Type of documentary
Mixed.
Themes
Video games.
Power of women.
Phenomenon of Lara Croft.
Representation of women.
Narrative structure
Closed narrative structure.
Non Linear
Single strand
Camerawork
Interviews- left or right hand side of the screen with eye line a third of the way down the screen
Variety of shot types: Low angle, Whip pans and tracking shots.
Tilted frame shot.
Barbie and Ken sequence.
Extreme close-ups of most of the interviewee's.
Mise-en-scene
Chromakey - the Lara Croft video game, moving and out of focus so it didnt distract the audience from the actual interview.
Front projection- a light shone in front of them over their face, which looked part of the video game being played.
Film clips.
Sound
Voiceover- Male, standard English, emotionless, aged in their 20's- somebody who may play the Lara Croft game.
Lara Croft game- Gun fire and music from the game
Madonna music- one interviewee talked about madonna and her sng began just before the interview come on the screen, she is seen as a powerful women just like Lara Croft's character.
Voice of character.
Editing
Cartoon game mixed into reality.
Moving images in the background of the interviews.
Cutting- this is used the most throughout.
Man on a titled computer screen- He is the creator of Lara Croft, he is presented this way as a visual joke and it makes him stand out a lot more than the other interviewee's.
Fast motion used when walking down the stairs into the Cyber cafe.
Archive material
Movie clips and video game clips- both from toomrader.
Emails from the fans of Lara Croft.
Websites dedicated to Lara Croft .
News headlines on how big she has became and how she was even on the front of magazines.
Nikey advert
Graphics
Name and job of the person and how they were involved with the production of the game.
Prsented white and all in lower case and sanserif font.
These images were not used in the Documentary but they represent the excessiveness of Lara Croft and how the video game has developed so well.
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