Zodiac

What this film is about?
This film is about a young boy and a young girl going for a drive, they then decide to go some where quite, throughout this scene we realise she must be having an affair as they talk about her having a husband and him not finding out. Showing the audience that something is going on that shouldn't be. However, when they reach somewhere quite everything is going fine and they get a little scare from a few boys throwing fireworks. After this everything is going fine until a car pulls up for a few seconds and then leave. However, within a few minutes this car the drives back a man gets out of there car and approaches the young people, then all of a sudden a gun is pulled out and the young boy and girl are shot to death. This film was made in 2007, it also has a 7.7 star rating. the Director is David Fincher, the writers are James Vanderbilt (screenplay), Robert Graysmith(book) and the stars are Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo.

Editing:
The first bit of this scene is very slow, the reason for this is because it allows the audience to understand what is going on and who the people are. Not only this, but also allow the audience to see where they are going and what they are going to do. The very first bit goes not for about 40 seconds when the women is driving in the car up to the house, this is very effective as the audience do not know who is driving the car and why. However, then it show a boy running up to the car and then shows the young lady driving the car. At the beginning of the this scene when the car pulls up and the boy and girl as speaking they use jump cuts to show that the two people are talking to each other, this is effective as it allows the audience to see what is going on. Not just this but they use a straight but to go from one place to the other so it is short for the audience to watch and do not have to watch them drive all the way there, but the audience still know that they have driven their. However, many straight cuts are used through this film to move on to a different part of the film. When it gets to the part of the scene where the young boy and girl get shot, the edits a very fast lasting 1-3 seconds, the reason for this is because then the audience are able to see the fear and it is more tense and exciting for the audience. 

Camera:
In this scene there are many different camera angles, these are:

• Close up - This is used to when the young boy and girl get shot when they are in the car, the reason that this camera shot is used to show the audience what has happened also to allow the audience to build up tension for the audience to wonder what is going to happen next and why the kill did this. 
• High angle - This was also used when the the young and boy went somewhere quiet to show that they are vulnerable and it is also to build up the suspense for the audience and make them wonder what is going to happen. 
• Over the shoulder - This was used when the two young people were sitting there talking in the car, this is to show the audience that they are speaking to each other. 
• Tracking shot - This is used for when the car come back, this is to build up tension and make the audience wonder if it is the car again or someone else, putting them on edge. 
• Pan - Pan shot is used to show that the killer was walking round to the young people in the car, it makes the audience wonder what is going to happen and put them on edge to see what is going to happen to the young people and who the person is walking up to the car, could it be the ladies husband. 
• Point of view - This is used at the start of the scene when the car was driving along, it allows the audience to see what the character was seeing and where they was going. 
• Cran shot - This is used when the young people are driving in the car, when they said they want to go somewhere quite, as it allows the audience to see where they are going. 
• Medium shot - This has been used through the scene to allow the audience to see what is going on and to just show normality. 

Sound:
There are many different sounds used through this scene, for example at the beginning of this scene there diegetic sounds used as you know that the music is coming from the radio in the car. However, this music also matches the scene as it is calm and relaxing music and the setting is calm and relaxing almost romantic. This allows the audience to think that there may be romance happening within this scene. There are other diegetic sound such as the fireworks, The engine of the car, and the radio playing in the car. However, the non-diegetic sounds are when the music got louder when the young people got killed as you could not see where it was coming from and it was an over track. This allow tension to build up for the audience and for them to feel the fear that the two young people were feeling. Also makes the audience wonder why it happened and who it was that did it. 

Mis en scene: 
In this scene the audience are able to understand that the two young people are seeing each other wiles the young lady has a husband. This allows the audience to see that they have to be secretive. Not just this but, the two characters where casually dressed and did not look like they was going out anywhere fancy, meaning that they are working class people and didn't live anywhere rich. However, the props that were used were the cars, flash light and radio, these where the main props that were used through the scene, they also gave the scene more fear, tensions and excitement. Therefore, exampling more to the audience what was going on. The setting is very chilled out and nice, until they go to somewhere quiet, it is still chilled out but it is very spooky and away from everyone, meaning that it is more likely for something to happen. 

