Textual analysis - Key scene ('Get out' (2017))

Mise-en-scene
- Lighting puts him in a silhouette - Indicates danger

Camera 
Movement - front tracking
Shot type - Medium shot

Editing 
- Linear
- All 1 shot

Sound
- Off-screen sound - radio
- Contrapuntal


Analyse how Mis-en-Scene elements contributed to the construction of stereotypes in a media product you have studied - 15 marks

4 paragraphs
PEET - Point, Evidence, Explain, Theory

Intro

'analyse how mise-en-scene elements contributed to the construction of stereotypes in a media product you have studied'. 15 marker

4 paragraphs
pointexampleexplaintheory  - optional


In the opening scene of 'Get Out' (2017) mise en scene is constructed to comment on stereotypes.the protagonist is the victim of an attack that takes place at night time. in terms of the location, it is set in a predominantly white neighbourhood. this challenges the stereotype because a black man is being attacked in a white neighbourhood at night and is seen as vulnerable which opposes the dominant representation, however it conforms to the binary opposition theory founded by Levi-Strauss.

The black against white stereotype is portrayed in this scene as the protagonist is on the phone discussing how he feels threatened in the white neighbourhood 'I stick out like a sore thumb' and his body language immediately turns to a sense of fear when the car approaches him. This is further reinforced by his casual clothing. this conforms to the black vs white stereotype as the black man feels threatened by his surroundings, which enhances the separation of black vs white people which forebodes what is going to happen later on in the film.

Furthermore, another stereotype portrayed in this is gender, specifically the fact that men are predominantly big and strong. The reason this stereotype is contradicted in this is that the main character is walking through a neighbourhood and is attacked and taken. The reason this contradicts the stereotype is due to how easy it was for him to be taken, the clip shows that he didn't put up a large struggle instead put up a little struggle and was then taken. This further contradicts the stereotype because if he complied to the stereotype he would have continued to fight until he was free. 

'Analyse how camera language has been used to construct the narrative in a media product you have studied ' (12 markers)

The opening scene of 'Get Out' (2017) uses a number of tracking shots, the use of these helps to reflect the feeling of the character being followed. The reason for this is because if the camera continuously follows him it shows us how the villain is also following him, it also helps to portray the indication that there is danger coming, the danger comes in the form of him bring attacked and kidnapped. The theory this links to is Altman's theory, the reason this links to his theory is because it creates a jump scare, this is done through the camera angle and the fact it follows him around and doesn't show around him.

Furthermore, varied camera shots help to portray the feeling of fear and anxiety.  Some of the camera shots they used are; out of focus (when looking at the car with the main character in the shot), long shots, close-ups and mid shots. The varied shot types create a sense of fear because there is no consistency in the shots so the viewer isn't able to get comfortable with the current shot before it is changed. The reason this creates fear is that the viewer will be taken off guard so will have to then get used to the new camera angle. Also, it doesn't show the whole scene so the viewer doesn't know what is coming and that creates the suspense.