In the critically acclaimed and contemporary film “ Get Out” directed by Jordan Peele, illustrates the raw and honest viewpoints of the main character Chris and his role of photography, for being seen as a weapon, symbolism, and safety.
From the second sequence of scenes in “ Get Out”, The audience is shown a montage of Chris’s photography works in his own apartment. The pictures that are being displayed during the montage display the “ rawness “ in Chris’s photography. The first picture displayed is a pregnant woman in a very urban setting. Uniquely, this picture depicts the diverse ongoing range of people who live in New York City, with combining elements of portraying new life in this modern age. The next shot of Chris Photography is
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a black man carrying a sack of balloons. In like manner of the first picture, It demonstrates the subtle happiness in urban areas. Coincidentally, all of the pictures are taken in black and white, which represents a raw and honest message of black and white can coexist. Furthermore in this apartment scene, Childish Gambino’s song “ Redbone “ is being played in the background of the apartment. The song fortifies the aspect of photography in this film by demonstrating that your eyes are also the camera in the lyrics “ don’t close your eyes”. Additionally, that one lyrical line represents the raw and honest viewpoint of the film. Moreover, these scenes of Chris’s photography set up the role of his eyes and camera being an extension of himself and how he is a trained observer in this film. In the collecting of scenes from the pre-garden party to the ongoing garden party, Chris is with his camera and is deeply observing the place he is in.
His camera is an extension of his eyes through these scenes, for he needs his camera to really see and notice what is going on. As a result of this, Jordan Peele outs out three scenes of where we see through Chris’s photographic view on the current situation that is happening. The first instance of Chris noticing an off sense is the scene in which Georgina is fixing her scare in the mirror. The second instance is when Chris stumbled upon Rose’s father pointing out Chris to potential “ buyers”. Additionally, in this instance, it portrays a slavery-like image of a slave auction. The third instance of Chris’s photographic observation is when he zooms in on Andre dressed entirely like a white person. In due time, all three of these instances of Chris’s observations give Chris a sense of what is really going on at the Armitage’s family home. Furthermore, these scenes of Chris’s photography at the garden party, illustrate how his camera is a symbol of safety and is playing the raw and honest viewpoint. His safety with his camera gives him the observing eye to gather his thoughts on what is going on and to escape. His photography is gathering evidence, which displays the symbol of how cameras are the new voice of the black population to record what is occurring such as racial clashes, police shootings, and crimes against society. Jordan Peele ineptly set up this symbol through Chris’s photography at the garden party and will further on be what saves Chris from his dooming
fate. The photography in the beginning scenes of “ Get Out “ is symbolized by providing Chris his safety, but it coincidentally turns into a symbol of a weapon and liberty to allow Chris and other black people in this film to escape the explicit actions being condoned by Rose's Family. The first scene that the camera is seen as liberating is when Chris subtly tries to take a picture of Andre. The scene later proceeds into Andre being freed from the foreign brain that is in his body, with the chilling shouts of “ GET OUT”. The second scene is when Chris is being strangled by Roses Grandpa and he is able to do the same liberating picture taking to free the black man’s body. His photography essentially saves his life and others which is a symbol of how impactful the camera is in the modern day age. Furthermore, the symbolism of the flash of the camera represents the hope that is displayed in black culture, that they will be essentially liberated from the grasp of racism. The film utterly demonstrates how powerful the use of the camera and the natural eye are. In like manner, Jordan Peele illustrates that cameras give the unwilling power to reveal which is demonstrated through Chris’s photography and his raw and honest viewpoint. Essentially, it displays on how impactful the camera is to black culture and the ongoing war against racism.
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