Steven Spielberg's 'meteors'

[661-pete]

Don't know whether this is a genuinely 'astro' topic, but here goes!

Was idly (but insomnolently) watching yet another screening of Jaws on the box, late last night, and couldn't help my eyes being drawn to the couple of bright 'meteors' that appear in the background of one of the scenes (they're just after the cabin sing-song scene, at daybreak on the final day). Done a bit of digging, apparently one of the meteors was faked-in, the other was genuine. Is this true?

It seems Spielberg tries to put a 'meteor' into each of his movies, a sort of trademark. Fascinated by them. Can anyone shed more light on this?

[Ibbo!]

I heard one is an actual

the other is special effects

I would like to think so but probably urban myth though

Steve

[661-pete]

Fired by curiosity, I ran through the DVD and single-framed the relevant scenes.

I now think both meteors, in that film at least, were faked.

The first one (behind Roy Scheider's head, as he gets out his gun) appears to pass in front of the mast. The second, in the long shot of the entire boat, appears to advance forward only every other frame.

Nice try, Mr Spielberg!

[cosmic dave]

oh dear. I thought they were real.

[Sci Fi Guy]

To quote from 'MovieMistakes.com'.....

When the three guys are out on the boat in the dark looking for the shark, a meteor shoots past Roy's right shoulder - this meteor was a real one. In the next few frames another meteor shoots across the top of the frame - this meteor is CG, added in post-production, which is Spielberg's trademark.

[assouptro]

I watched it last night and to be honest I thought the scene in question looked like it had been shot in the day with a night time filter.?

[Rusty Strings]

I doubt the meteor is CG, not in 1975.

John

[661-pete]

There's the time-honoured dodge of gouging out a bit of the film emulsion, with a fine needle..