The Birds - Crows in the Plaground

The scene starts of with a cross between a long shot and an establishing shot where we see both Melanie and the play set. Melanie looks over her shoulder and starts to smoke a cigarette. you can also see that her arms are crossed and she has a slightly frowning face. we are looking at nothing but there is still a slight build up of tension. she checks her watch and every now and again she looks over her shoulder. These are little tell-tell signs that Melanie is nervous and the intensify as the scene progresses, especially as more and more birds gather on the play set. The scene starts cutting back and forth from her and the gathering of birds, Melanie's behaviour is making the view more anxious over something as small and mundane as a crow. Melanie, herself, is trying to ignore the birds and dismiss them as normal until she notices one fly above her and turns to face the play set. From here both Melanie and the audience realise that the playground is, in fact being invaded by the crows.