A deep-dive into the way Jordan Peele uses colour to scare, hint at plot twists, and otherwise provide subliminal meaning to his social horror films.
[Note that this video includes spoilers for Get Out, Us, and Nope.]
TIMECODES:
0:00 0. Jordan Peele: Social Horror Auteur
1:51 1. Peele's Colour Psychology
3:29 2. Get Out
11:01 3. Us
15:39 4. Nope
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GET OUT (2017) Universal Pictures
Directed By: Jordan Peele
Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Catherine Keener, Caleb Landry Jones, LaKeith Stanfield, Betty Gabriel, Stephen Root, Marcus Henderson, Lil Rey Howery
US (2019) Universal Pictures
Directed By: Jordan Peele
Starring: Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
NOPE (2022) Universal Pictures
Directed By: Jordan Peele
Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun, Brandon Perea, Michael Wincott, Keith David, Wrenn Schmidt
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What are some of the sneaky subtextual colours/themes I've missed?? Also...what did everyone think of NOPE? P.s. I know, I know, it's COAGULA, not CALIGULA......Roman Emperor's clearly on the brain.
I think also the fact the Jean Jacket is white is a hint (in the beginning) that it means them harm. That it is bad. Just like in Get Out with Rose and US with Adelaide. They were the actual villains who initially appeared to be the good guys.
Get Out: I took the grey of Chris's (Daniel) outfit to suggest blending in/being a non-threatening Black Man in a White home. I also took the procedure to be a metaphorical warning of cultural assimilation at the sake of losing what makes the assimilated's culture unique. In the case of Chris, literally losing his identity and sense of self.
Nope was an amazing film. The mystery of what *exactly* the UFO is, it's insides being shown for only short clips of screaming and panicked humans and blood red and weird pulsating flesh just makes it amazingly uncomfortable and confusing. Anyways, because I'm not a film enthusiast or anyone who explains them: I liked it :)
Aside from the Shakespeare references, I didn't really catch any shades of subtextual messaging in your game. Personally, I liked the light-hearted but cultish vibe that the game presented, and felt it counterbalanced some of the sadder sentencings early in the game. CALIGULA (or in poor spelling, Coagula) was billed as a dark comedy for a reason - some aspects of it were waaay too histrionic for my taste. Luigi's death scene definitely landed with a Awn7mFktpB4
I'm surprised you didn't talk about the froot loops and the milk being separate. She's literally separating the whites and coloreds omg. Then she sip white milk through a black straw. More white in black. They mention black mold in the basement at the beginning. Sounds like a double entendre, "mold" the fungus, and "mold" the hollow container. So they put white people in black bodies, the mold, the straw. Wild.
I love how this director went fron "one of the guys from that funny sketch show" to "this is the director of some of the most interesting horror media in recent years"
To be fair, I’d be willing to argue some Key and Peele sketches have the potential to be full horror movies themselves 😂
@@TheRogueCommandthe one where the kid wants milk
@KrisStay XD yeah that was bone chilling
I think it's relatable to Johna Hill. Only, johna had to beg to be seen as something different. Peele did it right. He SHOWED instead of TOLD.
horror and humor sit closer than you think
17:33 The fact she was wearing green in front of a green screen while trying to do self promotion gave some hints about her character and the society she was trying to impress. She was trying to be seen and get noticed, but her color blended into the background.
And where she wears green again, it's a more neon color in a vastly mudded yellow color in the final battle, which actually makes her pop, very interesting
Also her green in front of green screen was her saying she could be anything, like how she lists off all of her skills and what she could be hired for
The orange is also a non- repro color. It appears in the same scene.
In a realistic situation… w-why? Why would you where wear to a green screen shoot?
@@Fluffycakez5it's surprisingly a mistake people do make. They're seeing how the outfit looks and get to set only for someone else to point out they'll be keyed wrong
Nope colours: OJ in orange because orange juice; Emerald in green because emeralds are green
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Fun fact, the colour choice Peele chose was because that was the colour of the things he chose
Maybe it's like, they are branding themselves at the end? Showing the world who they are through their clothes?
I forget where I read it, but one review speculated Emerald’s name and association with green is a reference to the Emerald City in Wizard of Oz. Namely how it’s supposed to be this grand pinnacle of civilization, but much like the wizard himself, it’s all just smoke and mirrors ((heck in the books it’s not even emerald, you’re just required to wear green tinted glasses when you enter)). In Em’s case, she’s chasing the dream of fame and fortune, but learns not only is the entertainment industry built on falsehoods, but the path she and OJ are taking to get there ((capturing footage of the UFO)) is more dangerous than it’s worth.
