How does the narrative structure of Chase and Status Lost & Not found construct meanings and shape audience responses?  

The music video for 'Lost and Not Found by Chase and Status uses a linear narrative structure which is examined using Todovo's concept of narrative. The 3-act structure involves the query and question at the beginning where the audience question the missing girl, the equilibrium. Following on with the commotion in the middle, presenting an episodic narrative focusing on various characters, the disequilibrium. Subsequently moving on in search of a resolution to all the disruption to reveal an unexpected ending however leading it to a closed-ended text. In which it also acts as the new equilibrium bringing the story to an end.  

Using Todorov's concept as a framing device is used as a way to provide an understanding for the text, providing anticipation for the ending of the story line however, though the text is closed- ended it still leaves the audience in question to want to know the background to the narrative. I would argue that the closure of the narrative provides a reality of perspective and wrong accusation in serious situations, where the result may not be as predicted within story.  

Within the video narrative codes are used and woven into texts to capture the audiences attention. The idea of narrative codes was devised by Roland Barthes with the purpose to drive one to maintain interest in a story. The video doesn't hold significant symbolic codes and enigma codes however the Proairetic code is used, it captures an event or moment that drives the narrative on. In the music video a photograph of a missing girl is used to focus the main question to where the narrative is going, with it being presented as one of the main signifiers which holds  in the video it is used to catalyst the forthcoming plot of the video. The other significant moment right at the beginning and the end of the video is a bicycle, its how the video opens and immediately drives the narrative, and in conclusion the video ends with the boy on his bike therefor physically driving the video to an end. 

The narrative is based on the chaotic structure of life presenting the realism of society and how people forgo within their day to day life, however people are constantly going through their own issues. With different slice of life scenarios following different people's life either lost or found, both intentionally and against their will. The footage moves from scene to scene and character to character as the story unfold on the dramatic plot.