No country for old men

What this film is about?
This film starts with a man speaking over different photo's that appear on the screen, these pictures are all country side pictures. It then goes into a man getting arrested and put into a police car. After this we see a man kill a police man. We then see the man stop another man in his car asks him to get out and then kills the man that got out of his car. Therefore, showing the audience that this man just keeps on killing people and will not stop until someone stops him. However, a voice is speaking over and tell the audience what is happening. It sounds like it is the man that is killing people telling the audience. However, this film was made in 2007 and has a 8.2 star rating. The Directors are Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, the Writers are Joel Coen (screenplay), Ethan Coen (screenplay) and the stars are Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin. 

Editing:
The first part of the scene is an over voice of a man speaking. In this part there are a lot of straight cuts of different country side pictures, lasting between 5-7 seconds each. Meaning that they are quite slow pace. The reason for this is because then the audience is able to listen to what the man is saying and concentrate, instead of just looking at what is going on within the film making it very effective. Then you see a man getting arrested and put into a police car, once the police car drives off this the distance it makes the audience wonder what is going to happen next, and what has the man done. However, after this you then see a police man getting strangled by the man that had been arrested, this builds up suspense and puts the audience on edge wondering what is going to happen. In this part of the scene there are between 13-14 jump cuts, which all last between 3-5 seconds the reason for this is because it puts the audience on edge and allows the audience to see what is happening and that the man is fighting for his life. Not only this but in this part of the scene there is a jump cuts that lasts a couple more seconds, the reason for this is because it is on the killers face, allowing the audience to see that he is enjoying it and does not feel sorry for what he has just done. Throughout the rest of the film, it is fats and very tense. i believe that they have done this to put the audience on edge and make them wonder what is going to happen next. 

Camera:
The camera has been used very effectively towards the audience. The reason for this is because many different angles have been used, such as the lower angle, high angle, medium shot, extreme close up, close up, long shot, cran, point of view and tracking shot. 

• Lower angle - This is used to make the killer look powerful and strong. This was used when he was killing the police man, as the camera was positioned in this place to make him look strong and in control as he had the power of the other mans life in his hands. 
• High angle - This shot was also used to make the police man look weak and powerless, as he was being strangled to death and there was nothing he could do about it as the other man has he life in his hands. 
• Medium shot - This shot was used throughout this film, the reason for this is because then the audience is about to see what is going on. Not only this, but it is a very effective shot as you are able to use it whenever and get a good meaning from it.
• Extreme close up - This was used when the killer had the handcuffs around the police mans throat. The reason i believed that they used this was to make it more effective to the audience about what was going on. Not just this, but to see how much pain he was in and making the audience wonder whether he would survive or not. 
• Close up - This shot was used throughout the film to give different effects and to show the audience what was going on from a close up view. 
• Long shot - This was used when the police car was driving away with the killer in it to make the audience wonder where they was going and what the man had done to be taken away by the police, building up suspense for the audience. 
• Cran shot - A cran shot was also used when the car was driving away to see that it was driving far into the distant where we could no longer see the car. 
• Point of view - When the man was looking through his gun at the dares, making the audience wonder whether he was going to shot one and also what it was the he wanted to look at and why meaning that more tension was built up. 
• Tracking shot - This shot was used when the man was walking through the field, making the audience wonder when where he is going and whether the killer is going to get him to. 

Throughout this film all of the camera shots were used to build up tension and put the audience on edge. To make them think what is going to happen next and why the killer is doing this. 

Sounds:

There are many different sounds going on throughout this scene. There are many diegetic sounds such as the shots, as the audience are able to see where they are coming from and what source the man was using to make this sound. Another diegetic sound that was used was the sirens on the police car as you could see where they was coming from, these where very effective as they allow the audience to understand what is going on. The water running from the sink was a diegetic sound because the audience could see that it was coming from the tap and that the man was using it when he was washing his hands of the blood. However, the non diegetic sounds were when the man was speaking at the beginning, the music throughout the movie, as this is a sound track and you are not able to see where the sounds are coming from. Therefore, they all have a great affect because they allow the audience to see what is going on but not just this it help to understand and build up tension. Also making everything dramatic. 

