Get Out (2017)

I remember when this film first came out, and the reviews were pretty good about the film, and I have to agree the film had an interesting concept and some of the shots were visually stunning.

Two shots stood out to me the most. The first was the hypnosis shot with the main character falling into the trance with his eyes fully open. They've used a lens that has a shallow aperture, possibly a 50mm to make everything around the character slowly fade out of focus leaving the character left in focus. The reason it works so well is that it feels like we're slowly getting hypnotized with him and that we feel like we're losing the main character as he slips under losing himself in the real world.

Following this is my next favorite shot which is where the main character has fell into the trance. He is floating in a black space as he loses control of his body, still able to see though his eyes at what's happening around him. This shot works so well because its that empty void of nothingness and being able to see everything that happens to him. The void for me represents the loss of control that is held for the character, a forever prison. It also has a VHS vibe going for it, with the whole thing feeling like what we the other side of the VHS look like, this for me created an almost nostalgic feeling because it had that feel and look towards the outside world.

I want to create a film where we go inside the character's mind to fight or observe what's going on inside their head and I think this is definitely one way I want to experiment with to have a creative way to do this.