Genre Research: Us

 



For our research, we decided to watch the movie Us. Released in 2019, Us is a horror/thriller film directed by Jordan Peele. While watching the film, there were multiple elements that stood out to us. We enjoyed the variety of sounds and music that played throughout the film at any given scene. The soundtrack of the movie was unique and featured many eerie background music that could send shivers down the spine. Sometimes, there was even upbeat Beach Boys music playing while the characters were being murdered. It created an uncanny and ironic contrast between the events happening. It made the audiences think, "what...is going on?"  In our opening sequence, we hope to use eerie background music as well. Additionally, the characters and dialogue were realistic. Of course, there were a few fantasy elements surrounding the murders, but, to provide an example, the family that was on a vacation interacted with each other in a realistic and relatable way. Thus, when they were randomly murdered, it brought more of a surprise to the audience. It made the audience frightened thinking that that could be them at any time.  We plan to have realistic dialogue as well in our opening. There were some elements that my group and I were not as fond of. Specifically, the gore and violence. The movie contained multiple scenes of people being stabbed with scissors, some of them even children. This could make some people uncomfortable, and definitely was something that I did not like. This movie helped give us an idea of what we wanted to incorporate into our opening. Overall, the relatable characters and frightening music is what we would want to try and incorporate into our project.



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