Audience Theory - Suture

Suture is the way in which, in particular Hollywood, films are created, in terms of narrative, sound, editing and mise-en-scebe.
This positions the audience in certain ways, making only the preffered reading possible, however unconscious the audience is of that position.
An example of Suture is shown in the film 'Crash'. In this film, the father gives his daughter a 'bullet-proof cloak'. From this scene, the emphasis is placed on the cloak and how the girl believes that 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 cloack, to the slow motion shots of the girl running towards her father, it is clear what is going to happen.
The audience are 'stitched' into the film and cannot escape the sympathy they feel for the family, exactly the way the producer wnts them too.