The Birds

The Birds

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Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Year: 1963

Actors: Rod Tayler, Tippi Hedren, Suzzana Pleshette

Narrative:

A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people there in increasing numbers and with increasing viciousness. 

This film creates masses of thrill and tension with the use of birds which is very unusual because we are surrounded by them everyday. One scene in the film where the birds are waiting outside in the playground while the children and adults inside. This creates suspense amongst the audience because you are waiting for the birds to attack but before you know it, as they try and escape the birds attack creating tension as we don't know whether or not the birds will kill them. At the end of the film hitchcock did not do his usual style of showing 'The End' instead there was nothing. Hitchcock done this to create an eerie feel to the movie. This is very clever of Hitchcock as it implies to the audience that the movie is not over, it will continue and the birds shall keep on attacking. The movie is ended in such a way it leaves the audience on edge that at any moment the birds will attack