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... Alfred Hitchcock over his years of producing movies, created his own genre. ... After viewing one of his most well-know films ‘The Birds’ many classic film techniques can be recognized. It is a classic film by genre standards; Hitchcock has a way of following the normal fundamentals of classical filmmaking. Elements ranging from narrative and non-narrative elements, camera movement, mise-en-scene, editing techniques and sound choices, along with the basic cinematic point of view all contribute to Hitchcock’s stereotypical character development.
Looking at some narrative elements of ‘The Birds’ it contains some classic elements with things like fades, and dissolves. ...
More conventional techniques used by Hitchcock also assist in this process. ...
Another situation in ‘The Birds’ where a camera angle decision was beneficial was in the many shots of the flocks of birds themselves peering down onto the town of Bodega Bay. Here, Hitchcock has the birds come up from a straight-on medium shot to a sudden shift with and extreme long shot, from a very high view above the town. ...
Though Hitchcock uses a multiple of close-ups and camera angles to create an understanding, it is also the wide use of tabloe shots that keep this film simple yet, complex. ... Going back to the shot of the birds looking down on the town, it is kind of like the flock recognizing how vulnerable this quaint town on a hillside really is. ...
Throughout ‘The Birds’ editing appears to be done quite well, and much detail was focused. ...
The variety of classical elements used by Alfred Hitchcock that puts ‘The Birds’ under the genre of classic also help to make it an effective suspenseful film. ...
One of the most effective elements Hitchcock used throughout the film ‘The Birds’ was when a time laps was happening. ...
Alfred Hitchcock has produced movies created his own genre.
Approximate Word count = 1507
Approximate Pages = 6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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