Mis en scene:
In this scene the audience are able to understand who is who and what is going on throughout the film. for example they know who the killer is and they will start to understand why he is doing it throughout the film. Not just this, but it allows the audience to see where it takes place and where about these people live, as they are working class people as they are not rich but they do not seem poor. However, it shows us it in a quite very chilled out place and as it takes place within a country side where not many people are about and it is usually very quiet. There were many props that were used such as, the gas gun, the police car and other cars, the hand cuffs, the telephone, the gun, ect. These all make it more effective and exciting for the audience to watch. 

The opening scene of A History of Violence

(Only the first half of the scene as was not available on youtube)
What the scene is about:
We watched the opening scene of A Histoty of Violence. It was about two men that had killed two people. However, in this scene it did not look like they cared about what had happened. We focused on four main things which are the editing, camera, sound and Mis en scene. The Director of this film is David Cronenberg, Writers are John Wagner (graphic novel), Vince Locke (graphic novel), Stars are Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris. This film was made in 2005 and it has a 7.5 star rating. This film made a lot of money. Budget was $32,000,000 (estimated), Opening Weekend: $34,911 (Chile) (17 March 2006), Gross: $89,838 (Chile)(31 March 2006)         

Editing:
In the first part of this when the two men walking out of a house towards the car, it was a very slow speed lasting between 3.51 minutes longs without one single cut. Usually cuts are usually quite quick and last between 5-10 seconds, the reason i believed that they used this was because, it allows the audience to wonder what is going on. Not just this but the audience do not expect what is going to happen next. When the man got out to the car to go into the Motel there was a straight cut used to put him from out side to inside, this was an effective cut as the audience do not notice it, but allows the audience to see that he has moved from one side to the other. A jump cut was used when the little girl come out of the bed room, it was used to tell the audience that he had seen the little girl and that the little girl had also seen him. This cut also builds up the tensions and suspense for the audience and makes them wonder what is going to happen next. However, when the man goes into the house the speed of the shots start to speed up, the reason for this is to build up the suspense for the audience. This was very effective as the audience was able to get a quick idea of who the men where and what they really do. However, i believe that the reason the first bit is very slow is also because they have to writing on the bottom of the screen to let the audience know who is staring the the scene so that they know. This is because then the audience can know who is in the film.

Camera:
The ways that they used the camera was very effective towards the audience. The reason for this because you could tell that they was using the steady cam as everything was well done. However, they used the tracking shot, which i also believed was created by using the steady cam and they used this shot for then the man was driving the car to the other bit of the motel. This was very effective as it allowed you to follow what the man was doing and how relaxed he was. A low angle shot was used when the man was filling up his water bottle when he was in the motel, this was effective as it also showed a shot of the door which allowed the audience to wonder why the door was closed, or that maybe their may be something behind it. Many different camera angles where used such as a close up when the man was in the motel and coming out towards the car, extreme close up which was on the gun before the man took it out, point of view when the man see the young girl and many medium shots where used through out the scene.

Sounds:
There where many sounds going on throughout this scene. There was many diegetic sounds, such as the radio, which you could see the source of the music, sound of the car, you could hear the car start and the man drove the car towards the other side of the motel, other diegetic sound where the water fountain when the man was pouring the water into the bottle. Therefore, gun shot was a diegetic sound the reason for this is because you was able to see the source that the sound was coming from, also the ring of the bell as you see the man ring the bell what was on the counter as he walked past. Not only this, but many non-diegetic sounds where used, the ways that they used non-diegetic sounds was because the tracking/background sound you could not see where the music was coming from. However, their was also a sound of a fly, but you was not able to see it flying, the reason the fly was their was to give the audience the impression that the two people where dead on the floor. However, the reason it is diegetic is because you was not able to actually see the fly itself. The music has a great affect on this scene the reason for this is because when the music is introduced it allows the audience to see what has happened and that they are not just two ordinary men after all and that they have killed to people. The music also makes it very exciting for the audience and makes the wonder what is going the happen next. Therefore, mean that the music matches what is going on in the setting.


Mis en scene:
The mis en scene is what is on the scene what the audience is able to see and what the characters are like. The two men wear dressed very casually. However, one of the men looks like they are more in charge as he looks for dressed up and more over powering them the other one, as he went into the motel and did what needed to be done. The props that where used within this scene, the main one was the car, to show the affect the they was going somewhere, and it must be far as they needed to drive there. However, the setting in this first scene, is a lower classed and not very nice place. The reason for this is because it is a little motel where it was all dark. Meaning that it may be lonely and quite quiet their. This scene also shows us that the young child lives in the motel with her family.

