Genre Research: Get Out

Get Out is about Chris and his girlfriend, Rose, that have reached the

meet-the-parents milestone of dating. She invites him for a weekend

getaway upstate with Missy and Dean (her parents). At first, Chris thinks

her family's overly nice behavior to try to deal with their daughter's interracial

relationship. However as the weekend goes on, weird things lead him to a

something that he never could have imagined. Get out is a thriller that did very

well in theaters. 

In Get Out, the camera angles that were in the movie were all used to create a

feeling that the director wanted the audience to feel. Example of camera angles

include: Close-up shots, high angle shots, and low angle shots. Costumes used in

the movie ranged from inner city clothing to rural clothing as the movie goes on.

Lighting used in the film changes from the mood and tone of the scene. For example,

in the beginning of the film, the boyfriend and the girlfriend are a happy couple, therefore

the lighting is going to reflect that being bright and warm toned. As the movie goes on,

the lighting reflects how the protagonist feels, cold and scared. The actors in the film

fit the role that they were meant to play. The makeup in the film is nothing out of the

ordinary, normal makeup for the time period the movie was set in. The props used in

the movie were based on the setting of the scene. For example, when the scene was

set in the rural upstate where the girlfriend’s parents were, the props were farming tools.

Since Get Out is a thriller, the editing reflects that. The editing has jump cuts, flashback

sequences, and some match cuts. The editing stays somewhat the same
throughout the movie to build the suspense and tension that the audience feels. The sound throughout the movie is dialogue, diegetic sound when outside, and non-diegetic sounds. 

There are many things I liked about this movie. Since I gravitate more towards

movies that fall into the genre of thriller, I almost always can conclude if it’s a good

movie that fits into its genre or not. However, I feel that Get Out does fit into its genre

of thriller. There is a HUGE psychological factor that comes with watching

this movie, I love that.