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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FOOTAGE USED:

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


RESEARCH SOURCES REFERENCED:

https://slowburnhorror.com/2021/09/10...
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertain...
https://www.popsugar.com/entertainmen...
https://raffia-magazine.com/2019/12/1...
https://ew.com/movies/hidden-meaning-...
https://www.vogue.com/article/nope-fi...
https://www.vulture.com/2022/08/nope-...
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