The clip I decided to watch was the opening scene of the movie “Get out”. The movie is about an African-American named Chris who is dating a young white female named Rose. Rose wants to introduce her significant other to her parents so they plan a trip to visit. Once they arrive, he is introduced to Dean, who is a neurosurgeon and Missy who is a psychiatrist. Chris is a little shy and anxious to introduce himself because he does not know if he will be accepted due to his race, but Rose keeps assuring him that they will. Throughout the story things become suspicious and Chris ends up in a deranged situation and struggles to try to “get out” of this house. In the opening scene, a young man is presented walking around a residential area, lost trying to find his way, hence why he says “you got me out here in this creepy, confusing a** suburb” as he continues walking a white car passes by him and then turns around. The car proceeds to follow him and then is put to a stop once he stops to turn around and look at it. The young man starts to walk in the opposite direction he was walking in, turns around and sees the driver’s car door is open, then gets strangled by a person in all black attire and his body is dragged to the car and drove away.

The diegetic sounds you hear in the clip are the sounds of crickets while the guy is walking and you hear dogs barking. and as he continues walking we see and hear a car coming and so does the character. We then hear it pulls to a stop when the character stops walking and you can hear the song “Run Rabbit Run” playing from the car. Then as he continues walking the car starts to go again soon after that. The nondiegetic sound we hear is after the one guy throws the other guy’s body in the car and you can hear the sound of strings playing harsh notes as the car drives away.

The song “Run Rabbit Run” adds a sense of irony to the clip. The reason being is because even though the song sounds like its upbeat the lyrics are kind of dark because it’s saying how a rabbit should run away before it gets shot by the farmer. So I think it’s trying to send across a message that the guy should have ran before something bad happened to him but it was too late. The sounds of the strings at the end of the clip gives a sense of suspense and also a sense of danger because they are making a harsh sound instead of a pretty one, so we know that something else is going to happen in the movie thats not going to be good.