“Birds”

by Alfred Hitchcock

Once classes started our first assignment was to watch Birds and analyse it. I thoroughly enjoyed the way Hitchcock brought elements of suspense, horror, drama and thrill into the movie.

The one thing that really caught my attention was how initially the audience believe the film is a comedy as Hitchcock makes us as the viewer get an understanding of the characters back story before unleashing the terror in the rest of the film. The film was very modern for its era and the use of Technicolor added to the horror during the film because it was very new and towards the end the lighting and color created a dark atmosphere. The film also produces an amazingly compelling story line and for those reasons Hitchcock will never be forgotten for his amazing works. 

It was one of the most successful suspense films of its time and possibly all time, directed by the Master of Suspense. This made me feel Hitchcock deserved to be called the master of suspense although others may feel this is not one of Hitchcock’s best films because of bad visual effects I think it is worthy of being in the top five of Hitchcock’s films.