An Analysis Of Hitchcock's ' The Caged Birds Versus The Free Birds '

Throughout the film industry, Alfred Hitchcock has directed many films filled with suspense that puts the viewer in confusion on what is going to happen next. Alfred Hitchcock is known as the ‘Master of Suspense’ because of his filming techniques which made his films stand out compared to other horror films during his period. One of his classic scenes, where Hitchcock used several of his filming techniques, is the playground scene in the film The Birds. The playground scene is characterized by various of camera shots, sound, and mise-en-scene. Hitchcock used these techniques to create the idea of dramatic irony to add fear and confusion for the viewers.

In this essay I have chosen to analyse two key scenes, each from two of Hitchcock’s most critically acclaimed films, ‘The Birds’ (1963) and ‘Psycho’ (1960). Both of these scenes from both films display the female protagonists at their most vulnerable, facing the threat and fear of death.

The explosion caused by the bird attack shows that Melanie’s interruption in the small town raises tensions and that her presence is the cause for some of the attacks. It also brings into account that there might be a cosmic reason for these attacks. People do not believe Melanie about the attacks, so the fire is sent to punish Melanie for disturbing the peace of the town. A woman even tells her that it is her fault the birds have come and that she is evil. Her disturbance of the town and the presence of her disturbed emotional state brings evil and chaos into it. This is indicative of the town feels towards

When looking at the collection of works by Alfred Hitchcock, it is common to notice similar threads throughout his life work. The films viewed in class alone, share many things, as both Psycho and The Birds consist of more than what meets the eye. Though one may be about a killer man and the other about killer animals, both Hitchcock films develop a deep, dark string of events leading up to inevitable death. Being in touch with a great love of drama, thrill and suspense, Alfred Hitchcock leaves you on the edge of your seat, with many famous scenes and never before seen ideas, making you incapable of averting your eyes.

They may not seem alike, but the abuse of men can be compared to the slaughter of songbirds. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, three people are portrayed as mockingbirds all in different ways. Killing a mockingbird is frowned upon in Maycomb County because they do nothing but make music for others to enjoy, and do nothing to harm others in any way, but people can’t seem to make the connection between these two acts. Throughout the story, Atticus Finch, Tom Robinson, and Boo Radley are all abused for doing no harm to others, which can be compared to the act of killing a mockingbird.

Alfred Hitchcock 's Vertigo is a classic movie of the mystery genre. The film takes what appears to be a relatively conventional mystery plot and enacts a process whereby it proceeds to continually fold it within itself in order to develop a film that appears to change its nature several times, but that nonetheless continues to perpetuate a sense of mystery. Indeed, in many ways the experience of watching Vertigo is the experience of seeing something essential about the world unravelling; something that both applies and does not apply to the events of the film itself. This paper will consider Vertigo as a mystery film, but will also show how the film transcends this genre, or distils it to such an extent that even when the 'mystery ' at its centre has been resolved, it nonetheless remains almost as unfathomable at is was at start of the film. In essence, the film not only presents the reconciliation of a mystery within its plot but essentially dramatizes the ineffably mysterious nature of reality itself. This paper will demonstrate this by paying attention to key scholarship around Hitchcock and psychoanalysis.

The birds are an unconventional ominous presence that average Mitch has difficulty handling. Mitch witnesses the first bird attack on Melanie, where he is able to act heroic by being attending to her wound. At Cathy’s birthday party, it is Annie who screams “help me get these children into the house.” Both Annie and Melanie have moments where they instruct Mitch with what to do. If Mitch was a typical hero, Mitch would order the females on what to do and save the day. When the birds come through the chimney, Melanie is the first to notice and gets his attention. Mitch tries to solve the problem by opening the window and shooing the birds out. He covers their entrance with a table and continues to shoo the birds. The scene ends with the females leaving the room, and the birds swarming

1) She is described that she is poor and she is black. This proven by the quote she is a "too-big Negro girl with nappy black hair, broad feet and a space between her teeth that would hold a number-two pencil."

