Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Music and The Birds

Spoiler Alert: If you haven't seen The Birds and want to, don't read this. Or watch these clips. 

For my Lit & Film class, I have to do a project on Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. While browsing youtube clips of scenes from the film, I found the clip at the end where Melanie gets attacked in the attic room. The scene is creepy enough as it is...dark house, flashlight, killer birds, the works. But I found another clip of the exact same scene that some girl put to music for a project. I was thinking about our class discussion on fear and how music totally amps up the fear factor. It definitely worked for me with the trailer for The Woman in Black. But I really can't decide which of these two clips is more suspenseful. What do you think?

(Sorry Dr. Coyne.) 

Without music (as it is in the film): 


With music: 


Happy Halloween! 

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