🚪 Get Out – Opening Sequence Viewing Questions
Jordan Peele’s Get Out begins quietly — a man walks alone through a quiet neighborhood — but in under five minutes, it becomes clear: this is horror with a purpose.
This printable and digital resource is designed to help students critically watch and analyze the opening sequence of Get Out with attention to race, fear, symbolism, and film form. It includes both pre-viewing reflection questions and close viewing prompts, supporting respectful and meaningful classroom conversations.
✨ What’s Included
- 📄 Printable PDF with 30+ thoughtful questions
- 💻 Google Docs version available for digital assignment or classroom integration
- 🧠 Structured in two parts:
- Pre-viewing prompts to activate prior knowledge and prep for deeper thinking
- Close viewing questions for the opening 14 minutes of the film, up to the first meeting with Rose’s family
🎬 What Students Will Analyze
- Use of lighting, music, framing, and camera angles to build tone and suspense
- How Peele establishes race and power dynamics before any dialogue about racism begins
- Symbolism in details like the deer, the police stop, and the white car
- Subversion of genre expectations and foreshadowing
📚 Skills Supported
- Media and film literacy
- Critical race awareness and discussion
- Visual symbolism and metaphor
- Character analysis and subtext interpretation
- Thematic scaffolding for later scenes or full film analysis
🧑🏫 Perfect For:
- High school ELA, Film Studies, or Social Justice curriculum
- Teachers using Get Out to explore race, media, and metaphor
- College prep and honors students exploring modern horror as literary film
- Classrooms that value structure for critical discussion of real-world themes
For Educators Planning to Show Get Out:
Don’t miss this related post →
📝 How to Teach Get Out Respectfully: Critical Conversations & Norms for Discussing Race in the Classroom
This blog post walks through how to introduce the film with care and purpose, especially in majority-white classrooms or mixed-level discussion groups.
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