Birds By Alfred Hitchcock

The Birds centered around a wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the worst when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people with there increasing numbers and increased viciousness. 
The Birds was directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Written by Daphne Du Maurier (Story), Evan Hunter (Screenplay) and Stars Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren and Suzanne Pleshette.

There are many stages in The Birds when Dramatic Irony is used. For example, in the schoolyard scene Tippi Hedren does not know that the birds have been gathering behind her but the audience does. We, the audience, has information that the character doesn't. Hitchcock uses many techniques  throughout the film, using the schoolyard scene the underlying score of innocent child's songs is in contrast to the evil in nature. Also, the scene outside 'the cafe' the high camera angle is like a gaze of a pitiless God who cannot be bothered to intervene when the characters are in need of help and support. 

Hitchcock includes the idea of a 'MacGuffin'. A 'MacGuffin' is common in films, especially thrillers. Commonly, through not always, the MacGuffin is the central focus of the film in the first act and then declines in importance as the struggles and motivations of characters play out. In interviews, Hitchcock defined a MacGuffin as the object which the plot revolves, but, as to what that object specifically is, he declared, "the audience don't care". 

The Birds movie features 370 effect shots. the final shot is a composite of 32 separately filmed elements. 

Hitchcock had many ideas for the ending of the film. One that was considered would have showed The Golden Gate Bridge completely covered in birds. However, the film does not finish with the usual 'THE END' title because Alfred Hitchcock wanted to give the impression of unending terror. 
When audiences left the film's UK premier at the Odeon, Leicester Square, London, they were greeted by the sound of scratching and flapping birds from loudspeakers hidden in trees nearby. Hitchcock had intentions on giving the audience one last scare before they go, just to get the audience to enjoy the film experience.  

The Manchurian Candidate

The Manchurian Candidate, by Richard Condon, is a political thriller novel about the son of a prominent US political family who is brainwashed into being an unwitting assassin for the communist party. The Manchurian Candidate was directed by John Frankenhaeimer and Stars Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey and Janet Leigh. 

Psycho By Alfred Hitchcock

Psycho's opening scene consists of a young blonde female called Marion who is trusted to bank 40,000 dollars by her employed. seeing the opportunity to take the money and start a new life with her new lover, she heads towards Sam's California Store. However, after a long day she is tired and a storm id brewing so she decides to pull over and stop at 'The Bates Motel' for a few nights. 

The Bates Motel is run by a quiet young man named Norman who seems to be controlled by his mother. 

North by North West

                   North by North West By Alfred Hitchcock

North by North West was made in 1959 by Alfred Hitchcock. North by North West has been categorised as a thriller due to the fast passing and having frequent and unexpected action. 

North by North West is a film about a man who has been mistaken to be someone else. The man who goes by the name of Roger Thornhill is unaware of what is actually going on but is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery and find out who George Kaplan is and why the foreign spies are after him. Whilst on his quest to find the answers he comes across a very young, pretty blonde woman who he quickly grows fond of. as he getting closer and closer to her he begins to realise that she is a vital part of his big mystery.Roger gets into more and more intense action when eventually he gets to the conclusion of his mysterious investigation....

Gary Grant, James Mason and Eva Marie Saint are all staring in Alfred Hitchcock's North by North West 

The North by North West trailer is appealing to most people in the 1950's because Alfred Hitchcock created a thriller with action that is shocking and is unknown in the 1950's.  All though the trailer gives little away, it gives the audience enough for them to get hooked and gives the audience little thrills to encourage the viewer to want to watch it. Devices such as suspense and little cliff hangers are used in the trailer to attract the viewers. 

Camera angles

LONG SHOT: We used this shot because it suits the area that we were filming in. in this shot, we have two characters whoa re walking to there lesson chatting through the corridor.  

OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT: We decided to use this shot as it showed in particular the too characters talking to each other from the girls perspective.

HIGH ANGLE SHOT: This show was takes to show how inferior the two characters are. the characters are going to be late for there lesson, which is upstairs.

 

LOW ANGLE: We choose to use a low angle in our film as it helps with the flow of the film and shows that our characters have nearly reached there destination.