Documentary Analysis - That Thing: Lara Croft BBC2

Type of Documentary

Mixed

Themes
Feminism

Representation of women

Power of the media

Narrative Structure

Closed

Non-Linear- there is no timeline.

Single Strand

Camerawork

Interviews: variety of shots; close ups, medium close ups and extreme close ups. The interviewee is positioned to the right or left of the screen with the eyeline 1/3 of the way down
Point of View  tracking shot - going into the Internet cafe and along the line of boys on the computer, followed by an extreme close up of a woman's hand on the keyboard playing the game.

Mise-En-Scene

Chromakey - shows game footage to keep the audiences attention/ interest on the interview

The woman being interviewed has a front projection of the green dimensions on her face whilst being interviewed as though trying to make her part of the game.
Film clips.


Sound

Voiceover- Standard English spoken,male, young age type of person who would play the game, calm and relaxed tone.

Music from the game is used.

Soundbites from the Lara Croft character from the game is used.
A Madonna track was played - before one of the interviewees referred to her

Editing

Cuts

Fast motion used in the cafe in the over the shoulder shot
Interview of creator: he has been put into the computer screen.

Archive Material

Websites

Newspaper headlines

Extracts from the game - Tomb Raider

Extracts from the film - Tomb Raider
Nike advert

Interview with Angelina Jolie

 

Graphics

On the opposite side of the screen to the interviewee or subject in white sans serif

The top line size is bigger than the bottom line, and its all in lower case writing
The title of the programme was referred to throughout the interviews such as the creator of That Thing.

Title of the programme is in speech bubbles which suggests the programme is about discussion

I could not find any relevant video clips for the documentary so I included pictures of Lara Croft and Angelina Jolie.