The Birds Continuity

In this clip there are many different types of principles of continuity.The first bit of continuity is when the character opens the door and we see her going into the house from the outside and entering the house from the inside, this is because the camera angle was changed. Another continuity principal is when the camera tracks the character from behind as she is heading towards the corridor, the shot is then transformed into an eye level long shot so that the audience can understand and interpret the surroundings of the character. She then walks down to the last room. We see another example of continuity when the character exits the room the camera angle changes to a long shot, this is a reaction shot as we see the expression on her face.

In the beggining we see the chracter knock on the door of a mysterious house, this makes the audience feel curious of what was about to happen next. When the viewers see that the door is open this could make them intrigued as to why it is unlocked. When the character sees the meesy room she is horrified, this makes the viewer think that someone might have broke into the house. The bloody feet suggests that there is a deade person in the room, this person was murdered. The viewers may think of the reason why the character was murdered. The audience feel a sense of disgust and are horrified to see a man with eyes dug out of ones face. This creates a very eerie atmosphere. The women then runs out terrified and speechless this makes the audience almost feel the characters fear.

The best bit for me was when the women enters the house. This is because the angle of her opening the door from the outside and entering from the inside is particularly fascinating and i would definitely consider trying this out so that I can have practice on the continuity of opening the door. I like the way that the editing is extremely clear when the camera angles change.