'The Birds' Analysing Continuity

What principles of continuity are used here? How successfully?
The continuity in this scene is used very well and is extremely successfully.
The first bit of continuity is when she opens the front door. We see her on the outside of the door, and then when she is about to walk in, the camera has changed the angle and we see her from inside the house. Another good bit of continuity that I saw was when she was about to walk into the corridor. The camera follows behind her, up until she is at the entrance of the corridor, then the camera changes to a long shot of the corridor and we see her walk down to the last room. Continuity is also used when she walks into the room, and when she walks out. When she comes out of the room the camera angle changes back to the long shot. This is so we can see her expression when she runs out after what she saw. These are all successfully edited pieces of continuity within the scene.

What is the effect on the editing on the viewer? What are we meant to feel a different stages?
When she knocks on the door and nobody answers the viewer feels anxious to what will happen next. When the she opens the door the viewer may feel surprised and suspicious to why the door was open. Also another sequence that makes the atmosphere ambiguous for the viewer is when she sees the broken glasses. Here we see her reaction quite closely, when it zooms into her reaction this creates an intense and dramatic feeling. This is because when it zooms in it is quite quick and makes the viewer also think what might happen next. In the corridor we see her walk in quite cautiously, this is a good piece of editing to create suspense. As it is a long shot we can see all the way down if anything does happen also we can see her reaction and movements. When she is in the room and slowly sees what has happened they show her reaction to all of the things she looks at it. Here the viewer is meant to feel suspense, nervous and maybe anxiety when they see the dead man with no eyes. I think that the most effective shot is when she is running down the corridor out of the house, because we can see her running aimlessly whilst dropping some of her belongings. I think that this shows her reaction the best.

What is the best bit for you in this sequence in terms of learning new techniques?
The best bit for me in this sequence is when she is running out of the room/house. This is because good continuity is displayed when she walks out the room, and then the long shot of her reaction because as the viewer you see how she feels and that effects how you would feel as well. Also the long shot lets you see her whole body, whereas most of the reactions before were just of her face.