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The 2004 Television series Lost directed by J J Abrams is a mainstream text that employs various different techniques to increase the shows demographic and appeals to both a passive and an active audience.

One technique that Abrams uses is that of an ensemble cast. This diverse range of characters of different ages, races and ideologies helps to appeal to a larger demographic and engages a more mainstream audience. Furthermore each character of the cast get a more equal amount of screen time which helps keep the show fresh. Also more people can relate to the program.

Another device used to gratify a mainstream audience is the score for that series which is by Michael Giacchino. This non diegetic sound helps to make the viewers passive and creates emotions and mood. Furthermore it helps to add tension to certain scenes.

Furthermore Lost is riddled with Enigma codes which help to keep the audience guessing and interested. Also they are often placed before advert breaks to keep the audience engaged with the text. This will help to gain more revenue for the program.

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I believe that the intended demographic for the Television series Lost is a wide mainstream audience, because of the use of an ensemble cast which helps to appeal to a larger more varied group. This is because different people can relate to certain characters in the series. Also the show conforms to certain stereo types which viewers are familiar with meaning that they can decode characters easier causing them to be gratified. 

Another convention which lost adheres to in order to appeal to a mainstream audience is the employment of propps character theory. An example of this is with the character Jack who is directly called the 'Hero'. This conventional character type is familiar to cine literate audiences and is a common narrative technique. 

Lost appeals mainly to a passive audience with many common techniques to help gratify a large mainstream audience, such as enigma codes. These help to keep the audience interested in the text. Often the enigma codes are directly before advert breaks in order to ensure that the audience remain.