Get Out Jordan Peele

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Get out, is horror film that was released in 2017. The movie was written and directed by Jordan Peele, who I love. The film stars Daniel Kaluuya who played the character Chris and Allison Williams who played Rose. Of course, there are many other stars but these were the leading roles. Moving forward, the movie layout was based around an interracial couple. Rose who is a Caucasian woman is dating Chris who is an African American male. The couple had plans to visit Rose’s family. Of course Rose knew what Chris was getting into but he did not. The family plays a huge role as well because there is a horrifying secret which can lead to a nightmare for some; which the family kept from Chris. Rose would date African American men and introduced them …show more content…

I enjoyed the movie. Of course people are going to think racist thoughts when I say I enjoyed the movie. However, after watching the film a few times I started looking at the objects in the movie, trying to piece together meanings and hints the movie would give. One being, the fruit loops cereal and the milk. It gave the meaning that fruit loops are colored and milk is white. The reasons Rose did not put the milk in her cereal is because it was giving the belief whites and colors should be separate. Second being, the cotton that was put in Chris’s ears toward the end, gave off another racial hit. Third being, the movie’s sound track as well, the words in the track were hinting to Chris that he needs to “get out.” Even Peele the writer and director stated it was giving him a warning that something is coming to watch his back. The Silver Spoon is another connection- a figure of speech to describe privilege. The Silver Spoon then lead to the sunken place which we know targets the African American in regards to incarceration. The cameras flash when Chris took a picture of the African American guy he began to hit reality and told Chris to “get out.” The way Peele made the movie and how much of a thought process was put into the movie made the movie …show more content…

These are others reasons as to why the movie made a big hit as well. Think about it, from the cereal to the cotton to the silver spoon to the soundtrack these are small things that led to huge deals. I never caught this the first time watching the movie. I always watch a movie one to four times trying to grasp the meaning behind camera movements as well as prop meanings. When you start grasping all of this stuff when watching a movie you then are able to put two and two together and are able to understand the movie better. For instance, the shot reverse shots when the conversing was going on made me feel like I was a part of the movie at some points. The reaction shots that were happening when Chris took the shot of the African American and when the mom was putting Chris in the sunken place is what made the audience intrigued. The sounds in the movie such as the sound track and the certain sounds when certain people met you knew something was bound to happen and these are things the audience dies for. The mise en scene, editing, sounds and cinematography are all things that make connections to movies. For me at least, I can say this is what I look for in a movie. Moving forward is you are looking to go more depth into movies and actually understand them I would recommend taking The Language of Film, which some colleges do

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