Wednesday, 22 September 2010

Genre Analysis: BBC2 That thing... Lara Croft

Documentary Type:
Mixed

Themes:


  • Video Games

  • Impact of a video game character on people's lives

  • The creation and phenomenon

  • Representation on women

  • How media influences peoples thoughts


Narrative Structure


  • Closed

  • Non- Linear

  • Single strand

Camerawork

Interviews: Left or right alignment. Eyeline 1/3 of the way down the screen, medium closeup and closeups

Creative Camera work: Pan along computer room, whip pans, tilted frames, tracking, low angle and high angles.

Barbie sequence: Extreme close up relevant to Lara Croft distorted body shape.

Lara Croft game character

Mise- En- Scene


Chromokey background- Out of focus so it did'nt distract from interview.


Moving archive material


Front Projection- over the face of the interviewee


Sound



  • Voiceover: Male, calm and clear, young someone who would play on the games

  • Fast upbeat music

  • Game and movie sounds e.g Gunfire

  • Voice of Lara croft

  • Madonna's song played over the interview as one of the interviewees mentioned her.

Editing


Chromokey


Light projected onto face


Fast motion


Cutting


Creator of game put into a computer game at a tilted camera


Archive Material



  • Game clips

  • Film clips

  • Websites/blogs

  • Pictures

  • Nike advert

  • Rolling stones magazine

  • Angelina Jolie interview

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