Not strictly about the colour but what I got from Jean Jacket's design and shading was a human eye. When I walked out of the theatre that's the thought I was left with: Jean Jacket is us - the viewer. We have the voracious appetite to consume content without end. But, we don't want to become content ourselves. And, like Jean Jacket did to Jupe, the audience turns on every performer eventually. Like you, I've only seen it once. Really need to watch this one a few more times to unpack everything. The race dynamics. The monkey being a modern King Kong metaphor for black entertainers. It's genius. There's always so much Jordan Peele's work.
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I thought Jean Jacket looked like a camera aperture. I feel like both could work tho. In an interview, Peele said that the one word they said on set more than anything was "spectacle". Nope was a commentary on our voyeuristic nature as humans. As much as we observe with the eye, we record with the camera (especially nowadays). Plenty of things we would've never known about or thought twice about is all over the Internet now due to someone's voyeurism. I dont know if that made any sense.
and it also looks like a cowboy hat in a lot of shots. _l a y e r s_
@@l00sechange Also the contrast of the all-consuming camera eye, with the "I see you" acknowledgement between the siblings. The difference between being seen, and being made a spectacle of. One humanizes while the other dehumanizes.
@@SirThinks2Much yes. and, when they feel seen, we know *because they wear the specific colors of their names, Emerald and OJ (orange juice)..!
I have a feeling the rainbow-colored stuff plays into the theme of spectacles and how it contradicts how it's usually treated in nature. While we would see something multi-colored as something to marvel at, predators typically avoid them because they are usually something that you shouldn't eat. Jean Jacket clearly learned this the hard way after choking on a horse with multi-colored flags, as evident with it avoiding the rainbow colored parachute.
Yep great call. Some animals are scared of bright colours, some are attracted by them, but they all NOTICE them, meaning they’re representative of all us suckers who are seduced by spectacle. And agreed abut Jean Jacket - it’s hurt by the multicoloured rope but doesn’t learn from its mistakes, and is eventually undone by the same thing.
@@SceneItReviews it even plays into the climax in which Jean Jacket attempts to intimidate OJ by using it's multicolored eye, which even almost resembles the rainbow flags that hurt it previously. But as OJ stares down Jean Jacket, it realizes OJ saw through it's bluff and immediately retreats
While it may be interesting to see something colorful that stands out, predators avoidance typically happens when it is a sign that something is harmful or unhealthy. Rainbow coloring does indicate something is unhealthy. It can be interpreted as a warning to not eatesson of being vandalized by animals as a result. Awn7mFktpB4
I also avoid things covered in rainbows😂
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Neither orange nor green are typically the colors of a hero. The good guys who save the day (and come out alive at the end) are represented with the primary colors most of the times. Secondary colors are usually restricted for the villains and/or the side characters, and also the "weirdos". It is soon established in this movie, that the OJ and Emerald are outcasts with a dying business. I think that Emerald was proudly expressing this from the beginning with her saturated outfits and bold patterns, but OJ was feeling anxious and ashamed about it, trying to stay grey and invisible. By the end of the story, he embraced the weirdness - and also the madness of their plan - as well as his sister. This is why their bold colors were so similar to the inflatable tube men, because they did something incredibly crazy. This also increased the tension, because their "sidekick colors" did not promise us a happy ending.
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Good point about tension. I didn’t click for me until you spelled it out
also, i think jean jacket was black and white to show the oldness of the film industry, and to also have contrast between them
Wow that’s something I hadn’t ever picked up on, and you’re so right. I’m never going to be able to unsee that now
I'm not sure I agree with your take on jupe. I think the story with the monkey is to demonstrate how he felt that because it *didnt* kill him like the others, he had some sort of mastery of nature that made him arrogant enough to create the show using the alien, which of course backfired spectacularly. Edit: what I mean is that I don't think it's a misunderstanding of the danger of animals, I think it's the arrogance of believing he is special
That's what I thought too. Remember before Jean Jacket arrived at his show he turned around and whispered "you were chosen" or smth like that. He genuinely believed that because he came out of the Gordy incident unscathed (at least physically, given that he made a literal shrine out of this traumatic event), that he was special, that he had some sort of gift or connection to wild animals and could "tame" them, like Robert Redford in the Horse Whisperer or Eliza Thornberry. But life ain't The Thornberrys. Animals are animals, and no matter how domesticated we think they are, their instincts can take over at any moment. Nobody is special enough to tame these instincts and suppress them forever.
