The Skeleton Key and Arlington Rd. - Establishing the Genre

Is the genre established? What is it?	How is the genre established? What conventions are used?	What else does the audience find out in the first 2 minutes?	How does the audience find this out?
Through the non diegetic music. Although not very clear. Horror, psychological.	Death is coming up as a theme – supernatural. Lighting stays natural. Hospital/hospice – horror. Set in an American country – banjo’s in the music used. Race/ethnicity. Ominous music. Cuts of the sky – heaven.	A character dies, associated with horror. A character works in a hospital – protagonist. Patient’s family do not care about them – sad.	Through the music and images shown of the sky – heaven. And wet weather – natural disasters which occur a lot in this part of America.
Horror – hearing voices, injured – blood. Or Thriller – natural lighting.	Blood. Tense music – dramatic and fast paced.	The child appears to have injured himself – his hand. Set in America – a typical American street. Meet a protagonist – helps the kid.	Through the knowledge of the conventions of this particular genre.