The documentary analyzes the rise of the Lara Croft computer game character and franchise, using interviews, archived footage from the games and films, and discussing both the commercial success of the games and issues of gender representation. It has a nonlinear narrative structure and employs various camera techniques, editing approaches, and archive materials to examine Lara Croft's impact and cultural significance.

1. Lara Croft
Broadcast on BBC2

2. Type Of Documentary: mixed
Includes:
• Interviews
• Archive Materials

3. Themes:
• Rise of computer games
• Representation of gender

4. Narrative Structure:
closed, non-linear, single strand

5. Camerawork:
• Close ups, big close ups and medium close ups of people being
interviewed and a tilted frame.
• Point of view tracking shot.
• Panning and crabbing when people were playing the game.

6. Mise-en-scene:
• Creator of the game has a computer frame around him
• Filmed in front of a green screen
• Front projection

7. Sound:
• Music throughout the
whole programme
• Audio from the game
• Madonna track before
talking about her
• Young man narrating uses
standard English

8. Editing:
• Cut
• Fast motion
• Slow motion
• Fast paced

9. Archive Material:
• Clips from game
• Clips from film
• Nike advert
• Angelina Jolie Interview
• Magazine front covers
• Websites

10. Graphics:
• Speech bubbles
• Name of the person and relation to Lara Croft