WHY SHARK MOVIES ARE

POPULAR

• Since 3000 BC, sharks were seen painted on pottery

• Until the 1900’s, the Western world had forgotten about sharks entirely

• In 1916, a series of shark attacks in New Jersey put sharks back on the radar

HISTORY

• It became a social phenomenon, as sharks were viewed as a problem the government couldn’t take care of

• Since then, scientists have figured out our obsession with sharks was because they reminded us of our primal fear for things that come out of the darkness

Primal Fear for Darkness

People Get Pumped With

Adrenaline When Scared

WHY DO PEOPLE LIKE SHARK MOVIES?

Shark Movies Remind

People of That Fear

People Get Same Effect From Scary

Movies

Becomes Popular, Then a Social Event

Shark Movies Become

Enjoyable

• Jaws -1975 : Earnings - $470 Million• Sharknado -2013: Views During

Premiere – 5.4 Million• Avalanche Sharks -2013: Bottom

50 Worst Movies on IMDb• Shark Week – 1987-Present:

Discovery Channel’s Most Social Programming in 2013: 2.6 million Tweets

POPULAR SHARK MOVIES/TV EVENTS

1.Name a recent movie with a shark in it2.What year was the New Jersey shark

attacks in?a)1700b)1916c)20263.What was the name of the seal in the

Discovery Channel’s Shark Week commercial for 2013?

4.Can sharks actually survive in an avalanche?

5.Could they survive in a tornado?

QUIZ