Sunday, 11 October 2009

"That Thing" - Lara Croft

Analysis of Documentary:

Type of Documentary: Mixed
Themes: Representation of gender/Feminism/Popular Culture
Narrative Structure: Closed/Single-Strand/Non-Linear

Camerawork:
Interviews - framed either left or right of screen ~ Mid-shot, medium close-up, close-up, or big close-up(inventor) used.
Tilted frame (inventor)
Close-up on Angelina Jolie on 'naughty' - cheeky smile.
Handheld
Tracking
Point of view shot
Zoom/Pan

Mise-En-Scene:
Green lighting - front projection, over interviewee.
Chromokey (green or blue screen)
Back projection - behind interviewee.
Put inventor in a computer screen.

Sound:
Sound effects: gun shots
Music from the game (soundtrack)
Voiceover - asking Q's (male, young, accent, standard English).
Change to Madonna song when mentioned
Dance music - popular culture

Editing:
Superimposed imagery - man over film/game
Speed-up motion
Montage of clips
Match description to image
Cut

Archive Material:
Shots of game (Tomb-Raider)
Film extracts
Interview with Angelina Jolie
Fan email - images - competitions - official history.
Cultural mags
Nike advert

Graphics:
Man in laptop screen
'Lara Croft' words.
Titles of interviewees and relation to subject matter. Sans serif/white/lower case.
Credits over clip of game

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