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How does Alfred Hitchcock create a sense of menace and tension in his films The Birds and Psycho?
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How does Alfred Hitchcock create a sense of menace and tension in his films The Birds and Psycho? In this essay I am going to write about how Alfred Hitchcock creates sense and menace in these films, 'The Birds' and 'Psycho'. There are many points to consider when analysing the two films and I will explain in detail how these points relate to these films. Both films were made in the 1960's, 'The Birds' in 1963 and 'Psycho' in 1960. Alfred Hitchcock used many different techniques in both the films to create the suspense and frightening fear. For example in Psycho he uses very good ways to alter the light effects by making things darker. In 'The Birds' he uses different sound effects for the noises of the birds so they don't sound normal but they have a different sound all together. However, these are only a few techniques he uses...
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