Analysing a Documentary - That Thing... Lara Croft

Type
Mixed

Themes
Phenomunum of Lara Croft
Representation of Women
Power of the media

Narrative Structure
Closed Narrative Structure
Non Linear
Single Strand

Camerawork
Interviews

• Eye line 3rd of the way down
• Framed to the left or right of the screen
• Medium close up, big close up and close up

Camerawork

• Low angle used on creator
• Tracking shot through cafe
• Whip pan
• Barbie shoot, close up used as they are small dolls

Mise-en-Scene

• Chromakey - out of focus mostly - moving images
• Front projection over some peoples faces
• Film clips were used as backgrounds

Sound

• Voiceover - calm, clear, male, someone who would play game
• Gun fire
• Music from the game
• Voice of Lara Croft
• Madonna - someone referred to her as a strong female role

Editing

• Cutting
• Interview on 'computer screen' (creator) to put him into a computer game
• Fast motion through cafe

Archive material

• Tomb Raider film and game
• Nike advert
• Newspaper + magazines
• Angelina Jolie interview
• Websites

Graphics

• All had relevance to 'that thing', white, san serif
• Credits

The video below is to show how the tomb raider games have developed over time