Question 2

Camerawork

The first example of camerawork in this extract is the close up of Lara's face when she discovers her partners have been killed and it shows her emotion of pure panic the close up can really help the audience feel how the character feels because she goes from in delight of seeing the gold rock to being shocked to see her partners throat cut.

The second example I will mention is the over the shoulder shot at the beginning of the extract where the camera has spun round over her shoulder and you can see the statue above her and this statue turns out to be very significant as she climbs it and the thing she finds is what causes the whole building to crumble.

Mise-en-scene

A huge chest full of golden treasures is one of the main elements of the tomb. It create an effect of wonder around the tomb and references older films from a similar genre, for example the Indiana Jones franchise, where chests of gold like this one were often found by the title character himself.

The second example that I will mention is the weaponry they use, the weaponry the use isn't new and fast in fact some of it is for example Lara's guns but you would expect that from her as she is a very stereotypical spy who would have the newest equipment, but some of it is very old fashioned like the crossbows that the antagonists have.

Editing

The first example of editing that I will talk about is the Slow motion shot of the protagonist Lara Croft coming out of the water at the end when she knows she is safe she rises through the water majestically and is relived that she has got out of the situation she was in as it was very dangerous and she managed to grab onto a shark that pulled her to safety.

CGI is used in this extract when Lara lets light shine through the yellow orb. This computer generated ray of light is used to emphasize the wonder and amazement of the artefact. The audience knows that it is very important because of the incredible ray of light that it produced.

Soundtrack

The music when the group first enter the tomb is very grand and swells when then you first see the details of the tomb. It creates a feeling of ancient grandeur around the place and makes the audience feel that it is very significant to the story and was once a very important tomb.

The second example i will mention is the Diegetic sounds of the guns bullets firing and clanking against metal these noises had obviously been emphasized to sound more forced and make the scene look more intense and as it was louder the tension increased and left the audience on the edge of their seat.