Get Out Day 2

Today, November 6th, 2018, we watched Get Out directed by Jordan Peele in 2017 and applied the cinematic lenses we learned about yesterday. A cinematic lens is a way to view texts and see the links from product to craft.

Cinematic Lenses:

• Environmental Lens- links between product and environment
• Social Lens- links between product and society
• Political Lens- links between product and politics

The Social Lens	The Political Lens
Representation of Problems Racism- arguing over what is racism	Fear of being black in this country Police Representation of Race

The two lenses the movie primarily focuses on is the societal and political lens. When applied to Get Out, the director critiques society through a black man being targeted and kidnapped, a high-handed policeman, and underhanded remarks from Rose’s brother.

The social lens deals how the product interacts with groups of people. The examples to follow as we watch Get Out are:

Societal:

• Peoples relationships throughout the movie
• Groups of people:
• Community- Among which characters is there a sense of community?
• Unity- In what situations are the characters united?
• Division- What divides the characters?

Political:

• The government’s decisions- What role does the government play in the film?
• Rules and power- Is there a hierarchy?

In class, we analyzed the Sparta High School cafeteria with a social and political lens.

-Socially:

• Brings people together
• Friend groups, at each table

-Politically:

• Older= more power
• Divided by grade
• 9th grade-> by the bathrooms
• EAT ON THE FLOOR
• Teachers to keep control

In class examples for the assignment:

Social: Chris asks Rose “Do your parents know I am black?”

Political: The cop asks Chris for his ID, even though he was not driving.

My personal examples:

Social:

• The housekeeper and groundskeeper are black.
• Chris’ friend says “Don’t go to a white girl’s parents house”.
• The unknown man at the beginning says “Not Today.

The movie implies that there is a culture of people of color being scared for their lives, but diverges to a horror movie.

Political:

• The housekeeper and groundskeeper are black.
• The white dad says “I would have voted for Obama for a third term”
• Example of Trump Era Racism