Editing

What is editing?

Editing is a process of looking at all footage shots during the making of a film/TV programmer and placing it in the desire order and joining it together. 

Speed of editing:

How long each shot will take, whether it will be a fast or slow shot. Speed of editing helps determined the mood taking place on the screen. Trailer need to be a fast shot. how quick or slow the shot may appear. May be slow to understand what is going on in the film and to get to know the characters. 

Style of editing:

How each shot is joint up to the next shot. Movement from one shot to the next is called a transition. 

Transitions- how shots are joined together.

Straight cut:

The straight cut retains reality and reduces disbelief. It is not very noticeable to the audience, meaning it does not attract the audiences attention. A straight cut is one shot that flicks to the next shot. 

This is the invisible form of transition and is one of the most common ones used within a film. 

Dissolves:

A dissolve is like a blend. This is where one shot will fade out but another shot will start to fade it, meaning that both shots are on the screen at mid-point. This makes the shots looks at lot smoother when changing. Dissolving shot is mainly used to show a connection between two characters, places, objects of to pass the time. Meaning that it changes one thing to another. 

Fades:

This is where there is a darkening or a lightening of a image, usually becoming black or white. used to represent time passing, to someone has passed out or died, in the film. The way that this works is by shots will fade until a black or white image appears on the screen. Indicating the end of the section. 

Wipes:

This is when an imagine is pushed off of the screen by another imagine coming onto the screen. This is used for different locations being shown. The imagine can be pushed, left of right, up or down. This is also used to show times moving forward, however, this is not used very often. Wipes are used in star wars a lot though. 

Jump cuts:

Jump cuts are not used very often. However, when they are used the audiences attention is brough into focus on something suddenly. This is known as discontinuity editing and is also used to break continuity editing. Appears sections of sequence has been removed. They are very easy to get wrong and mistake them for straight cuts. They can also jump back and forward. Looking like a bit of the film has been cut out. For example the film Breathless uses jump cuts. 

Examples:

The film Citizen Kane (1941), this film uses straight cuts, dissolves and fades. 

• Many dissolves at the start to show the atmosphere and what was going on.
• Straight cuts where used just to move from on slide to another. 
• Fades showing that the man had died.
• Slow pace at the start, then it starts to speed up to show the tension and what is happening.

There is only one line of talking within this part of the film. However, you are able to understand what is going on through telling the story visually, through using effects and sounds. 

Unknown

What the film is about?

This film is about a women and a man who are happily married. Then he has a accident. The reason he has this accident is because he goes into a taxi to go back to the airport where one of his bags have been left with all of his ID. Once he recovers from this accident he goes to find his wife to find out she does not recognize him and someone has stolen his identity. It is also about the lady who was driving the taxi and how she is involved in what happened. There are some guys that are after this man and he does not know why, and there is a car chase that takes place. this is then when they end up going to the club. He is trying to find out why this is happening to him and most of all who is doing it to him. This film was made on February 16th, 2011. This film is also a thriller but more of a mystery thriller as you do not know why it is all going on. Not only this, but it does not focus on upper, middle or lower classed people it has all different classes of people in it. The director is Jaume Collet-Serra, writers are Oliver Butcher (screenplay), Stephen Cornwell (screenplay), Stars are Liam Neeson,  Diane Kruger and January Jones. Budget:​ $30,000,000 (estimated), Opening Weekend:​ $21,856,389 (USA) (20 February 2011)​, Gross:​ $130,786,397 (Worldwide) (12 May 2011).

About the trailer Unknown: 
This trailer is about two and a half minutes long. It shows us the main points within the film. However, all of the scenes are messed up and put into different orders so that the film is not given away when the people watch it. It also shows us how his life has changed and how he plans on getting it back. In this trailer is focuses on the point when he has the crash int he car and they drive off the bridge, the reason they do this to make the audience see that this is a big, and important part of the film. It shows us all of the trilling part and that their is something going on within this film that he has got to try and uncover. This trailer gives away quite a lot about the film and what is going on within the film, however, it does not show us why it is happening and what the result is in the end. All this trailer shows the audience is that something is going on and this man is stuck in the middle of it. The ways in which this trailer will appeal to an audience is because it is fast and very trilling in the trailer making people want to watch it due to the excitement they will be feeling from it, making them think the the film itself will be more exciting and thrilling.

