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Final Film Critique: Get Out
The University of Arizona Global Campus
ENG 225: Introduction to Film
Final Film Critique: Get Out
The 2017 film Get Out written and directed by Jordan Peele, stars Daniel Kaluuya as
Chris, the African American photographer, and Allison Williams as Rose, Chris’ Caucasian
girlfriend. Chris finally agrees to meet Rose’s parents, Dean Armitage (Bradley Whitford), a
neurosurgeon, and Missy Armitage (Catherine Keener), a psychiatrist specializing in hypnosis,
for the first time at a weekend getaway she planned at her parents’ house. Chris feels edgy
because he does not know how his girlfriend’s family will treat him since they are White, and he
is Black. Upon their arrival, Chris is surprised to find the Armitage family to be rather
welcoming but begins feeling awkward when he notices the strange behavior from the only two
house workers who happen to be African American. The Armitage had an event planned for that
weekend and invited many of their friends. As Rose introduces Chris to the people at the event,
Chris starts feeling uncomfortable with some conversations. Once he feels the atmosphere
changing from weird and awkward to threatening, Chris decides it is time to leave. As he tries to
get out, he encounters many obstacles before he manages to make it out alive. This paper will
focus on the analyzation of this film through genre theory, explain some of its techniques and its
connection with society.
Genre Theory
Genre theory is a way in which films are categorized with the help of the mise-en-scène,
cinematography, and all the techniques that fall within those categories. The movie Get Out has
elements that leads it to categorized as both a horror and thriller. Horror films are designed to
bring fear and panic to their audience, cause dread and alarm, and conjure fear (Goodykoontz et
, al., 2019). A perfect example of this is noticed in the scene where Missy hypnotizes Chris. At
that moment the audience can feel the same fear and panic that Chris was feeling throughout the
hypnosis process. In showing what Missy was capable of doing, it allowed the viewers to get a
deeper understanding of Chris’ fear.
The main elements used for a thriller movie are suspense, excitement, and tension
(Mahamed, 2016). When Chris finally manages to flee from the Armitage home, as he drives
away in dismay and on the phone with the police, he hits Georgina, the housekeeper. He stops to
put her in the car, and as he begins to drive away, Rose comes out of the house with a gun and
shoots at the vehicle. When Georgina wakes up, it turns out she was not herself anymore, but
Rose’s grandmother possessed her. In anger, she attempts to take the wheel and causes them to
crash into a tree. With the suspense of what will happen next, the viewers can see Chris get out
of the vehicle, and to everyone’s surprise, he finds himself once again running away from Rose,
who continues to shoot at him. In chapter 11 of Film Genre Reader IV, Grant explains that
“while viewing a film one is able simultaneously to say something to the effect of “It is only a
movie,” yet also have distinct physiological responses--- sweating palms, for instance, or an
unsettled stomach… (Grant, 2012).” Although the audience knows it is just a movie, one can not
help but to feel these physiological response while watching this scene.
Evaluation of Technique # 1
Throughout this film it is seen that the producer used a variation of lighting techniques.
The choice of lighting technique used within this movie played a big role in what lead it to
become categorized as both a horror and a thriller. Although high-key lighting was used for some
scenes, the main lighting used throughout Get Out was low-key lighting. “Low-key lighting is
often used for intense dramatic scenes, horror films, mystery thrillers, and the like (Goodykoontz
et al., 2019).” Natural lighting was chosen by the producer during to show comfort and calmness
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