Arlington Road

Is the Genre Established? What is it?

With the genre is hard to understand as the beginning of the film can be confusing a little, the main genre of the film is actually a political thriller. with the thriller it is a very dramatic begging of the film which makes you think what has happened, making you to want to watch the rest to find out what has happened. 

How is the Genre established? What convention are used? 

It is shown in the first two minutes that a boy i walking down a road slowly as it cuts back and forth between shots, showing an uneasiness about the situation, you realize as the clip goes on that the boys arm has been badly burned causing him to bleed out a lot over the street.

What else does the audience find out in the first 2 minutes? 

As the boy walks down the street you are able to realize it is based in america as the way the street is shown with the houses as well as the look and the way the street is presented. also the main character is shown as a man stops his car to help the boy, meeting the character at the beginning allows to see the actor playing in the fil as well as a sort of person the man is, as he goes to help the boy showing he is a kind hearted person willing to help other.

How does the audience find this out? 

When the boy is shown, he doesn't speak at all while walking down the street, the only one that is shown to have any type of dialogue it the man going to help him indicating he has some sunificance towards the movie as well as the first character to speak.