Alfred Hitchcock has been noted as one of the best directors and film producers to ever live. Hitchcock raised several issues within his films and took risks such as filming the first ever toilet-flushing scene. Hitchcock was a director during the silent film era, and the era of “talkies”; even after films began to utilize dialogue to tell the story, Hitchcock uses music, costume design, lighting, shadows, and camera movement to tell his film’s story in addition to dialogue.

The film The Birds demonstrated a lot of editing and cinematography aspect throughout the film. In the particular scene instructed, analyzing this part took a while to understand why the director use of cinematography as well as editing, were in these particular scenes.

One of Hitchcock most Iconic moment within this film is when Melanie is sitting outside of the Bodega bay school with the jungle gym behind her. As she get impatient every few minutes the camera cuts from her close up to a wide shot behind her as more and more crow appear on the jungle gym. Contrasted with Melanie, wearing a fine green suit with her ideal hair and brilliant looks, the inauspicious dark fowls rapidly emerge and build up a nearness as the overwhelming force in the edge.

The Caged bird sings was written by an award winning author Maya Angelou. Maya was a civil rights activist. This book was written in a very controversial time in the United States fighting over segregation. Maya and her older brother Bailey are only three and four when they are sent to their paternal grandmother after parents divorce. They would now be living with Annie Henderson, whom they call momma in rural Stamps, Arkansas. Momma owned the only black store in the section was the center of the town for African Americans. This helped shape Mayas view on the world, seeing all these people congregate together in here. When Maya and Bailey turned eight their father who they don't really know takes them to live with their mother Vivian in St Louis, Missouri. One night when Vivian is gone Mr. Freeman decides to rape Maya after she comes back from the store. He is later killed by people associated with Maya's family. Maya feels guilty about her testimony and the whole thing after. Momma finally gets her to break through by showing her Mrs. Flowers. She is also very upset when the only dentist in town who is white will not serve her even though Momma has once lent this guy money to help him out. Momma decided that they needed to move to California with their mother, Vivian. Maya moves to Los Angeles, then to Oakland, California where she spends a summer with Dolores and big Bailey but ends up running away to a junkyard. She comes back to San Francisco and gets past the barriers

The title is a metaphor derived from Maya Angelou’s poem “Caged Bird” to mean the bird which is Bahamian music is throwing itself against the bars of its cage which is metaphorical for the constraints to the inclusiveness of other Bahamian artist under the umbrella of Bahamian music. Bahamian music struggles so much that it begins to bleed and needs to stop, but once its wounds are healed, it tries again. Bahamian music is very persistent for diversity and is just praying, wishing to be free. The cultural forefathers have caged the bird because they have been increasingly frightened at the possibility that the Bahamian culture is quickly becoming a hybrid culture that is being corroded almost daily. This fear could very well

One should never give up when faced with difficulties. When faced with a challenge, the way one reacts shows strength or weaknesses, and can close or open doors for them. In all 5 texts the author shows some way that the character either gives up or faces their challenge. When one works hard they are rewarded, but when one gives up when faced with a challenge they are punished.

This question has baffled filmmakers and audiences for decades. There is no clear answer on why the birds started attacking. The only person who knows the real answer is Alfred Hitchcock himself. After doing some research on Alfred Hitchcock, I believe that Melanie is indeed the reason why the birds attacked. Alfred Hitchcock saw the actor of Melanie Daniels, Tippi Hedren as his muse and wouldn’t let any other person play the role. One can tell how obsessed he was with her since she was in almost in every single shot. He saw her and the character Melanie as weak and inferior and victimized both. Hitchcock wanted to make Melanie seem helpless against the bird attacks and as if she was the reason why the birds started attacking. When Melanie first came to Bodega Bay one could clearly tell that she wasn’t from there. She was dressed much more beautiful, than everybody else and also very feminine, which made her appear fragile and out of place. Bodega Bay is a very small town and as most small towns they do not like strangers, especially not strangers with a bad reputation like Melanie Davids. Rumors and assumptions spread rapidly in small towns like Bodega Bay. When she first arrived at Bodega Bay, the man inside of the store and at the water front were staring at here and giving her strange looks as if they couldn’t believe that such a woman would come to bodega bay and made the audience feel as if she wasn’t welcomed there. When Melanie came back from the Brenner residents