That Thing-Documentary Analysis
- 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. • • 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