Alfred Hitchcock was the master of horror thrillers- a genre that he single-
             handedly created and developed. Hitchcock's films were meant to evoke a
             blood-curling response from the viewers and the two films that managed to
             achieve that completely were Psycho and The Birds. The Birds was released
             in 1963 and while it was a total fantasy with no hint of realism, the
             director used exceptional camera tricks and photography techniques to
             convince the viewers that it could actually happen to them.
             "The Birds was fantasy in purest form. Hitchcock deserted his former
             dependence on classical unity in plot construction and occupied himself
             instead with a strictly thematic approach, which, henceforth, became his
             principal mode of operation. In the wild, savage behavior of the birds he
             wanted to show the menace which surrounds us everywhere, although we are
             The film was loosely based on Daphne du Maurier's short story The Birds.
             But Hitchcock personally chose to make a number of additions and
             subtractions to enhance the impact of the movie. So it was not solely
             Maurier's story but it has certainly been a source of inspiration for the
             film. Hitchcock's camera work and his cinematic genius is a good example of
             limitation giving birth to immense creativity. With limited technology,
             Hitchcock managed to create exceptional special effects. For example there
             were "more than 370 trick shots in this picture and a mixture of fake birds
             and trained birds, including trained seagullsâ€" and special attention was
             paid to location. Only some outside scenes were shots at real locations,
             most other scenes were specifically shot within the studio by recreating
             the interiors of original buildings. It is quite interesting to learn that
             most of the aerial shorts were over-blown images of painted mattes that
             helped achieve an amplified image of the town.
             Hitchcock used his exceptional camera ski...