Tomb Raider Anniversary: blog tasks

Language and Audience

Analyse the game cover for Tomb Raider Anniversary (above).

1) How does the cover communicate the genre of the game?

The Genre is conveyed through the mise en scene like the lighting, garments, propps and performing artist this is exhibited through the weapons the female character is holding influencing her to appear to be set to continue chasing or some wort of experience. There is further fortification through he knapsack and the lighting is dark coloured and gold featuring the old picture and influencing it to appear as though she is being set to go on a journey. 

2) How does the pose and costume of the character appeal to primarily male audiences?

This interests to male gatherings of people as it sets out the male look as Laura Mulvey fortifies making her look all the more explicitly engaging and is featured through uncovering of tissue. She is set to give sensual joy through he garments of her wearing 'hot jeans' to awe guys. Her bosoms is the place the content starts and finishes towards her lower back again fortifying the male look. This could interface with Sarkeesian's hypothesis as ladies are depicted as sex items to show up as appealing towards men.

3) How might the cover be read as empowering for female gamers?

This can be engaging for female Gamers as it displays the character of Lara Croft as being prevailing and independent. This is fortified through her stance and articulation being in direct method of location directly at the group of onlookers. There is no male character present which implies she has the autonomy as Rigby diagrams so this gives gatherings of people the delight of being in charge.

Gameplay analysis

1) What does the gameplay for Tomb Raider Anniversary involve?

It includes the character of Lara croft being on a mission attempting to reveal things and enables the gathering of people to be in finished control.


2) Write an analysis of the media language choices in the construction of the game: e.g. genre, narrative, mise-en-scene, camera shots etc.

Genre: 

For the class, there are conundrum codes that are set towards the crowd recommending the anticipation and experience sort. There are inconspicuous intertextual references in the amusement strengthening belief systems of Indiana jones ongoing interaction. 

Narrative: 

Her character can be viewed as a proppian Hero (Todorov). There are twofold restrictions made of her character being spoken to as a sex symbol or a character strengthening women's activist goals. 

Mise en scene: 

The garments utilized for Lara Crofts character can be viewed as explicitly engaging and exhibit the male look (laura Mulvey). She has been made to show up with appealing women's activist outward appearances and has an institutionalized figure. 

Camera shots: 

As the amusement continues the camera points enable the group of onlookers to have full power over her permitting self-governance( Rigby). This empowers gathering of people joy and enables them to have voyeuristic and suggestive delights.

3) Analyse the clips for audience pleasures, applying audience theory and considering media effects.

The audience pleasures incorporate diversion aiding demographics escape reality. This game incorporates sensual and voyeuristic delights for gatherings of people as it strengthens the male look (Mulvey) and sexualizes her body altogether (Liesbeth Van Zoonen). There are additionally nostalgic joys as crowds may have played the principal release which implies that could help them to remember that diversion as well. This could likewise be connected to Scott Rigby's hypothesis of delights by giving self-rule as the player is in noteworthy control of her.

Representations

1) Note the statistics in the opening paragraph.

Sold over 58 million video games.

Graced 1100 magazine covers

2) How does the article describe the cultural change in society and the media since the early 00s?

The social change has been ladies' uniformity in the public arena as now more voices are being intensified with respect to lewd behavior and cases that Lara Croft has brought and connote this change. 

3) How was the original 1996 Lara Croft received by audiences and critics?

Lara Croft originally tumbled into our lives in 1996, shooting bears, jumping over booby traps and swinging between edges with vines. She was solid, brilliant and had a stunning activity: she was at that point a good example. 
4) What did the 2013 re-launch do differently – and how successful was it?

Lara Croft originally tumbled into our lives in 1996, shooting bears, jumping over booby traps and swinging between edges with vines. She was solid, keen and had a stunning activity: she was at that point a good example.

Now read this feature – Tomb Raider’s Lara Croft: feminist or femme fatale? 


1) Why is Lara Croft considered a “polarising figure among gamers”?

Her recognizable proof can be seen as polarizing towards gatherings of people either as a women's activist good example or as advanced stick up young lady only there to explicitly engage men. Hence she is known to be a sex symbol or a women's activist symbol. 


2) How did the limitations of game construction in the 1990s help to establish the way female characters were animated?

They were energized contrastingly as streaming hair was hard to plan their hair would either be shorter of attached to set up their physical make-up more clearly to groups of onlookers. 

3) Why were Lara Croft’s physical attributes emphasised in the original games?


This is on the grounds that the computer game industry will in general be male ruled which implies that her appearance is a piece of the cliché reprsentation of ladies. 

4) How does Anita Sarkeesian describe Lara Croft?

 "She is a hyper-sexualised character that promotes a deep objectification of women."

5) Why has Lara Croft’s appearance and characterisation changed over time?

Research demonstrates that now over half characters in computer games are female and precious stone elements rebooted the establishment and gave her an increasingly normal look, including pants. Croft has figured out how to endure two decades in popular culture - straddling the line of the women's activist figure and femme fatale - long after individual 1990s young lady control images, for example, the Spice Girls and Xena the Warrior Princess have blurred from pertinence.

Industries

1) Why is Lara Croft such an iconic figure in the gaming industry?

She is known to be free, predominant and subverting the female cliché portrayal. She is notorious because of being subverting a few pictures of portrayals of ladies in computer games. 

2) What products and spin-offs have featured Lara Croft or the Tomb Raider brand?

comics, animated TV series and feature films.

3) Why might Lara Croft be considered a postmodern icon?

She might be considered as a postmodern symbol because of her being displayed as a genuine VIP so a simulacrum is made as models are viewed as to be dressed like Lara Croft. This implies an anecdotal character has moved toward becoming piece of this present reality. 

4) Why is Tomb Raider Anniversary a 'case study in conglomerate ownership'?

This might be because of the reality it is utilized in promoting efforts for items including vehicles and soda pops.

Grade A/A* extension tasks

Link Tomb Raider Anniversary to our work in the unit so far:

1) What examples from the Tomb Raider franchise are included in Anita Sarkeesian's video series 'Tropes vs Women in Video Games'?

a) Her development as a character the manner in which she is structured is quite explicitly engaging. 

b) Her development and activity and snorting is very cliché. 

c) Male look support and Lara Croft requests to some other ladies as being free and entirely proficient, and yet, there's no denying that she has regularly been introduced as a sex object.