Get Out Film Techniques

The movie Get Out is a horror-thriller that tackles systematic racism. Jordan Peele, who directed the movie was nominated best original screenplay, best picture, best actor, and best director. He ultimately won best original screenplay. With that being said, it has incredible visual effects, forecasting, and symbolism. The movie occurs in a modern day society with an African American male (Chris) dating a white female (Rose). Five months into the relationship she then introduces them to each other for the first time at her parents house. It would take a turn when he put the pieces together and finds out that Rose and her family were not the typical suburb family they portraying to be. Get out is a movie of theory and can be taken into many
Soon after you are taken to a scene where you see a the camera moving around Chris’s apartment. It focuses on his artwork hanged on the walls which happened to be in black and white. While you’re focus on the artwork in the background Redbone by Childish Gambino is playing. The lyrics state “stay woke” and is said multiple times during that scene. It can later be a reference to Chris who needs to be alert during his stay with Rose’s parents. While on the way to Rose’s parents home, Chris’s good friend Rod Williams, calls him and jokingly states the advice he gave him “don’t go to white girl’s parents house” which is something stereotypical to state when it comes to the suppose dangers on a black man dating a white woman. During the drive, Chris and Rose begin to joke with each causing her to be distracted from the road and striking a deer. Even though, Chris was not driving the white policeman asked him for his I.D provoking Rose to intervene and voice that there was no reason for that when he was doing nothing wrong. It brings up the issue a black man endures in which most cases a white policeman is racially