The Birds

As A Level media students, we watch a lot of thriller films. One of these films is "The Birds" by Alfred Hitchcock. This film has the actress Tippi Hendren playing one of the main characters called Melanie Daniels. Playing the main male character is called Rod Taylor and he plays Mitch Brenner.

The thriller starts with Mitch Brenner Meeting Melanie in a pet shop in San Francisco, and mentions that he was looking for Love Birds for his sister for her birthday. But then melanie Daniels orders two of the birds and decides to drive to Bodega Bay where the Brenners live. In secret Miss Daniels takes a boat across the lake to the Brenners house and put the birds there without being seen. But on her way back across the lake, a bird swoops down and scratches her head. Luckily Mitch Brenner was already waiting for her at the harbour. The Bird attacks started becoming more frequent and the birds started attacking in bigger groups. towards the end of the film. The Brenners decide to board up their house to protect the family. But as everyone falls to sleep Melanie is left awake by the rustling noises coming from upstairs, she takes the light and goes to see what the noise is. As she enters the room, she see's that there are hundreds of birds just waiting there, the door jams closed and all of the birds attack Melanie. Mitch and his mother save Miss Daniels but she is still distraught from this attack. They make a decision to escape from the house. They get away safely, but we don't know what could happen next!!