Lost is produced to target specifically a wide range of audiences to increase it's popularity with the viewers making it a more mainstream programme. Its wide range of audiences are attracted through the ensemble cast, allowing the audiences to gain personal identity with the character's race, occupation or sexuality. The technical conventions used help to maintain these audiences through the use of: camera shots, enigma's and music.
Music in Lost plays a massive role, as it is used to set the mood of the scene, to either create tension, action or even realism through the diegetic/ambient sounds of the jungle. Music is used very well to create tension as seen in the discovery of the handcuffs scene. The non-diegetic music is firstly very quiet and progressively becomes louder; thus emphasising the mystery of the handcuffs. It is furthermore made tense through the actual sound itself, sounding very creepy, similar to that of a horror movie. This ultimately sets the audience an enigma, as the music makes them aware, and question the discovery of the handcuffs.
The camera shots used in lost, contribute a great amount to the acton and mystery of the island. During the fight scene between Jack and Sawyer, the fast pace camera shots help emphasise the aggression between the two characters, creating action and ultimately entertainment for the perhaps younger generation viewers.
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