Analysis of 'The Birds'

Camera:
As the credits were shown, there was a constant flock of birds which flew across the screen which was filmed by a stedi-cam. This created tension due to the continous amount of birds and the music that helped build the supsense. Also there was a huge amount of empathsis on the birds, which as a viewer, it was clear that the plot was going to feature a great number of birds. On the other hand, the amount of time that was givien for the features was too long and could of potentially lost the viewers intrest. The camera then tracks the lady as she walks down the busy road, immediatly we see that she is going to the main character. While the camera tracks the main character, the camers focuses on the sign of 'San Fransico' that is stuck on the side of a telephone box, this shows clearly to the viewer that the film is set in the busy city of San Fransico. The camera is still tracking the lady, but at a high angle as she walks into the pet shop and walks up the stairs and to the desk where another older lady is standing, this is to show the viewer the surroundings of the shop that the lady is now in. The camera then changes to over the sholder shots, to show the converstation that is happening between the two ladies about the birds. During their converstation, the camera again tracks a man that is walking up the stairs, the excat same way the main character lady did. This shows that maybe this man is also going to be a huge signifgance to the film. Like before when the two wemon were involved in their conversation, the camera kept changing from over the sholder shots, this again happens but to show the man and main  characters converastion that is taking place. At the end of the clip, there is a close up on the wemons face, this is to show how she is feeling.
Overall, i like the way that most of the methods of the camera has been repeated to show a repetitive pattern, which is clear to the views who is the main characters or who is featured heavily to those who have no signifgance. There was good uses of high angles and over the shoulder shots, which i would use in my filming of a thriller, as it shows coversations well. However, i didn't like the steady-cam at the beginning of the clip showing the credits, this loses interest to the viewers as it is the same snapshot repeated, I would mix my credits with my clip as the viewer is more likely not to get bored and digest what is going on.