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The film “the Birds” employs a wide range of techniques. These techniques are both story and production elements. These elements help to assemble a meaningful narrative.


Lighting in the birds is used in many ways to assemble meaning. One scene in particular which shows the uses of lighting is the scene where Melanie is walking up the stairs towards the attic. The lighting is dull and lifeless and used in a way so it looks like a hand torch is lighting the stairway. This lighting make the viewer feel like they are actually there and also makes the viewer anticipate a “terror” up in the attic. This use of lighting is an excellent example of the way lighting assigns meaning to the film “the birds”

In the narrative “the birds” all the sound which happens in the movie world and there is no non-d...

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