@@redandpurple317 yup, 100%. sort of reminds me of the bear guy who ended up getting mauled because he genuinely thought grizzly bears were his friends
Yea. He literally says he is the "chosen one." And while the upright shoe has various meanings it is also a reference to how processed that event in a different way than everyone else did. The shoe never miraculously stayed standing, he just believed it did similarly to how he believed he had some sort of special touch to connect with animals considered to be dangerous.
You mean the idiot who took his girlfriend to an area packed with grizzlies, in the autumn months when they need to pack on as much weight before hibernation, and both he and his gf were horrifically mauled and eaten. That douche was warned multiple times, but he didn't learn and it cost both his and his trusting gf their lives. Basically he sought spectacle... and it found him. @@natatatm
I agree
OJs colours start out very muted as he is very introverted and inactive but over the course of the film he opens to things and gets more involved in life and action his colours shift into vibrancy. However this may just be a coincidence
It's definitely not! Great reading!
no coincidence, it's purposeful that each wears eventually feels seen by the other, wearing the specific colors of their names!
To me, the use of color in this film was a direct and deliberate reference to Technicolor -- which "saved" the film industry by saturating the screen with color. (the whole "saved" thing is arguable, but I won't get into that here.) Having those colors against the browns and greens and blues of the western genre was also a deliberate choice. It tied the movie's themes with both the real villian (the need for spectable at any cost) as well as the Film industry itself. Nope is my favorite of Peele's films! It's such a masterclass in storytelling!
i think the bright colors of nope are more significant than they're given credit for. the movie critiques the entertainment industry and it's capitalist purpose. so it makes sense that the colors are bright, and distracting, because they are made to grab our attention, and maybe even make us momentary satisfaction, which is often what a product's goal is. the marketing, color and design a company uses are carefully picked depending on what they want us to want or think. perhaps it wasn't intentional but i still think it adds to the message.
the level of detail and unique interpretations in these videos are insane. love it.
Glad you enjoyed it dude :)
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i think in Nope color language is used far less than shape language-dark/shiny circles and spheres are the main throughline, representing an eye/camera (also the chrome ball used in the opening scene on the movie set later reappears as the cyclist’s chrome helmet)
My favorite bit of shape language used in the film has got to be the Gordy's House cameras looking like Jupe's eventual alien costumes and merch. UGH It's SO blunt and obvious and in your face, but still not something you're going to catch the first time around. It's RIGHT there, but still in the background enough to miss.
The flowers on Jupe's red suit are white daylilies also known as Ambrosia flowers. Ambrosia loosely translates to "food of the gods" which is what Jupe ultimately became.
Not to mention that OJ wears orange and Emerald wears green at the end of the movie, not only as a callback to the first scene to show that they have grown their relationship from being strained to being a team but also to show that they are literally the scene and the moment now. They are now the frame for Jean Jacket to be filmed on. They are Jean Jacket's green screen .
I have never thought of that! Brilliant! 🎉
8:46 I believe the scene is not about her not actually caring about the racism, she doesn't want the cop to ID Chris, because a black person (matching his description) went missing. And because she already plans to make Chris go missing as well, him being ID'd shortly before would throw a major wrench in keeping things under wraps for the operation.
It does also serve to make her seem more like an ally. Killing two birds with one stone, endearing herself to Chris *and* making sure there's no paper trail.
The only gripe I have is you calling the family in Get Out “Middle Class” like woah woah woah hold your horses…. That’s most certainly upper class if I’ve ever seen it.
Tbh some places just call the upper class middle class. Like in the UK, we refer to the rich/upperclass as middle class mainly because working class and middle class are the main classifications used widely apart from if you’re actually studying sociology/making commentary using sociology/ sociology terms or theories. So people either fit in to working class or middle class. (There are some sub classifications e.g. lower middle class, upper middle class, upper working class, lower working class).
8:35 I think it’s important to point out how Rose… (Rose’s are red)… Wears a BRIGHT blue jacket. Like she’s screaming “I’m blue, I’m good!” While Rod wears bright blue it’s under a coat so it’s not showing off and Chris is wearing a muted blue maybe showing his disillusionment of the world and his acceptance of the redness around him
I would say the ending for NOPE in terms of the shirts Emerald and OJ are wearing are also a reference to horse jockeys. Jockeys often wear very bright colourful and distracting shirts. My best guess would be that it is also used to symbolize the sibling's connection to the horses? Emerald is riding on a bike, a more modern form of horse( as she's a more modern girl than OJ) while OJ rides Lucky
Here's one you missed: in NOPE jeanjacket reveals a green box from inside itself. Notice how almost every scene with jupe has a green box? The balloons that scare Gordy come from a green box. Behind him in his office (or it's on his desk I forgot) there is a green box. They hold Lucky in a box covered in green cloth during the scene where they all get eaten
Orange and green are both secondary colours rather than the primary red/yellow/blue. And we see red and blue in Get Out and Usso maybe this is Jordan exploring the next level? From a spiritual perspective orange is associated with the sacral chakra our creative centre. Very physical, makes things happen, optimistic and the colour of freedom. It is the colour of fire. In China it represents good health and courage. Green is the colour of the heart chakra. It is a healing colour representing love, nature, harmony. It is the essence of life. It is also the colour of money and envy (Emerald's feelings maybe when OJ got to train Jean Jacket?)
