Comparing Leadership In Lord Of The Flies And Lost

Both of the extracts interpret life on an island; they show the struggles and fear of individuals along with leadership. Lord of the Flies is a fictional prose with narrative and realism; whilst Lost is a fictional screen drama/realism with a genre of disaster/adventure.
Lord of the Flies opens with “Ralph disentangled himself cautiously and stole away through the branches” already “Ralph” sounds like a civilised British and so we can already tell he is at odds with his environment. “Stole away” gives us an image of panic and the fact that Ralph could be a victim and there is a sense of immediacy as Ralph is escaping; however at the same time he could possibly be a villain chasing the victim. “In a few seconds the fat boy grunts” infers that
Brush – day” showing present tense, informal language; fast paced almost conversational/instructions. It then cuts to an extreme close up of Jack’s face this is used to show horror/emotional reaction. The next direction is “Ext. Beach – day” “and Jack runs up, finally stopping dead in an extreme close-up.” These are stage directions referring to setting and camera shots. Next in the script we can read “in the same shot, we pan as he moves 180 degrees until we’re behind him, looking out on something absolutely horrific. Only twenty yards away….. A plane crash on the beach.” These are very detailed stage directions (from a beautiful tranquil day to chaos) screams signify intrusion which is diegetic sound showing a
There is also screaming, which is an intrusion of diegetic sound and there was roars of jet engines. In the script there is a lot of wording that hints towards the setting. “And it is like ******* warzone: scattered fires and wreckage” refers to how much of a mess there is on the beach and how much of a disaster has occurred. During the script there is also a lot reference towards the production features with added sound and special FX. “Cries drowned out by the sound and wind caused by the enormous jet engine” at this moment in the script there is big hints of disaster and also frightened people. The language used in the script is descriptive however not as much as lord of the flies, it descriptive for a script however nowhere near as descriptive as Lord of the Flies. The script then reads “SPASTICALLY, ERATTICALLY, SPEWING COOLANT and SPARKS and SUCKING in SAND every time it THROTTLES UP” after reading this it is really exaggerated; the danger of this beach and how scary it would be to be there, almost all of the text is in capitals and so, there is so much danger in just one little scene and setting. As Lost is a television program, the script is a lot different than a prose and so one example of something you will find is camera