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- 2. Type of Documentary: • The type of documentary that “That Thing – Lara Croft” is, is a mixed documentary. • I know that it is a mixed documentary because throughout there are many different interviews used, one of the interviews was with Helen Kennedy who analysed the game. Over the top of many clips there is on running narration throughout the hour programme and the documentary also uses archives materials like game play and graphics from the game itself.
- 3. Theme: • One of the main themes in this documentary is the rise of computer games throughout the ages and how they have changed to stay popular with consumers, this was done by keeping the game up with the times and modernising it to fit in with social changes • Another thing this documentary shows is the representation of different genders and how equal females and males are and how females can be the star of a game in a male-dominated industry.
- 4. Narrative structure: • The narrative structure of this programme is closed as the documentary about Lara Croft doesn’t leave you on a cliff hanger and it fully explains all the leads before the programme ends. They do this because there is nothing to leave of a cliff hanger due to the fact the game and film have been open to the public for a long time now so the public aren’t waiting for anything new to happen. • The documentary is has a non-linear structure because there is no chronological order to which the different clips are shown also the order of the interviews and questions were not in a specific order but it still made sense
- 5. Camerawork: • A Close up of the people being interviewed and a tilted frame, thi • Person being interviewed isn’t centred they’re either towards the left or right, point of view tracking shot. • Panning and crabbing while 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 with standard English
- 8. • Editing-Cut, fast motion, slow motion, fast paced
- 9. • Archive material- Clips from the game, clips from the film, Nike advert, Angelina Jolie interview, magazine front covers, websites
- 10. • Graphics- Speech bubbles, name of the person and relation to Lara Croft