Post-racial lie and film: Semiotic analysis of the film Get Out

Diplomsko delo temelji na semiotični analizi filma Get Out (2017) izpod režiserske taktirke Jordana Peeleja. S semiotično analizo in s pomočjo sekundarnih virov sem raziskala, kako Jordan Peele v filmu Get Out prikaže obstanek fizičnih in psiholoških ran suženjstva v Združenih državah Amerike po Obamovem mandatu. Glavni namen naloge je orisati realnost, ki jo v ZDA doživljajo temnopolti v obdobju barvno slepega rasizma in “post-rasne” laži, ko so belci in črnci enakovredni le navidezno. V teoretskem delu se osredotočam na teorije semiotike, filmskega jezika in reprezentacije temnopoltih v žanru grozljivke. Sledijo ikonografija analiziranega filma in semiotična analiza elementov mizanscene in motivov filma ter podrobnejša analiza stereotipa črnega jelena. Nadaljujem s subverzijo žanra grozljivke v filmu Get Out ter analizo motivov likov zadnjega dekleta in temnopoltega moškega, ki umre prvi. V zadnjem poglavju si pogledamo, kako film odseva podobo sodobnih ZDA po Obamovem mandatu ter si podrobneje ogledamo pojme, kot so post-rasno obdobje, barvno-slepi rasizem in policijsko nasilje.The thesis is based on a semiotic analysis of the film Get Out (2017) directed by Jordan Peele. Through semiotic analysis and with the help of secondary sources, I explored how Jordan Peele depicts the survival of the physical and psychological wounds of slavery in the United States after Obama’s mandate. The main purpose of the thesis is to outline the reality experienced by black people in the United States in a period of color-blind racism and “post-racial” lie in which whites and blacks are only seemingly equal. In the theoretical part, I focus on the theories of semiotics, film language, and the representation of black people in the horror genre. The iconography of the analyzed film and the semiotic analysis of mise-en-scène elements and film motifs, as well as a more detailed analysis of the black buck stereotype, follow. I continue with a subversion of the horror genre in the film Get Out and an analysis of the motifs of the characters of the last girl and the black man who dies first. In the final chapter, we look at how the film reflects the image of the modern USA after Obama’s mandate and learn more about concepts of the post-racial era, color-blind racism, and police violence