The clip I chose was the “Run Rabbit Run” scene in Jordan Peele’s, “Get Out” (2017). In this scene, a young black man named Logan is walking down the street of an affluent neighborhood, noting that he, “sticks out like a sore thumb”. A car appears and drives past Logan, to no surprise. When this car pulls a U-turn and drives slowly along towards Logan, he becomes suspicious, being the only person on that street. Turning the other way, Logan walks off, mumbling, “not today”, when he turns back and sees the driver’s door open, and becomes worried. Without any warning, a person off-camera steps into frame, and subdues Logan, kidnapping him by stuffing him into the trunk. As a whole, this movie serves as a look into racism in today’s society.

In the beginning there are a few sounds that are diegetic, as you can hear the buzzing in the background, and mostly, the lack of sound that one could imagine while walking down a street. This is able to back the idea that Logan is walking by himself, in an empty environment. All this works until the loneliness is interrupted by the noise of a car coming down. When the car comes back to Logan, “Run Rabbit Run” can be heard by both Logan, and the viewer, playing from the car’s speaker, foreshadowing, by showing what Logan should be doing, running. This even paints Logan as the metaphorical “rabbit”, about to be hunted. This establishes a very uneasy, nervewracking feeling for the audience, knowing full well, what is supposed to happen for Logan, even though he doesn’t know. The analysis is tied up when the same song is played, however it turns into nondiegetic sound, only being able to be heard by the audience, turning the mood into one of impotency, the song taking over the moment at hand, knowing that nothing can be done for Logan. As the kidnapper pulls Logan towards the car, violent sounds on a violin can be heard as nondiegetic sounds, ending the restlessness, that is the kidnapping scene.

In this scene, there is the rhythm in the beginning, which sets up the scene so that there is a slow rhythm, not letting the audience know what to expect. Then “Run Rabbit Run” plays, pushing the rhythm to a faster tempo, enticing the audience to find out how this plays out. Ultimately, after the crescendo of the music, the violin serves as the end of a very tense scene.