Also Red, Amber (orange), Green is traffic lights. Red is Stop, Amber is Get Ready and Green is Go. So Jupe was ultimately stopped in his tracks, OJ got everything ready and it was Emerald who ultimately got the shot.
Love the primary/secondary colour theory! Added layers
I also think orange and green are stark contrasts to each other, but also complimentary, similar to how OJ and Em have almost polar opposite personalities, but have such a strong relationship
I’ve seen a lot of folks in the comments cover Orange and Green for Nope already, and in much better depth, so I think I’ll take a jab at the black and white in the film ((or off white/chrome in some instances)). I think this is meant to give the audience a sense of sterility; the lack of color indicating everything that’s creative and human has been drained. We see it in the original horse rider footage, where the story is the white director was credited while the black rider has been forgotten. We see it in the kids’ alien costumes, fake Hollywood knock offs of the most basic “Grey” designs ((no offense to the costume designers, these were still great)). The TMZ rider has no visible face other than his black leather suit, white bike, and chrome helmet. And most obviously, Jean Jacket itself; the representation of the industry chewing people up and spitting them out, uncaring of who it hurts, only interested in consuming more. Edit: Antlers wearing all black could be representing how long he’s been in the industry, and despite being a success, he doesn’t seem that happy or content with his work. He’s colorless because the spark of creativity has been drained from him
The idea of Jean Jacket being this primordial alien that has lived on Earth for hundreds if not thousands of years and likely inspiring a lot of religious stories or legends is mind fucking
only just realised watching this right now that the fake-out alien masks Jupe comes up with in Nope are visually connected to the white camera reel cases from his time filming the sitcom (16:44). my jaw is on the floor lmao
The only thing I can think of with OJ and Em is she wears Chroma Green (green screen, invisible), and he wears Safety Orange (cones and safety tape, do not cross), which are background crew colors on a movie set usually.
SMART! And if that wasn't enough there's also important messaging on the back of both of their clothes at the end: OJ's says "CREW" and Em's says "Haywood" which is their last name. The film is an allegory about spectacle, viewership, consumption, and it's set in the literal periphery of Hollywood, the biggest arena of consumerism and media and success, featuring characters who work in Hollywood. But they aren't stars, their family has worked (notoriously dangerous, undervalued and also racially unrepresented jobs) in the industry following their ancestor's legacy of being unsung and unrecrognized for that work. OJ shows respect to being a member of the crew, who do crucial work without the shine, even as he takes the star role as the lone cowboy in our western, facing off against the bad guy. And Emerald, who has always wanted to be recognized for her gifts and was never given a chance by her father, is now the hero, the one to build on the legacy of their ancestors, taking their name to great heights by surviving and taking control of the narrative, ie literally "making a name for herself". Of course, at the end, all our heroes live, because Peele doesn't portray them as martyrs to be used (or made a spectacle of) for any agenda. It also isn't lost on me that Haywood sounds like "Hollywood", a reminder that what we think of as the epicenter for success was literally built by those whose names we don't know.
Great insights! I love when video essayists actually dissect movies in ways we probably haven't thought of before and do very deep dives. There are far too many KZhead videos just re-explaining the plots without any actual analysis. I don't think I ever would have considered the grey ribbon on the hat being in the same place as the surgery scar. Also I love how Jordan Peele's movies allow for such analysis. I can't wait for his next movie, and I can't wait for your next video! Thank you!
It's especially interesting to me how much this all just fits into basic color theory and theme subversion. Peele's use of color is subtle and dynamic, and his reasons are his own, but it's all textbook. Great video
calling that family middle class is insane
As for Nope, Jupe's hat closely mirrors Jean Jacket. Something we see in Peele's movies is that characters wear their aspirations: Jupe's hat, Armitages and their *black* clothing. And when Jupe's hat is blown away -- well, maybe then (all too late) he realizes Jean Jacket is too dangerous to cage.
