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The Birds : First Seagull Attack

After Melanie (Tippi Hedren) leaves love birds for Cathy (Veronica Cartwright) in the Brenner home, she is attacked by a seagull. At a restaurant, Mitch (Rod Taylor) persuades Lydia (Jessica Tandy) to invite Melanie to dinner.

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camera leading, canted frame, continuity editing, crosscutting, cut-in, diegetic sound, dolly out, dolly shot, establishing shot, extreme long shot, eyeline match, following shot, long shot, mask, match on action, medium close-up, medium shot, point-of-view shot, rear projection, rhythmic editing, shot/reverse shot, tracking shot

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LGBTQ: Cisgender Female, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Woman, White, White: White American

"First Seagull Attack" in The Birds. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, 1963, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=3630

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