605 Final Assignment

Paper Details:

●  MLA

●  12 Pages 

●  At least 15 sources cited 

Topic: Why Jordan Peele’s Auteur Aesthetic Brought His Movies Great Success

You should only be talking about these Movies: Get Out (2017), Us (2019) and Nope (2022). 

Here is the Structure of how the paper should be:

***Title Page and Works Cited Page are not included in count!***

●  Introduction (1 Pages) 

●  Lit Review (Should be all related to topic) (4 Pages)

-  black identity, and allegory (social commentary/deeper meaning) to connect all three movies

-  Paratexts from movies selected

-  Transmedia about movies selected 

-  Discourse/Analysis/Reviews of 3 trailers/promotion of movies:  Get Out (2017), Us (2019) and Nope (2022). 

●  Case Study 1: Key Themes of Get Out Movie+ Peele’s auteur identity (3 Pages)

***SOME of your analysis of the movie can be used here, but it has to be clearly cited, and it can’t just be summarizing the movie. You need topic sentences that clarify what each sentence is trying to accomplish, and how it ties into the argument of your paper, which needs to also exist.***

-  Subgenre of “Woke Horror” and What it is

-  Jordan Peele’s Auteurism as a screenwriter

●  Case Study 2: How Marketing of Us and Nope builds on those elements listed in Lit review section (3 Pages)

 - Us Movie paratexts/Discourse, reviews etc

- Nope Movie paratext

- Discourse around movie “Us”- people linking Get Out and Us even though they aren’t connected by narrative

●  Conclusion (1 Page)