During the opening credits the audience are taken underwater for a 'sharks-eye' persepctive, juxtaposed by tracking through a beach party scene .
Tension in the clip is created and maintained, visually through the initial menacing underwater scene supported by John Williams' insistent theme rising to its sinister climax.
Tension is also created by the contrasts shown - typified by the panic of Chrissie when attacked against the calm coastal view with the reclining figure.
Alienation occurs because we are the 'fish out of water', in the undersea view which then changes with the view of a typical student party which we are all lead to believe would be joyous to attend.
Representation of ideology
The beach party shows young, white, middle-class Americans enjoying alchohol and with the suggestion of drugs and sex.
It is a typical summer break moment that stereotypes the American college youth as care-free and hedonistic seekers of pleasure.
The chase through the dunes is rendered unthreatening because of the drunken state of the young man.
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