About the hotel scene:
This is a very important scene. The reason for this is because in the scene before this Liam Neeson has dismisses him out of the hospital, the reason for this is because he believes he wife will be worried about him as he has just woke from a coma he has been in for four days. Therefore, he then gets into a car to go back to the hotel him and is wife booked into whiles they stayed in Berlin. However, there is a twist to the story when he gets to the hotel and this twist is, he see's his wife walking around the hotel. When he is taken to say he is sorry to his wife and explain what had happened to him when he wife claimed to not recognize who he was. The to Liam Neeson's surprise her husband who she claimed to be came over. At this point he had realized that something wrong was going on and that his identity had been stolen. However, their was little he could do as all of his things had been lost and replaced with this other mans picture, even picture of his and his wife. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH5hC8kRjdU

About the hospital scene: 
This is a very effective scene, the reason for this is because this is the scene when you realize that someone is out to get rid of Liam Nesson and completely erase him from the world. However, when they are in the hospital and the bad guy kills the young lady in front of Liam Neeson, the camera uses an extreme close up on the scissors in the young ladies pocket. When Liam Neeson reaches for these scissors, and you hear the bad guy coming back it causes suspense and tension for the audience, making you think he has either got caught or he was not able to get the scissors. Then, all for a sudden you see them in Liam Neeson's hand when the body is getting pulled away. This allows the audience to see what is going on and whether or not Liam Neeson is going to get away. They also use disorientated music to give a better effect and understanding to the audience, making them think he is not going to get away.

Devices:
The devices that where used within this film was suspense the reason for this is because when the taxi crashed into the river their was suspense, as the young lady was able to get out of the car. However, was did not know id Liam Neeson was going to survive as he was knocked unconscious, but when the young lady when back to save the man it put the audience on edge wondering whether he would survive or not. Therefore when he was pulled out of the car it also put the audience on edge and caused suspense, this is because, when the ambulance come you was sitting their wondering if he was going to wake up and what was going to happen to him. Therefore, when the care was going into the water, the film went into slow motion to show them flying off of the bridge. this had a good effect towards the audience the reason for this is because then they was able to see Liam Neeson hit is head and see the impact that it had. Therefore, when it sped up again it shocked people, and made them wonder if he would get out, making it more effective and exciting for the audience. 

Todorov's narrative theory:
He believed that you was able to apply the five stage within any film. In this film the 5 stages where used. 

• A state of equilibrium (all normal) - Liam Neeson and his wife are on the airplane and then arrive at the airport to then get a taxi to the hotel that they are meant to be staying at, forgets is case so has to go back to the airport gets in a taxi to go back there. 
• A disrupt of that order by an event - Liam Neeson goes back to his hotel after being in an accident to go and tell his wife and she does not recognize who his is and calms another man is her husband by the same name. 
• A recognition that the disorder has occurred - when he goes back to the hospital to speak to the doctor and get another head scan, and then wakes up to a man trying to kill him and has already killed two of the doctors. 
• Attempt to repair damage - Liam Neeson goes to put things right by confronting the back guys and trying to get his identity back and trying to find out who did this to him and why they did it. 
• Return or restoration of a new equilibrium - Finds out who did it to him and then he gets is identity back but nothing will be how it used to be. 

Barthes - Enigma codes:

I believe that Barthes enigma codes where used through out this film the reason for this is because their was a idea of mystery as no one know why this was happening and who was reasonable for it. Also in this film the text where just complex bundles of meaning. The reason for this is because the audience did not know what was going on and what any of this meant until the end and still their was no real reason for it to happen. therefore, there was a problem introduce, which was Liam Neeson identity has been stolen form him. It was also a polysemic text because there was a lot of different meanings going on within this film. 

Levi Strauss: 

The Hollywood traditional narrative structure was used, which is the three act structure, these are:

• Set up (25%)
• Confrontation (50%)
• Climax (25%)

Linear (chronological) a few sub plots which is tendency towards closure at the end of the film. 

Vladimi Propp:

Vladimi Proop's theory was used within this film, he believe that there was 8 key character roles, these 8 character roles are, Hero, villain, helper, donor (provider), father, dispatcher, princess, false hero, and one character can perform more then one role. 

