1. Skeleton key
How is it established what What else does the audience find out How do they find
Is the genre established conventions are used? in the first 2 mins? this out?
• Not clearly • Sad – based in a • The first character dies and his •She's reading the
• Possibly. hospice family want nothing to do with him. story to him.
horror/death as • ominous sound and • Kate Hudson shows as a nurse in a • We can tell most
theme. music/natural lighting hospice – protagonist, of what's happened
• Psychological not stereotypical. • The first character and Kate are by the dialogue.
horror/ghosts/ • Use of pathetic fallacy. close possibly? •Setting is of a
supernatural. • themes of • Possibly reading the bible to the hospice where
heaven/spirits. sick elder man. people go to die,
Arlington road
How is it established what What else does the audience find out How do they find
Is the genre established conventions are used? in the first 2 mins? this out?
• Clearly shown • Eary ominous sound. • The child has hurt himself. • We see the hand
• Horror/thriller • Supernatural theme •American neighbor hood of the child that’s
• Psychological • Blood/horror •Jeff Bridges shown as the hurt.
thriller. • Lighting bright/thriller protagonist helping the hurt child. •We see Jeff help
• Fast pace dramatic •Kid comes across strange not feeling the hurt child
sound. sorry for him. which gives us the
•Non-diegetic sound of eary impression he's a
whispering sounds. protagonist.