2. TYPE OF DOCUMENTARY
Mixed:
As it contains archive footage, interviews and a voiceover.
3. THEMES
• Lara Croft and video gaming
• Power of the media
• Representation of women
4. NARRATIVE STRUCTURE
• Single Stranded-focuses on the one topic of the Lara Croft game
• Non-Linear
• Close-ended-questions are answered
• Narrator uses standard English
5. CAMERAWORK
• Interviews-stable camera is used.
• Medium close ups are used and so the interviewee’s are clearly seen.
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• Over the shoulder shot of people on the computer-the camera sometimes zooms in
to the computer so the audience can see snippets of the game
• Pans are used one more than once occasion-allows the audience to get a feel of the
game
6. MISE-EN-SCENE
• Focuses on the game with it being the topic of the documentary.
• Chroma key-footage of Lara Croft/game is sometimes used as a backdrop
for interviews-anchors to the topic of the documentary.
• Computer rooms feature in the cutaways.
7. SOUND
• Non-diagetic upbeat dance music-appeals to the target audience
• Narrator/Voiceover-is a young male which appears to the target audience of
the game
8. EDITING
• Cuts are used
• Chroma key during some interviews
• Fast paced-represents the pace of the game
• Only the interviewee’s answered are heard and not the interviewer asking
the questions
9. ARCHIVE MATERIAL
• Game footage
• Interview with Angelina Jolie
• Nike advert
10. GRAPHICS
• Title of the documentary
• Name of the people being interviewed
