Disney Pixar: for the birds animation

Beginning : one bird on a telephone wire enjoying the space

Middle : more little birds come and take up the room a big bird comes and hogs the remaining space

End: Birds get thrown off and lose feathers and big bird gets last laugh


Begins with company logo which is standard with PIXAR films. It goes straight into the title sequence, there is a tracking shot along the telephone wire introducing us to the scene. Music plays through out the whole film by increasing and decreasing volume when sounds are heard and thing are said. The non diegetic sound is the music which creates an atmosphere. The diegetic sounds is of the birds which sound like squeaky toys and the little bit of dialogue the big bird makes which is "Hi" which sounds childish as if resembling primary school and there is a new student.

Cut to a close up of birds arguing over the space they have on the wire. zoom out to show the amount of small birds on the wire all arguing and how they stop we see the wind from what ever went past or what has arrived. long shot of big bird as if looking from the closest birds point of view, medium close up of the small birds reaction to the big bird as they appear from behind the closest one. medium close up of big bird then back to the small birds using a shot reverse shot having a silent conversation. Zoom out to see how the small birds react to the new arrival. medium shot as big bird waits in anticipation we as the audience feel sorry for him because he seems dumb and the small birds are picking on him despite them being cuter. cut to an establishing shot of them moving away from him, close up as they discuss him. long shot of the big entering the space taking this as a acceptance, medium shot of the birds as they fall out of shot this is affective because the audience want to follow where they have gone. close up as little birds slide towards big bird and cry out in pain. close up as big bird celebrates the how the bird pecks him and he flips upside down. cut to a close up of birds foot moving and extreme close up of two birds reaction, by putting these two shots side by side we see that a plan has come into there head and what they want to move. long shot of problem being created by their plan. Zoom into a medium shot of the birds expressions as they get thrown out of shot and feathers scatter. A diegetic twang happens as they get thrown. close up of featherless birds , medium shot as they are embarrassed and panic as the big bird laughs. the end credits are a cloud which remains the background through out the film, there is no change of location but the different section of sky use in each camera angle makes it feel different.

Despite there hardly being no English except the occasional "hi"and jumbled words from the big bird, there was mainly squeaks from the little birds because their reactions and facial expressions and also the pitch the squeak was at you could tell what they are feeling.