The opening scene of Jaws establishes the carefree teenage characters around a beach fire and foreshadows impending violence when a girl runs off alone. Cross-cutting builds suspense between the characters and ominous music cues the audience to the approaching threat. Various camera shots like point-of-view from the shark's perspective further the sense of a predator stalking its prey. The credits with red text also foreshadow the blood and danger to come through their symbolic color association.