Genre Analysis - That Thing - Lara Croft

Type of Documentary

Mixed

Themes

Phenomenon of Lara Croft

Representation of Women

Power of the media

Influencing peoples thoughts about the representation of women.

Narrative structure

Closed narrative structure

Non linear

Single strand

Camerawork

Interviews

left or right of the screen

Eye line third of the way down the screen

Close up/medium close up/big close up

Low angle was used

Other camerawork

The Barbie sequence was in extreme close up.

Whips pans

Tracking shot of the cyber cafe

Extreme close up of keyboard and the screen.

Mise-En-Scene

They use chromakey, to get a moving background

In the interview it is out of focus to not distract attention from the interview

Sound

Voiceover

Calm

Clear

Male

Age 20’s

Someone who would of played the game when it came out.

Editing

Cuts

Interview of man on computer screen was filtered – he was the creator of the computer game so they put him in the computer

Fast motion of man going up and downstairs in the cyber cafe.

Archive Material

Tomb raider film

Tombraider game

Graphics

All had "That Thing" at the end

White Sans Seriff, all lower case