This documentary examines the popular video game character Lara Croft and her impact. It uses interviews and footage from the games and films to tell the story in three parts - introducing Lara Croft, exploring the Tomb Raider films, and how Lara Croft became a global icon. The documentary employs techniques like a male voiceover, fast-paced editing to match the energy of games, and graphics/text to enhance the narrative and keep the target gaming audience engaged.

1. That thing… Lara Croft
Type of documentary:
Expository
Mix of techniques

2. Themes
Lara croft
Feminism
Gaming industry
Representation of
women

3. Narrative Structure:
First minute of it sets the scene who she is and how a film has been made from it.
Vary of men and women interviews shows its for both genders.
Middle- more information about film and the game itself.
End- how famous Lara Croft (animated character) has became and an icon.

4. Camera work:
Interview camera angles vary from close up and zoom into an extreme shot which
varies the shots.
Medium close up with majority of interviews
Panning shot of people playing the game.
They then show the someone talking then cutaway to show what they are talking about
which could suggest it’s a young audience.

5. Mise en scene:
Green screen which has super imposed bits of the film and game.
Also the mise en scene of when they are interviewed playing the game shows its
related to the topic.
Nearly every shot involves a camera shows that the topic is gaming all the way
through.

6. Sound:
Male voice over- voice of God because of target audience and topic (gaming)
suggests a male voice is more suited.
Non-diegetic music sound track gives energy and sounds very gamey which
relates to the topic.
Music then changes which shows it’s a different scene, which is Madonna music
and relates that they are speaking about her.

7. Editing
Very fast paced editing which matches pace of videos games. Also speeding up
editing adds excitement.
Archive material
There is bits of the game and film and part of an Angelia Jolie interview.
Graphics
Created a computer screen around an interviewee. Also there is text showing
who is speaking.