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.