Audience Theory - Suture

Suture is the way in which, particularly Hollywood, films are created, in terms of narrative, editing, sound and mise-en-scene. This positions the audience in certain ways, making only the preferred reading possible, however unconscious the audience is of that position.
An example of Suture is shown in the film 'Crash', in which a father gives his daughter a bullet-proof cloak. From this scene, the emphasis is placed on the cloak and how the girl believes it actually exists. Therefore, the audience are prepared for the girl to come into danger when the father is confronted by an angry man with a gun. From the emphasis of the cloak, to the slow motion shots of the girl running towards her father, it is clear what is going to happen. The audience are 'stitched in' and cannot escape sympathising with the family and decoding the text in the way the producers wanted them to.