• Hero - Liam Neeson
• Villain - The man who has stole his identity and the men that are trying to kill him
• Helper - The taxi driver  
• Father - The older man that is trying to help get is identity back
• Princess - Liam Neeson's wife
• False hero - Could be Liam Neeson wife to

Camera shots: 
Close up: This camera shot is used through out the film, the reason for this is because it make it effective when people are talking and it is just an easy shot to use in a film, and it allows the audience to see what is going on. this was used int he first scene when Liam Neeson and his wife was on the plain. 
Extreme close up: This camera shot was also used through out the film. This was mainly used within the fighting and more intense scenes to allow the audience to know what was going on. this was also used when Liam Neeson has just come out of having his head scan. 
Long shot: This was used through the movie to allow the audience to see what was happening. for example, when a car was following Liam Neeson they did a long camera shot to show us and to build up the tension and put the audience on edge. 
Higher angle: This the girl pushed the car off the edge with her car, this was used to make the people in the car look powerless and to make it look Liam Neeson and the girl helping had won. 
Rolling shot: This was used before the car drove into the river to show us all of the cars rolling about and the motorbike rolling across the road. 
Wide shot: This was used through out the film, to show the audience what was going on all around. it was very effective as it allowed the audience to see everything and was almost like they was in the movie. 

Liam Neeson speaking about the film unknown:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXXM_2Pk79Y

The end scene: 
The end scene i feel is the most exciting and well done scene. The reason for this is because you find out that Liam Neeson is not the person he thinks he is and that person dose not actually exist, he is a person who has been made up for a plot to kill someone. Not only this, but you also find out what the meaning to the first bit of the movie meant and why he was at Berlin and why everything else happened and Why his 'wife' did not recognize him. Therefore, at the end when you find out that their is a bomb and they are trying to kill a man because the year of research he has and that they could get loads of money for it, you then find out that Liam Neeson was the one responsible and behind this plot. You then start to understand the film a bit more. This is then when the film starts to get excited and tense as you don't know what is going to happen and if he is going to make it right. However, it also shows the audience as different side to the story and makes the audience see how it all started and why it happened and how they will over come this. 

The McGuffin: 
The Mcguffin in this film is about the growing corn. However, within any thriller film there has to be a Mcguffin but no one really cares about it. The Mcguffin is the thing that drives the plot along for example why the people are their in the first place and that is the reason why they was going their or doing what they was doing. On the other hand, no one cares what happens to the Mcguffin it just helps the audience understand why the people are their and what they are their for. 

The Birds

What the film is about?
This film is about a young lady and a young man who find a little romance in a bird shop. It all starts off as a little joke and then she goes to visit this young man with the 'Love Birds' he wanted to buy.Then thousands of bird started to attack people and house in this village for no reason. These people are also middle or high class people, there is a lower class man within this film but he is displayed as a mad, crazy man. That nobody took very serious. However, it is also about a mother and a ex girlfriend that where also involved in this young man life and don't know if they are happy with his new girlfriend. This film is 119 minutes long. the director of this film is Alfred Hitchcock. Writers Daphne Du Maurier (story) and Evan Hunter (Screenplay). Star where Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren and Suzanne Pleshette. This film features over 370 effects shots and the final shot within this film consists of 32 separate filmed elements. In the film the ending does not show us why these bird attacks kept on happening and it they will go away, it left everyone wondering. Also in this film they do not use and over music and it is only the sounds that are already in the movie when filming it. I also believe that Alfred Hitchcock has also succeeded with "to put their toe in the cold water of fear to see what it's like”.

