lost

lost is a text that attracts a mainstream audience. the first convention that makes me believe this is the use of score; this allows passive audience members to have an emotions created for them making them empathise with the characters feelings via the various timbres and pitches heard. this technical convention is met with an enigma code which appeals more to the active audience members. these enigma codes also keep the audience hooked and are usually placed just before an advert break. an example of this would be where they young boy walt wonders off to find his dog; there is low angled mid shots of him holding the dogs lead, then there are long shots that track and pan as he walks deeper into the jungle. the score at this point is quite ominous and consists of two or three tone that peak every few seconds. once the tension is built up there is a pov shot of walt finding a pair of handcuffs. at this point the score reaches a high pitch and stops dramatically, then continues to keep a lower tone. as the camera zooms in slowly it cuts to walts dad looking around in horror then blacks out in time for a break. a passive audience member would be feeling nervouse and be glad that walt had been found, but a more active member would start to create a narrative for the cuffs and start to ask the questions the enigma code gives.