"hook the audience" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means to captivate or engage the listeners or viewers in a performance, presentation, or story. Example: "As soon as the comedian stepped on stage, he knew he had to hook the audience with a clever joke to win them over."
Hopefully the flipped "R" is enough to hook the audience.
Different solutions are required to hook the audience into the drama.
"It is important to use humour, or derision, to hook the audience, but it's not intended as a funny film.
Everyone is in a hurry to hook the audience because their next favorite show is just a Netflix recommendation away.
It's easy for me to ride the wave of laughter, hook the audience and ride the laugh, but I'm not doing that here.
It's easy to see the need to hook the audience straightaway when an online episode is only about 10 to 15 minutes.
Try to start with something familiar that hooks the audience in, then unpack it; alternatively, start with an interesting question or something a bit mysterious that you promise to reveal.
Their funny campaign video hooked the audience, doing much of the hard work for them.
Equally, and perhaps just as perversely, radio drama loves silence: the moment where, if you've hooked the audience in right, they are leaning in, totally absorbed in that invisible soundless space, because the characters have stopped talking and something has happened and we want to know what.
Their chemistry is undeniable, hooking the audience and making listeners feel as though they're sitting amongst friends.
The beginning is where you set things up -- the place where you hook the attention of your audience, the place where you set the scene and introduce your hero -- hopefully a likable one.