Their father also wears a hat that looks like Jean Jacket, mirroring what's right above his head hidden in a cloud. There are other times that Jean Jacket shape appears in the film, most notably with the lampshade that's in front of Gordy, signifying their symbolic connection.
NOPE is so underrated imo. I never expected the saucer to be the actual alien itself. It plays with our personal ideas of what we deem as true because of all the gossip and media coverage, where aliens MUST have 2 arms and 2 legs and fly in a craft just like humans. The movie obviously talks about how far some people will go just for fame, which also applies to the media coverage thing I mentioned as well, where it could even lead to mass spread misinformation, but people will do everything despite that.
i know this is more about color but I feel something that would have been nice to bring up and is sort of in the same field is contrast and brightness and darkness and also shadows. As an artist I try not only portraying themes and messages with color but also with the brightness and shadows and the contrast between different things. Also whatever's in focus (might be too much. of a stretch to compile all of that together.) I feel like especially contrast, there isn't a lot of contrast until it's needed in Peele's films. Example, when things get dark.. it gets DARK. like when jean jacket was directly over the house in Nope. It makes me think of when you were a kid and you'd be scared of the dark. The low contrast to suddenly higher mixed in with the shadows and the colors going on just. MWA french kiss it creates the perfect scene.
In Nope, the sibling both wear complementary secondary colors (green and orange). And the "mounster in the sky" is white, because it's a movie screen (a white screan from movie theaters) : )
I love Nope. Stuck with me and I keep going back to it like it’s a comfort movie despite not watching it until I was in my 40s.
How tf does this only have 600 views, this is amazing. I genuinely thought this had hundreds of thousands of views. Keep this up it's amazing
glad you liked it Tetra!
for the nope colors i will never not notice how in the very first scene we see the haywood’s what’s behind them is a green screen and little orange dots , like the colors they where in the end of the movie, the movie is highlighting the smaller less recognized parts of hollywood that are often exploited
To the orange and green combo they wear when catching Jean jacket: green is a symbolism of rebirth, renewal, and immortality. Orange is a symbol of optimism, confidence, and agreeableness. The part of the movie it’s in is the part where they are working together to keep their families land and ranch. OJ is confident in his decision to lure Jean jacket to save his ranch, while Emerald is given a new chance in the end to be closer with her brother and the ranch, while gaining the immortality of Jean jacket with a picture.
This channel is so underrated, AMAZING story telling and editing. Please continue uploading.
Jean Jacket all spread out with the holes reminds me (in a weird way) of biblically accurate angels. So who knows. You may be onto so with that connection lol.
They are not middle class in get out. That is upper class af.
People think anything short of Elon Musk is middle class nowadays, it's ridiculous.
the orange hoodie might also be a subversion from jupe's red outfit, since OJ was fufilling the role of bait during the swingingmen scene. green is also a complementary color, as the siblings complemented each other's roles during the confrontation. i wish i could go back and watch all three blind again, great video :)
An amazing video essay! I've never thought about how colors are utilized in Peele's films. Just subbed.
Cheers Simon, I didn't think about it too much until I came across an interview with one of the costume designers a few weeks ago. Definitely adds another layer when you rewatch his films!
Me either it's so good
I love this channel and immediately subscribed when it showed up in my feed. Looks like your subscribers have boomed over the last few months - deservedly so! On the colors of the movie Nope, if you're still looking for colors theories... My guess about Kaluuya's character is that he had become complacent, stagnant, and scared of confrontation. That's why he has a muted color palette in his clothes, is so tightly tied to the history of the ranch, and feels like he's slowly withering away. Emerald fled the life, and when she returns, she brings back the color and joy of life with her. OJ's bright orange could be both to attract the attention of Jean Jacket, as his renewed Vigor and passion for the project they're pursuing. I love the traffic light theory in one of the comments and very lean into it as well. I think also the color green and the horse "Lucky", as well as the rainbow-colored themes in some placed, might be a symbolism for chasing rainbows... To find the pot of gold at the end. Nope was very strong as opposed to Us. Both Get out and Nope profited from a strong story and vision, which was a bit lacking in Us, imo. I do love the things Jordan's bringing to the genre and the messages and changes he's bringing with him.
