i can't take credit for the script -- it's a shot-by-shot remake of the scene from the movie. but the birds were put in only after realizing i wouldn't be able to cut all their shots. although they were in mind from the beginning i didn't want to do the extra work, modeling & rigging an additional character and animating the crowd scenes, if i didn't have to. but i couldn't cut the last two bird (actually kids in the movie) shots without seriously editing the soundtrack. it just boiled down to what i could do faster -- include the birds or edit the kids from the soundtrack. you're probably happy the birds won.