“The vast amount of birds flocking above towns and outlying districts, causing destruction and damage to even attacking individuals.” This is a quote from the short story “The Birds,” by Daphne du Maurier. That quote is also representing the plot, which remains the same with both the story and movie, by Alfred Hitchcock. “The Birds” is presented by a short story written by author Daphne du Maurier, and a movie directed and filmed by Alfred Hitchcock. They both have the conflict of numerous birds attacking their town. Although the conflict is the same, there are several, if not more pieces that are different between the short story and the film. Minding the differences between the two, I think the short story gives off a better experience to the audience that the movie, since it is in more of an isolated setting than the movie, and has more of an apocalyptic surrounding. As stated before, there are more differences than similarities between the short story and the film. One of the main differences …show more content…
In the movie, the setting is in Bodega Bay, San Francisco. The short story’s setting is in England. In the story, however, the bird attacks are worldwide, while the film only has one bird attack in Bodega Bay. Since the attacks in the story are worldwide, there is less hope for Nat, since there isn’t anywhere he can really hide or escape to. The movie, however, since it only has a bird attack in one town, can have the characters escape the bird-infested town and seek safety. One last difference is that the story gives some ideas about what the birds’ reasons are for attacking. Some quotes from du Maurier's short story are “I suppose the weather brought them.” “The intense hunger may drive these birds to attack human beings.” “The Russians have poisoned the birds.” In the film, the only suggested reason was that Melanie Daniels was a witch, which was brought up by a village woman who was mad at Melanie
One of the main similarities I noticed between the short story and the movie was that the movies both had something to do with experimental medicine and science, trying to make someone more like other people, without a disability. They both had something medical that doctors thought would be a miracle if the experiment worked. The short story and ...
'The Birds' is a film made in the 1960's based on the short story 'The
The plot of both stories is quite similar. They are both about hunting larger prey to
The Birds is a thriller/horror movie that took place in 1963. Melanie Daniels is a semi rich and always gets what she wants. Mitch and to not get attacked by the birds. These birds become so vicious and wild that they begin to take over people’s everyday life. One day when Melanie and Mitch are in a restaurant the birds begin to attack people outside the restaurant. Melanie steps out to the phone booth to take an important call and causes unhappy birds to surround her waiting for her to exit.
There are few similarities between the book and the movie. Usually most movies are similar to
The movie and the story had some of the same characters but some weren't exactly the same. The movie introduced many different characters and changed some of the others. For example, the movie had the plant lady and had the mentor of Anderton as the founders of Precrime while in the book, Anderton was the only founder of Precrime. Also, Witwer wasn't blond he had black hair and Kapler wasn't named Kapler he was named Crow. In the story they had the red head Fleming who did not exist
These two films are not only similar on these surface levels, but also in their narrative structure and intent as well. Dorothy and Alice, both find themselves trapped in a world of their own fantasy, but with no context on how to navigate their way home. They are then lead by an array of strange characters who guide them on their journey. Dorothy meets the scarecrow, the tin man, the cowardly lion, and so on. While Alice crosses paths with the white rabbit, the cheshire cat, the mad hatter, and so on. With the assistance of their companions, both heroines maneuver their way through the challenges each fantasy presents. Perhaps the biggest similarity these films share narratively, is the underlying emphasis on empathy and perspective. Both
The differences that were made from the short story create a more detailed plot for the movie. There were many subtle changes that also made drastic changes to the movie for example, the man at the desk. In the movie the man at the desk did not talk much however, in the short story the man played a big part to the plot of the short story. At the beginning of the short story the man explains how Keith was elected for president instead of deutscher but after the incident the man reveals the change in history by talking about how deutscher was elected. Another important difference from the short story and the movie is the one who caused the change in history. In the short story Eckles is the one who stepped on the butterfly however in the movie Middleton is the one who steps on the butterfly. A key difference in the movie compared to
Another similarity in the book and movie is that the characters have to go against their morals in order to decide what to do in certain situations. An example of this in the book is when Skip realises he would have to trespass and steal in order for him to keep himself and his friends alive. Or in...
In both the novel and movie focus on the war. The war influences the characters to enroll.Also, the main setting is at the Devon School. However, in the novel Gene visits Leper at his house but in the movie Leper lives in the woods.In the novel Gene is coming back to the Devon School 15 years later.However, in the book he is coming to Devon as a new student.Therefore, similarities and differences exist in time and setting in the novel and the movie.In the novel and the movie there are similarities and differences in events, character, and time and setting.
... almost nothing alike from a superficial aspect. The stories have different historical contexts and they simply don’t have much in common to the average audience. It is easy to contrast the stories, but deep within certain elements, the stories can be linked in several ways.
The setting in the movie differs from the setting in the short story in a few ways. The setting in the movie dives into larger detail in many of the scenes such as in the beginning flood scene. The flood scene setting in the movie reveals an eerie, strong, storm with a flood that resembles a river and flashing scenes of antique Indian statues, whereas in the story, Rudyard Kipling plainly states that there was a flood. Personally, I also felt that Rudyard Kipling leads you into thinking that many of the settings appear one way, but they do not seem this way in the movie. Some specific examples of these settings include the house and garden. The house...
In the movie “the curious case of Benjamin button”, it had many differences from the short story. In the movie Benjamin’s life was planned out differently from the short story, and had a better closure. “The curious case of Benjamin button” both the short story and the movie were great, but the story of the movie was completely rewired from its short story version .
many similarities,the differences in the two stories stand out magnificently. In the film Life Is
Since both the movie and the book focus on that one line, they are both more similar than different.