The movie “Get Out” (2017), directed by Jordan Peele, is about an African-American man named Chris who is dating a white woman named Rose. Rose convinces Chris to spend a weekend with her at her parents home. After many weird interactions with the people that reside at Rose’s estate, whether they be workers or Rose’s own parents, Chris still chooses to remain at the estate. It is not until Rose’s parents host a party full of Caucasians that Chris notices that something is off. After discovering that many African Americans have been lured into Rose’s estate so that rich white people could obtain a new set of eyes through surgical procedures, Chris finally decides to escape.

The opening scene shows a black man walking through a white suburban neighborhood in the middle of the night. He is talking on the phone with somebody, telling the person that the neighborhood looks “creepy” and that he looks “like a sore thumb.” This is an example of a diegetic sound. As he continues walking, a car passes by, but a few seconds later we see the same car make its way towards him and it comes to a halt as soon as it reaches him. The sound of the engine running is also a diegetic sound. Here, we hear another diegetic sound, which is a song called “Run Rabbit Run” that is playing in the car. Very quickly, the man decides to turn around and walk in the opposite direction. As he is walking, he notices that the driver’s door is open and that’s when the music is turned up to the point where it becomes nondiegetic because there’s no way the car radio could’ve played it that loudly as it was meters away from the man. The song keeps on repeating the same words, saying “run rabbit run. ” It is because of this song that the man that is about to be kidnapped and the audience get an uncanny feeling that something bad is about to happen. I believe that, at first, the song was warning the man, telling him to leave as quickly as possible because just like a rabbit, he has become the prey. But as soon as the man with the mask has his arms wrapped around the other man, the sound only intensifies to make the audience feel what the prey is feeling, which is fear. The other examples of a diegetic sound is the sound of the man struggling against the other man’s hold and the car driving away. The song’s harmony is consonant because the words, the rhythm, and the instruments do not clash. They actually run smoothly, which may appear intriguing to the public eye because it’s a horror movie but the song sounds almost comical and pleasing, which leaves the audience wondering what this movie has in store for them.