that
certain undersea species share with each other. Also, the
hint of familiar music, twisted and distorted by the depths.CUT TO:
EXT. BEACH � NIGHT � SHARK'S POINT OF VIEW � RISING OUT OF
THE WATER, LOOKING AT