The Birds Analysis

The Birds Analysis

The film 'The Birds' was Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and was published in 1963. The genre of the film is a Horror/Thriller. 

Hitchcock's external threat is from nature in this film.  Usually in Hitchcock's films there is no where to hide. Including 'The Birds'. In this film Bodega Bay is no where to hide

The start of the film shows the only red herring in the film. The red herring that appears is when the audience thinks that the genre of the film would be a romance. However a red herring occurs and the genre is twisted into a horror/thriller. 

In this scene of 'The Birds' Hitchcock has used many effective camera angles. This scene 'Eyes Pecked Out' is a very horrifying scene. Hitchcock has used extreme close up scenes of the woman. He then moves the scene to a point of view to show what she is looking at. He then goes back to the close up scene which shows a 'reaction shot'. 
Hitchcock uses no sound within this scene, he does this to add tension. 
As the man is shown with his eyes pecked out, Hitchcock uses the three jump cut scene. This zooms into the man 3 times which adds horror and suspense.




Hitchcock uses dramatic irony within this film. He uses it in the scene at the schoolyard. This is when Tippi Hendren did not know that the birds were gathered outside the school. However the audience do. 

Also Alfred Hitchcock has used many different camera angles in other scenes. In this scene of the ' Birds attacking Birthday Party'  he used high and low camera angles. He uses high camera angles to show a birds eye view. This also can highlight the point of view of the birds. As it is a high camera angle looking down on the children it shows that the children are weak. Hitchcock uses a low camera angle to show that the birds are strong and that nothing can over power them. 






Near to the end of the film, the birds attack the Gas Station. As Hitchcock has used a high angle in this scene it could interpret that it has something to do with God. It could mean that God will not intervene or help the people.