OJ (orange juice) is orange and emerald (the gem) is green. Literally LOL. That's all I got for color theory on Nope XD
Such a well made video for such a small number of views! I found it pretty insightful and well made in general. I watched NOPE for the first time just yesterday but i really want to watch it again and see what details i missed. If I do get to see it in theaters again I will pay more attention to color for sure.
wowwww amazing video!! subscribed instantly. there were so many details i missed in get out
Chris's blue outfit could also be a reference to union soldiers, as a contrast to the confederate grey
Crazy how well made these are but have so little views! Good job! 👍😄
With the combo of Emerald’s hustler attitude and Jean Jacket’s green mouth / proboscis, I took green to partly represent a hunger for success, wealth, recognition. And Jean Jacket kind of uses their extended mouth as a lure
Don't know if anyone's come with this interpretation yet but here I go; I like to think that Jean jacket, outside of camoflauging with the clouds in the sky is white to represent purity or innocence. This is ultimately what does Jupe in since he believes Jean jacket to be what alot people think when they first see a flying saucer, a spaceship filled with intelligent curious aliens who may even just wants to be our friends. So therein lies the contrast of the innocent white, or even simply another level of camoflauge. The black hole in the middle perhaps giving way to its darker nature. Another way to see its innocence is in the fact that Jean jacket turns out to be "just" an animal, a predator. It seems to be a being run by instinct rather than conscious thought. Hence it can be likened to the fact that we don't judge most animals the same way we judge humans, we understand for example that a lion must eat meat, which means it must hunt and kill or it will starve and die and it does so without any deeper understanding of morality or sin. Usually we feel sad for whatever animal it hunts and kills and yet we easily forgive the lion, we see it as largely innocent to any crime. We only tend to react with judgement and even anger and violence when the lion kills and/or eats a fellow human, just like Jean jacket. Another way to view Jean jacket is as others have stated which is a representation of us, the viewers, since Jupe calls Jean jacket that and it even look like a human eye, perhaps the concept of innocence can then be used here as well and be put into question; are we truly free of guilt since all we did was watch? Can we free ourselves of the judgement from spectacles just because all we did was pasively watch? Or are we perhaps even the core problem? Is the issue the fact that spectacles sometimes happen because there is someone there willing to watch? As for the other colors within Jean jackets "true form" I got nothing, except for the square green "eye" in the middle of Jean jacket reminding me of a green screen, like the one at the beginning of the movie.
This video blew my mind! Great work.
Jordan Peele has been my favorite director since the Key and Peele skits. And then he comes out with a movie that’s still talked about years later (Get Out) which i absolutely loved to pick apart and analyze, and then hits us with ‘Nope’ and me AND my dad are hooked. We’re big movie fans so he loves to hear my theories and analysis about the films we watch. I just have to send him your channel
Such intriguing insights! Thanks for making me think differently about these 4 epic movies. 😎
Something I noticed: Rose from Get Out has blue eyes, which could also signify how her character is deceptive.
That's honestly probably just a coincidence but that's still an interesting theory
Brilliant video. Probably your best to date.
The flag metaphor works on another layer. Like you showed, it's upside down Which means it is a symbol of distress
The seats in the jeanjacket nomnom scene are also red maybe for danger
one of my favourite things about being an artist is watching a movie with an understanding and love for colour and stuff, the older i’ve grown with art the more i appreciate the smaller details in movies
this video is so well made oh my god
This guy has a keen eye but still didn’t RECOGNIZE THE DESIGN *ALL OVER* JUPE’S SUIT!!! it literally shows us the forms of Jean Jacket 🛸->🌸
in a more literal sense i also think that emerald and oj wearing green and orange respectively related to their names, not sure what deeper meaning it could have, maybe that theyve become more themselves than they have been previously, but it is interesting to note
Jean jacket is actually supposed to be “angelic” as he was inspired by one of the angels in neon genesis evangelion, Sahaquiel, and if you look, many of the colors of the main characters in nope are the same as the color pallet as Sahaquiel
