BAFTA Gets Lost

03 September 09

Find out how Lost is made as BAFTA goes behind-the-scenes with the show's writers and director.

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As Lost enters its sixth and final series, BAFTA explores the secrets behind the show's success.

Presenter Andrew Collins talks to three of the driving forces behind the cult series: writer Carlton Cuse, Director Jack Bender and writer Damon Lindelof – who created the series with J J Abrams.

Together, they discuss about how Lost was made, from its early beginnings to weaving together the show's complicated mythology.

Watch three key scenes from the show and here the director and writers talk about creating the overarching directorial style, the decision to kill off characters and adding new twists and turns to the script.

Scene 1: Box of Knives (Season One)
Scene 2: Charlie's Death (Season Three)
Scene 3: Flash Forward (Season Three)

Plus, from a day of BAFTA Masterclasses and interviews at the Curzon cinema in Mayfair, we delve deeper into the processes involved in creating a Lost episode.

Eastenders executive producer Diederick Santer talks to the trio about their big career breaks and dissects their working methodologies. Cuse and Lidelof reveal their writing process and explain how they learnt to work flexibly with a seemingly endless storyline. Jack Bender then discusses the need to combine careful preparation with the ability to follow the instincts of actors on set.

More About Lost…

Since its pilot broadcast in September 2004, Lost has become one of the TV’s most watched dramas with over 100 episodes shown in over 200 countries.

The show follows the survivors of Oceanic Airflight 815 stranded on a mysterious South Pacific island where nothing is what it seems.

Everyone's lives are revealed to be connected, not only in the present but – through flashbacks and flash forwards – in the past and in the future.

Find out more about Lost

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