How is narrative presented in Lost?

How is narrative presented in Lost?

During the course of the first episode of ‘Lost’, it is filmed linear as the beginning shows the morning or midday which soons morphs into evening and night. This fits in with the characters as the morning being active and aware into the more relaxing state they are in at night. The characters Jack and Kate are talking at night near a fire which shows a romantic setting and relaxed state rather than the panicked moment of Kate sewing up Johns wound in the morning.

From the first episode, the viewer sees Jack helping out everyone on the island by saving their life or fixing injuries, this portrays him as the hero. He is the person that everyone goes to if they have a problem and the whole episode is focused on him, as he is the first character the viewers see. An opposition to this is the character Soya who is portrayed as the villain or the troublemaker, the audience gathers this information from the way he lights his cigarette and giving an evil look towards the camera. The audience can also get the impression that there may be conflict between the hero and villain or some sort of fight.

 At the end of the episode, a pilot gets killed by a unknown creature, this creates a cliffhanger which makes the audience want to watch more and shows a dilemma; not only they are on a stranded island but also being hunted by a predator.