Anatomy of a Scene

 The movie I chose to analyze is Get Out (2017). 

      This scene in Get Out is a dramatic scene that takes the previous suspicions in the movie and makes them feel more real and confusing. This scene lets the viewer know something serious is going on and builds suspicion. The people besides Chris (the protagonist) and Andre(the guy in the hat), were trying to make it seem like everything is normal and cover up their secret. The scene starts out with a somewhat weird question, which is presented as a normal cross cut conversation scene. Chris turns the question over to Andre, who gives an answer Chris did not expect. While Andre is talking, the scene is cut to a shot of Chris’s camera flash, there is a wide shot of the surprised reaction of the group, which makes the situation feel more weird. It cuts to Andre and this scene is dead quiet which makes the scene more dramatic as it shows Andre’s pained expression and blood dripping from his nose. The silence is then broken with sounds of water and dramatic music while Andre starts saying then screaming “get out” while he walks toward the protagonist. Andre is shown pushing Chris screaming “Get Out”, there are multiple cuts in this scene showing different angles which makes it feel fast and chaotic. Andre is then pulled away screaming and the sound of his scream is used in a L-cut which carries over to a calm scene of the group talking in the living room.

Synopsis of The Devil Wears Prada 

      The opening of the movie cross-cuts between Andy(the protagonist) and other women getting ready for work. This scene shows how Andy is different from the other women that work at the fashion magazine she was applying for. Shortly after Andy gets to the place she is applying to, the boss(Miranda) shows up earlier than expected. This turns into a fast pace scene with the cross-cuts of different people in the office running around trying to make everything look perfect, while Andy is confused, and Miranda calmly walks to the building. During this scene the camera moves with the characters movements adding to the fast pace feel of the scene. Andy gets the job, and starts the job in a happy relationship, has friends, does not care much about her appearance or fashion. Andy struggles her way through the job, which is shown by fast pace cuts of her doing vague tasks assigned by Miranda, while receiving an endless amount of phone calls from work. After wanting to quit, Andy is confronted by a co-worker saying he does not want to hear her complain when she does not take her job seriously. Andy then gets a makeover, and she tries harder at her job. Andy starts putting her job before her family, friends, and boyfriend. Andy later begins to see how putting work first has affected Miranda’s family and marriages. She also begins to see how people are willing to mislead and exploit others within the business to get ahead. Miranda says she sees herself in Andy, Andy denies this but then realizes it is true. After this realization Andy quits, makes up with her boyfriend, applies to a job in journalism, which is where she wanted to work in the first place. Andy then finds out she got a good recommendation from Miranda, which she did not expect. The movie ends with Andy walking past her old job and she sees Miranda, Miranda does not acknowledge Andy’s wave but smiles to herself as Andy passes.