There was a whole other video about the colors in the movie Nope. Some indicated personality, foreshadowing or just overall the depiction of the characters. Now, I'm not sure I'm correct here in all of this so bare with me. All I'm aware of is the foreshadowing of the colors shown and what they represent in the movie. The obvious ones are OJ, wearing orange (Orange Juice), Emerald wearing green, emeralds are green and Jupe wearing red, Jupiter being mostly red(ish) pigments. But what I found fascinating is that green is the color that has been showing up more often. Noticing from the start of the movie, we see a green screen being directly in the middle in the pov. Then there is the present that Jupe gave to Gordy the monkey was green wrapped box and it being DIRECTLY in the middle of the pov. I can't exactly put it into words correctly but I believe this shows the main spectacle of the movie. Since Jean Jacket is mostly about curiosity for the human eye (being an alien or an unknown sight of something humans aren't use to seeing in their everyday life), and where the line; "Curiosity kills the cat" phrase comes from. Like with Jupe. He witnessed Jean Jacket for the first time and was immediately curious about this "unknown creature". believing he was smart enough to tame it because he was able to survive the massacre of Gordy. However, if you were able to tell by the scene, there is green and red (again with Jupe and Jean Jacket), and where it foreshadows his death. Not only there was also a green box right in the middle of the stage, the horse being the bait Jupe uses to tame Jean Jacket. But also the seats. Notice there were more green chairs that were above the red ones. Which could be the prediction or foreshadowing of Jupe's death. He wasn't able to tame Jean Jacket and has fallen victim to JJ's prey. But at the end of the movie, we see that Emerald was able to tame Jean Jacket and was able to grab "The Oprah Shot" and kill JJ. Now getting into the colors and what they mean, is that Green is the most attention grabbing color in the rainbow, for example, neon green, it being a bright color and most eye-catching color to the human eye. And in what a comment has said (@auto117666), they said that Emerald was wearing green in front of a green screen while doing a self promotion, giving the impression that she wants to be seen and noticed by society. And JJ's eye, being green, is what caught most of his victim's eyes, being seen and noticed by people and society. And this shows that she was able to understand and tame JJ or trick it into BEING prey (in way i guess). And there is Orange and Red. OJ was wearing an orange Scorpion King sweater, and the cover of the movie Scorpion King, being an orange pigment. Orange (personality wise) would mean that they are competitive risk-takers who can sometimes be impulsive in their actions. Orange personalities cheer others on to achieve success and they love tangible rewards for their efforts. And OJ was like this during the movie. He risked his life to grab "The Oprah Shot" towards the end of the movie. But also how he followed his impulse to do so. He also CHEERED ON Emerald into doing the same and have her be the one who can tame JJ. Emerald and OJ are horse people. And Emerald wanted a horse who she named Jean Jacket but wasn't able to because OJ got to it first. So he helped her into cheering a creature that she wasn't able to before. So OJ decided that this wasn't a creature he could or should tame and let Emerald take the credit but also taking half. Finally, Red. Again, red is what we see from Jupe, his red suit, the chairs at the show and blood. Red (again personality wise) is the color of bravery, courageousness, extroverted and optimistic. Jupe's personality was like this throughout the movie, being that he was brave and courageous enough to try and tame JJ or to even present it all in front of an audience. It could also represent his traumatic experience with Gordy the monkey. When Gordy got put down, there is a splatter of blood in front of him and the last thing he can reminisce of his traumatic experience. So he could be wearing red, showing that he either matured or is growing with the trauma, being who he is as an adult. I'm not sure if I put the right words into it but it's what came from the top of my head. Jordan Peele is an absolute genius with Get Out, Us and Nope. The colors represented in them expressed itself in different ways. And he was able to show it off with foreshadowing, personality and depiction of ones self.
I always thought that in Nope, the blue colored cover/parachute thing that saves (can't remember what character), from the alien represents safety, because the purpose of the cover is to save the character. I know it's a small thing, but the covers that the other characters uses are also in vibrant colors, but can't remember what the colors were or that the symbolism was.
Jordan Peele's film making is so amazing bro omg
i didnt know jordan peele made horror movies i thought it was just funny comedy sketches
Amazing insight! At 9:28, danger could also be hinted at by how the visual flag is upside down- an inverted American flag is typically used as a distress signal.
5:37 I dont know if youll note this in the video, but this works for the red and blue color as well. The moment where the actual owner of the character's body takes control his hat hiding the surgery scars moves down just enough to reveal a blue stripe.
10:08 Even RRR, an Indian movie, has that "one good white person". Every one of my friends, none of us were Indian, hell 3/4th of the movie watching group were white, were making fun of the movie a little bit for using that trope. The movie is still a god damn masterpiece, don't get me wrong, but it was so strange seeing that trope used in an ostensibly non-white, Anti-British film.
Jordan Peele's movies are always fun to dissect and analyze, i love the color theories
Thoughtful video, but I can't believe you highlighted warning colors a half dozen times without mentioning Hitchcock, whom Peele was certainly influenced by. But I loved watching these breakdowns and want to watch these again :)
With Jupe's suit, I think it also plays into the Hollywood idea of cowboys vs real cowboys (such as OJ, an actual rancher) -- the dressing up vs the practical wear.
