katreen gcse media

 Language 1) Who is Lara Croft and when did she first appear in a videogame Lara Croft was the first female protagonist in video games.She first appeared in 1996 in the video game Tomb Raider. 2) What classic films influenced the creation of Lara Croft and the Tomb Raider games? Lara Croft and Tomb Raider were influenced by Indian Jones. 3) How has Lara Croft and Tomb Raider moved beyond just being a videogame? Lara croft was featured in movies and appeared on magazine covers more times than supermodels.There have been merchandise,comic book and spin offs featuring the character Lara croft.Lara Croft has also has been credited to bringing success on PlaySation games. 4)  What devices can you play Lara Croft Go on? - PlayStation - Xbox - Computers -PS4 - PC 5) What type of game is Lara Croft Go? Action Adventure game exploring and uncovering relics from ancient civilisation. 6) How does Lara Croft Go use narrative (storyline) to make the game enjoyable for the audience? Th...

1) What were the first video games like? The first video games released had bad graphic quality as technology back then wasn't as advanced.Most games target audience were aimed at men as the producers of most video games were men.Most games contained violence as that what attracted male audience the most. 2) How have video games changed over time? Video games graphic quality changed over time from a blurry low quality to a quality that almost looks like you're watching a movie.Also over time more video games targeted at women started to appear.Such as Lara Croat she was one of the first female lead characters.However she was sexualised  so much that the main target audience was men.  3) What do the most successful games have in common? Answer this in as much detail as you can. Think about audience pleasures - what do people like about playing video games? Most successful games are mainly targeted at men.Although there were some games for women most of the female,most of the ti...

1) Type up your feedback from your teacher in full (you do not need to write marks/grades if you do not wish to). A very surprising response!However you do need to use more media terminology/story lines actually do suit the target audience. 2) Look at the mark scheme document linked above. Write an answer for question 1.1 on mise-en-scene. The two people were chasing which makes them look homeless 3) Look at question 1.2. Write  ONE  narrative feature in the extract you could have written for this answer. Costumes:Lyra and Will are placed in customers that reflect the world they are from.This helps to communicate the wider narrative arc.To show and emphasises the fact they are out of place in this current city. 4) Now focus on question 1.3.  Write down   ONE  answer for this question about how the extract targeted a family audience. It could argue that the extract feature narrative are too complicated for a family audience to enjoy. 5) Finally, wr...