<P> The film had a troubled shoot and went far over budget . David Brown said that the budget `` was $4 million and the picture wound up costing $9 million '' ; the effects outlays alone grew to $3 million due to the problems with the mechanical sharks . Disgruntled crew members gave the film the nickname `` Flaws '' . Spielberg attributed many problems to his perfectionism and his inexperience . The former was epitomized by his insistence on shooting at sea with a life - sized shark ; `` I could have shot the movie in the tank or even in a protected lake somewhere , but it would not have looked the same , '' he said . As for his lack of experience : `` I was naive about the ocean , basically . I was pretty naive about mother nature and the hubris of a filmmaker who thinks he can conquer the elements was foolhardy , but I was too young to know I was being foolhardy when I demanded that we shoot the film in the Atlantic Ocean and not in a North Hollywood tank . '' Gottlieb said that `` there was nothing to do except make the movie '' , so everyone kept overworking , and while as a writer he did not have to attend the ocean set every day , once the crewmen returned they arrived `` ravaged and sunburnt , windblown and covered with salt water '' . </P>
<P> The film had a troubled shoot and went far over budget . David Brown said that the budget `` was $4 million and the picture wound up costing $9 million '' ; the effects outlays alone grew to $3 million due to the problems with the mechanical sharks . Disgruntled crew members gave the film the nickname `` Flaws '' . Spielberg attributed many problems to his perfectionism and his inexperience . The former was epitomized by his insistence on shooting at sea with a life - sized shark ; `` I could have shot the movie in the tank or even in a protected lake somewhere , but it would not have looked the same , '' he said . As for his lack of experience : `` I was naive about the ocean , basically . I was pretty naive about mother nature and the hubris of a filmmaker who thinks he can conquer the elements was foolhardy , but I was too young to know I was being foolhardy when I demanded that we shoot the film in the Atlantic Ocean and not in a North Hollywood tank . '' Gottlieb said that `` there was nothing to do except make the movie '' , so everyone kept overworking , and while as a writer he did not have to attend the ocean set every day , once the crewmen returned they arrived `` ravaged and sunburnt , windblown and covered with salt water '' . </P>
what body of water was jaws filmed in
what body of water was jaws filmed in
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean