Analysing 'The Birds' "scary" scene

How many shots are there?
18
6 different types of shots

Where was the camera positiones for each shot?
1st - Establishing shot (tracking)
2nd - Mid-shot
3rd - Mid-Long shot (tracking)
4th - Low angle mid-shot (after zoomed in)
5th - Mid-shot (turning to long shot as character moves away from camera)
6th - Mid-shot
7th - Close-up (of room)
8th - Medium Close-up (of character)
9th - Mid-shot (of room)
10th - Medium close-up
11th - Close-up (dead mans feet)
12th - Medium close-up
13th - Long Shot (POV shot)
14th - Mid-Shot
15th - Close-up
16th - Medium Close-up
17th - Long shot
18th - Low angle close-up (after character runs towards camera)

What principles of continuity are used here? How successfully?
An example is at the beginning of the scene when she opens the door to let herself in the house. The camera goes from a mid-shot on the porch to a medium long shot inside the house - the switch of camera shots happen as soon as she enters the house with amazing precision bringing about great continuity.
When the character enters the room which has been trashed with a dead man in it there is much movement of the camera - it goes from the mid shots of the room (the camera showing the state of which it's in) to medium close-up shots of the character, showing her expressions and emotions at the sight - these are reaction shots. The shots go from room to character showing her every emotional change and giving a feel of the character to the audience.


What is the effect of the editing on the viewer? What are we meant to feel at different stages? 
The editing is done to give the film continuity and gives the audience a more realistic setting and actions in that setting which would help them empathise with the movie and character more and get them to watch more of the movie.
Due to the continuity, the emotions the audience feels, or is supposed to feel, are heightened due to the realism of it. When the character enters the house on her own since no-one answered the door would bring about questions to the audience and give them an ominous feeling about the house or what transpired there.
The way the camera moved in the destroyed room from the room to the character showed the emotions of the character every step of the way. The emotions felt there by the character should be similar to the ones the audience feels - shock and confusion and then horror and disgust with the sight of the dead man. The camera movements and editing, especially when it zooms into the dead man, helps emphasise the emotions the audience is feeling and shows the emotions the character is feeling at the same time.


What is the 'best bit' for you in this sequence in terms of learning new techniques and why?
 When the character enters the messy room as it allows us to see the emotions she felt at every step - allowing us to see what she saw and then showing us how she felt when she saw it. It was great as i saw such simple camera shots being used, some repeatedly, with such brilliance creating a stimulating scene with many emotions being built up from it - including when they first just show some feet with blood on them and then go on to show the whole dead body which continues to zoom in until it gets to the face. 'Simple is best'