Shot Choice in Jaws

Defanition of shot-reverse shot:
Shot-reverse shot (or shot/countershot) is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character (often off-screen), and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that they are looking at each other.

Example of shot-reverse shot:
At 1:13, an example of a shot-reverse shot is shown. It starts with a zoom on the fisherman’s face facing to the right. The next shot is a shot of everyone in the room looking to the left. This gives the impression that they’re having a conversation however we cant see who the people in both shots are talking to.

Do you agree that Spielberg is a ‘brilliant craftsman’?:
I do agree that Spielberg is a ‘brilliant craftsman’. One example in this scene is when he does one 45 second long wide shot 30 seconds into the scene, which gets closer to the fishermans face the longer he speaks. Spielberg does this to build tension and makes all the audiences attention get drawn to what is being said by the fisherman. This creates a lot of suspense due to the slow movement of the camera which blends in with the intrigued atmosphere of the people in the scene. Also the dolly shot at 1:15 showing all the people focussed on him makes what the fisherman is saying seem even more important.