Exam Question Lost.

How do your chosen texts attract their audiences?

In the second episode of Lost, It reaches out to a wide target audience by having an ensemble cast. This means there is a multitude of representations (race, age, gender etc) where each diverse character gets equal amount of importance and screen time, so the audience can relate and personally identify to individual characters. 

       In the scene, where Sawyer shoots down the polar bear the audience understand that it is a hybrid of genres like sci-fi, fantasy and action.This scene is seen as action, not in the way it has been constructed but the way it has been structured with loud noises and quick camera angles. During the scene there are lots of loud noises used as enigma codes which the audience will be drawn into the scene by the sounds and camera angles and the question left unanswered at the end.This attracts a lager audience as people that enjoy each genre will watch this to receive entertainment from the Uses and Gratifications theory. For example, the gun shots are extremely loud and the camera angle has a shallow focus on the gun and Sawyer. Excluding the audience from looking into the background, giving the sense of importance to the plot. The structure of this Lost episode is non-linear as it includes flash backs into the characters past. This lets the audience personally identify further as they understand their back stories. Representations will make the audience feel more attached to certain characters as they have a labelled stereotypical portrayal. For example in the same scene, Sawyer is viewed as the villain from Vladimir Propp's theory as he is being cocky and arrogant at the start of the scene by the words and tone of his voice when he is arguing with Sayied. Also the fact he has a gun on him gives the audience a sense of evilness within his character. This will attract audiences as they will want to gain more information on his character, and be able to personally identify to aspects of Sawyer in the scene.