Alfred Hitchcocks The Birds

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The Birds “The Birds” directed by Alfred Hitchcock, is a horror film based on the original 1952 short story “The Birds” portrayed in Bodega Bay, California by Daphne du Maurier. The Internet Movie Database describes this movie as a wealthy San Francisco socialite pursuing a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town. This town will then slowly take a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin viciously attacking people over the course of a few days. Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds”, is a major example of what olden day horror was. In the past, graphics, special effects, and even techniques weren’t close to being up to par with modern day films. In the mid 1900’s, there was such a big process that many directors had to follow through to complete a film; now-a-days, in the 21st century, this process is the opposite. This brings forth its cause, Technology. Technology plays a very important role in our lives, film making happening to be one of them. Because of technology being so significant, we tend to use as much of it as possible in movies, or adding as many special effects and unique graphics. For instance, now in theatres, 3-D movies are the new trend, they keep the audience engaged with the movie. As for movies in the mid 1900’s, technology was not so varied, so the movies had no choice but to be basic. Currently, Movies in the 21st century are filled with adult (sexually explicit) content, profanity, and even blood and gore. Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds”, portray an unnoticed view of these elements. Although in Hitchcock’s movie, there were countless good parts such as the plot and the acting, horror just is not an eye catcher or immediate thought when watching the movie; possibly because the gore, blood, and foul language are key elements that are missing. There are many key aspects how Alfred Hitchcock’s, “The Birds” and

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