2. This type of documentary is mixed
as it uses a range of interviews and
observations. The main theme in
this documentary is how woman
are represented through the
media/gaming world.
3. This documentary is single strand
as there is only one story line. It
is also non linear because it
doesn’t follow a chronological
order and finally, it is a closed
documentary as questions were
left unanswered at the end.
4. Extreme close-ups and medium
close-ups were used the most
during the documentary.
Conventional frame work was
used quite a lot too. Zooming,
panning and point of view shots
were used frequently especially
when it showed game play of
Lara in action.
5. The green screen was used through out the
documentary in the background of every
interview and showing game play. The
chromakey screen revealed the game ‘Tomb
Raider’ in which Lara Croft is featured in. There
was lots of dark light and front projection.
6. There was a male voiceover in the documentary
who used standard English in which made the flow
of the narrative easy to understand. The music in
the background is constantly on going and gets
more upbeat and fast towards the end. This makes
the audience feel like they are apart of the game
themselves. Also, Madonna’s music was playing in
the background as well, mostly when Lara Croft as
an individual came into shot as this links back to
the theme of the representation of women.
7. Cuts were the main editing technique to
feature in the documentary. The questions
which were asked by the interviewer were
cut out so the audience couldn’t hear
them. This could perhaps have been
purposely portrayed so that the audience
feels like the interviewee is speaking
directly to them instead of the interviewer.
8. The archive material included the
tomb raider movie, fan sites,
posters, adverts and an interview
from Angelina Jolie who plays Lara
Croft in the movie.
9. The graphics used within the documentary
were a bold, white and clear font which
featured at the bottom left of every
interview which contained the interviewee’s
name as well as their relevance. At the very
beginning of the documentary ‘That Thing’
was shown in animated speech bubbles
alongside more graphics to follow.
