The Birds Commentry

                    As Melanie form the window we see the teacher talk calmly to the children and then a cut to a medium shot of the birds gathering on the climbing apparatus builds the tension and makes the audience get a sense of eeriness and unsettles them and wait in anticipation to see the outcome of the encounter. As we see that there are many birds there, we wonder if the school children will be able escape. The camera remains on the birds for some time until heavy footsteps are heard, causing the birds to fly away quickly towards the school children.

                    It cuts to the children and then cuts to their legs showing us how quickly they are running and how afraid they are. These close ups also show the birds and their ferocity. It shifts between close ups on some of the children's faces showing fear, terror and pain as they are relentlessly attacked by the birds. It cuts to the Melanie as well showing her panic and then it switches to some point of view shots (1:09-1:14) which makes the audience feel included in the shot as if they were running with the children, this allows them to empathise with the children and Melanie as they flee in panic away from the birds which are attacking them. Then one of the children falls to the found and screams for her friend, she is then helped up by her friend as well as Melanie.

                  Finally they get into the near by car to take refuge, during this scene there are multiple close and medium shots. it starts with a medium shot as they all get into the car, this allows us to see all of the people getting in and what state they are in, you see cuts and blood trickleing down their faces which expresses the severity of the situation and allows us to empathise with the characters. It then changes to a close up of the handle as Melanie quickly winds it up, this allows the audience to see the fear of the character and the panic that they express through the desire to quickly shut the window and hide from the birds. Then the next shot is a close up of the ignition key hole with no keys and then it changes to a close up of Melanie's face filled with fear. She then smacks the horn a few times, a few seconds later the birds fly away and the it cuts to a  close up on the woman's face showing hoe relieved she is that they've gone as she rests her head on the steering wheel. There is no music at any pint in the clip, we only hear the screaming of the children as they run away and the noises the birds make. plus when the shot of climbing apparatus with the birds is shown, there is only silence which also builds up the tension to when the footsteps are heard. (diegetic sound)

                Links to Thriller Genre:
                  - Long Tension build up, especially when they are escaping from the birds just as other thrillers do such as Spellbound and Psycho.
                  - Non-diegetic soundtrack keeps the realism it, just as some thrillers do such as Spellbound
                  - Chase scene, they are chased by birds this is typical to thriller films such as Vertigo.