About the trailer The Bird: 

This trailer shows us a lot about all of the things that take place within the film, for example it shows us the birds attacking and that the garage set on fir due to this. This trailer gives the audience a brief idea of what happens within the film. It if focused largely on the lady within this trailer and how she is affected by the birds, almost like she is the cause for them. A bit in the trailer shows when they are in the cafe trying to explain what is happening and that thousands of birds have just attacked a school, and how people do not believe what she is saying, then all of a sudden it happens out side the cafe. It shows you a lot about the film, but dose not give the main points away and how it all started for example it dose not show why it is happening nor does it show who she is. However, the over voices allow the audience to understand the different scenes that they are showing and what they mean. This trailer gives us a lot about what is happening within the film and what is the problem. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPC_Mp0Y9WM

About the ending scene of The Birds:

The ending scene of this film is very spectacular, The reason for this is because the had to do 32 separate shots to make sure that they got all the birds and the effect for it. Not only this but in the last scene Alfred Hitchcock sent the young lady up to the bed room and when he did this she did not know what was up their. Therefore, when they was filming this part of the scene her reactions are 100% real as it was a shock to her and he did not tell her what was up in that room. From this scene where the bird attacked her, the birds ended up actually biting her and she ended up coming out with cuts on her, due to not knowing what was going on. At the very end when the mother and Alfred Hitchcock is taking the young lady to the car it shows you the fear on her face and then shows all of the birds sitting there, this allows the audience to see the fear within the young ladies eyes and to make the audience feel fear to. It also makes you feel inside the movie like you are experiencing it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXB1pxyVUo8

Devices:

The devices that where used was suspense the reason for this is because in the scene where the bird started to attack the school, when the young lady was waiting to pick up the young girl form school she as smoking out side on the bench, and all of the bird started to surround her on the climbing fame. However, the audience could see all of the birds slowly gathering up and more and more coming, whereas, she was not aware of this until their was hundreds of them sitting on the climbing frame. Therefore, this cause tension and suspense the because the audience could see that the bird where gathering around and she did not know about this making the audience on edge wondering what is going to happen to her. Making the audience think that she may get hurt. However, she then realises and runs into the school to try to get all of the children out before the birds attack and she is not successful with this as as soon as all of the children start to come out of the school the bird start to attack. making the audience wonder what is going to happen to the children and whether they are going to be alright. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydLJtKlVVZw 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hplpQt424Ls

Narratives used within this film: 

The narratives that where used in this film is that they used the traditional Hollywood narrative structure. The reason we know this is because Alfred Hitchcock used the three method structure, set up (25%), the confrontation (50%), climax (25%). This was also a open text the reason for this is because there was no closure at the end of the film , the reason this is because the audience was left wondering why this happened and what will happen next as it did not show us anything after they had left. The Vladimir Propp theory was used within this film, because some of the 8 characters that he believes in was in the movie for example, Hero - Alfred Hitchcock when he saved the young lady, the princess - the young lady, Helper - the teacher at the school was the teacher, and a villain - the villain where the birds. Todorov's theory was within this film as equilibrium – disruption – resolution – new equilibrium was all used throughout the film. However, Roland Barthes the reason for this is because there was there was a problem introduced and the problem was the birds attacking everyone within the village. Polysemic texts because there was lot of different meanings. Not only this but you could question if the film is just a thriller it could also be saying something about the people relationship towards nature. Levi Strauss theory was also used as there was two opposite things these where, mother and lover, man and women and Nature (birds) and humans. These are used through out the film and they are all again each other like the mother in one of the scenes does not agree with Alfred Hitchcock dating this young lady as she has heard things about her. But during the middle towards the end of the film it become the humans and the birds. 

Alfred Hitchcock speaking about how he feels about the film:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZjaVdJt59U

Camera angles:

Camera shots:

Crane shot: This was used when the bird attack the garage near the cafe the way that this was used was because it was looking down on what was happening from a long high distance, allowing use to see all of the people making the look powerless and weak. 

Medium shot: This shot has been used throughout the whole of the film the reason for this is because in different scene they have to use the medium shot to give affect and use it quite a lot. 

Close up: This shot has been used a lot as well when there is fear or something going on the reason for this is because it allows the audience see the fear and how bad it is, for example in the scene where the children are getting attacked by birds they do a close up to show the effect and fear of the children.Not only this there was also a lot of close ups on the birds.

Long shot: This shot is also used quite a lot within the different scenes the reason for this is to show the audience what is happening and to give a bit more effect to what is going on within the scene.
Wide shot: The wide shot was used when their was loads of birds out side of the house at the end of the scene, and they used a wide shot to project how many birds were out side the house. Therefore, giving the effect that there was a lot of birds.
Tracking shot: This was used when they children where running away form the birds in the scene when the birds attacked the school. This was used to follow the children running away from the birds, using the tracking shot made this more effective, as you was able to how terrified the children are.