Plot
A young beautiful socialite is pecked by a seagull on a visit Bodega Bay, a quiet seaside town where she has followed a potential love interest as she went there to deliver some love birds with the intentions on not being seen, this was not the case as she was obvious in the act on her delivering the birds, she was immediately spotted by the man she potentially had interest in (Mitch Benner). As she tried to return to her car after delivering the love birds she was then struck by a seagull in the head which resulted in a deep cut in the head. This attack was thought nothing of as it was attended to by the character Mitch Benner (which then led to many other encounters they had). This attack then became frequent later on in the film to the point where it affected the whole of Bodega Bay causing to injuries, violence and fear. The violence by the birds proceeds to escalates to worrying proportions.
This horror/thriller film ended with a pioneering twist which most horror films don't have consist of. Hitchcock was an expect at leading the gaudiness down a predictable path and then changing the as the film progresses. This makes the film more effective as it ends the film with an unexpected conclusion which this film successfully has as this film 'Bird' ends with an unexpected cliff hanger as the character Mitch Benner, Melanie Daniels and Cathy Brenner drive off through the town with no idea on what is destined to happen to them. This is very effective as it keeps the audience on the edge of their seats leaves them to conclude on what happens to characters next.
The macguffin this film 'The Birds' was very clear. The first impression from the film is that it would be some sort of romance/ love film as the character Melanie Daniels wished to give a potential love admire love birds, it seemed to have an interest in him which left the audience to assume that they could possibly have some sort of romantic encounters later on in the film. As the film progresses it turned out to not be the case as some of innocent people in town started to get random attacks from birds which changed the aspects of the film being a sort of romantic love guest to a violent horrific tale.
Romantic encounters Horrific bird attacks
This is a typical archetypal thriller as it displays horrific and moderately violent images with a fast-pacing tempo which thrills the audience keeping them on the edge of their seats. Devices such as red herrings, plot twists and cliffhangers are used extensively which are the qualities in which thriller films consist of. A Thriller is a villain driven plot which is highlighted in this film 'The Birds' as the birds in this case are the villains, their actions were what drove the film as they displayed scenes of horrific violence and dramatic tension through out the film which made it a typical thriller archetypal thriller.
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