I love it when directors like Peele or Anderson use noticeable color palettes to their advantage. Along that same train of thought a wes anderson horror movie would be insane
The theme of orange and green mimic aquatic/amphibian colors of "if you eat me I'm going to make you sick (and die)"
The biggest difference of color/ contrast of color is the darkness of my room at 1 am and the light emitted from the background burning my retinas.
Did you make that 'I Got 5 On It' remix? Loved it!
Oh boy, do I love small details!
Holy shit, once you see it it's blatant but it went completely over my head when I watched the movie. Brilliant.
Someone might have already mentioned it but, when I was watching “Get out” in cinema when it first came out. Someone pointed out that in the scene where Rose eats the fruit loops and drinks the milk, she is keeping the ‘colours’ separated from the ‘white’ milk. I don’t know if that was intended, but still an interesting take.
taking many film and genre classes im always talking about cinematography haha im always thinking about the colors / sounds / meanings etc
Great Videos! Instant submission :)
If ya know anything about color theory or colors in general you’d realize that orange and green are complementary colors and this is the representation of unity working well together despite not being the same
I saw Logan (Get Out) as wearing a blue band on his hat, and in the scene with most of the party wearing red, it looks as though he’s allied with Chris, who also wears blue. There is also the fact that he is the only other Black person at the party, which presents the idea of some kinship between him and Chris. But, as the positioning of the hat indicates, he only has the appearance of Blackness, as he is a white man who stole his body. After he and Chris meet and Chris is thrown off by the greeting and lack of kinship, Logan’s partner walks over and gives Logan his red pocket square. This hammers home that while he looks like he might be on Chris’s side, Logan is not who he appears to be, because at his heart, he is a white man and a part of the mass of partygoers who all oppose Chris.
The video is genius but the color logic connections for Get Out are a bit funny
dude this is cool as hell
I think another way to interpret Jupe's outfit is the similarity to Jean Jacket - when hes looking up, it looks really similar in shape, colour, and the hole in the center. As for the red suit...well, whats the one thing we see pour out from Jean Jacket?
this is blowing my mind
If you want another movie to talk about color theory, you should look at La La Land! I know it's like a musical, but seriously the colors are phenomenal
When he said "how much do you think about colours while watching a movie. Not much right?" I giggled so hard inside, because one of my autistic interests is dissecting colours in media before anything else.
A major note on Jupe's red suit that I feel was missed here: The seats of his audience were red too. What the suit does for him the seats do for the audience, putting them in the firing line as targets and hiding the blood when they're affected.
This is either all amazingly true, or the best case of "the curtains were fuckin blue"...
About NOPE, my observation is that Jean Jacket , being white and green, is just like other villains of Peele's. They are white alien creature; andthey are very animalistic. Inherently, they are not bad, just morally grey like most other animals. They are doing what they have to to survive, because they do not follow a code of ethics like people do. The green we later see makes me think of nature, because it is the most naturally accruing color, but it also means perseverance. To me, its shows that underneath it all, it is just doing its primal nature.
I bet getting the lighting and white balance on the footage was a fucking nightmare. Imagine 3 hours after a successful take the edit team is like "No good, we need to go again."
3 of the best horror movies of all time
i cant wait to watch these movies omg
*The "monster" on NOPE kinda looks like a real representation of an Angel, and they're usually depicted as something really dangerous that can kill a human if they see their true form, and in the movie when you saw the monster you "die"*
In Nope, I think everyone that was wearing vibrant colors in the finale survived, while everyone wearing black was marked for death. OJ, Em, and Angel all wear Orange, Green, and Lilac/Blue specifically, while Holst and the TMZ guy wear black.
A few notes about get out you missed- Rose, her name, is also the color/flower. Firstly rose is red, showing how shes always been "red". A rose flower is also a gorgeous non threating flower until it shows its thorns Another thing with rose was when she ate her fruit loops and milk she was literally separating the white from the colored Finally when he was in the chair the only way he was able to escape being put into the white body was by picking cotton out of his chair. He had to rip out the brown leather exposing the white cotton underneath
bradley whitford is terrifying lmaooo
I read a comment about the cereal scene in getting out. Rose keeps the milk and cereal separate for a reason. The milk is white while the cereal are coloured. One more symbolic thing relating to colours in that movie
I could be completely wrong, but I personally felt like the use of bright colours near the end was playing up the theme about treating wild animals as such. We see that we are unable to deal with Jean Jacket like a person, so the cast sets out to deal with it in a way it will understand--that being the natural aversion to brightly coloured things, because usually bright colours in nature mean they're dangerous. It's a representation of how the characters have "evolved", just like many poisonous plants and animals have, to adapt to their environment and the threats within it. I could be completely wrong though 🙃LOL