Lara Croft

Type of Documentary
Expository Documentary
Themes

• Violence.
• Representation of women.
• Feminism.
• Gaming.

Narrative Structure

• Lara Croft within a game and also a real life film too.
• Talking about her developing.

Camerawork

• Canted angle.
• Extreme close up of interviewees face.
• Medium close up.
• Shows game footage + zooms out to show the person playing the game.

Mise-en-scene

• Background in interviews is footage from the Lara Croft game.
• Computers and computer mise.
• Dark, dull lighting in the game.

Sound

• Music from the game.
• Lara Crofts voice.
• Male voice over.
• Sound effects.
• Game play footage; audio.

Editing

Archive Material

• Footage from game.
• Lara Croft interviews.
• Chat rooms.

Graphics

• Quick moving camerawork... sped up.
• Match on action.
• Blue screen used.
• Straight cuts, no black outs.