optional extension task

 Optional extension tasks


Language
1) Watch some Lara Croft Go gameplay online or, even better, play the game yourself. How is the game constructed to attract and maintain the engagement of an audience?


Construct, enemies, traps, parkour
The game has good graphics
The game makes it more real


2) How is narrative, character, iconography and setting used to create intertextuality? (Links to other genres and media texts)


     Narrative- you follow the game story and play it to the end and face multiple enemies.
Character- The producers are the first to make the character a female that is strong and intelligent in the game.
Representation


1) Read this NME feature on the history of the Lara Croft character. Do you agree that she is now a 'feminist icon' rather than a 'trapezoid-boobed pinup'? What do these terms mean?


- She is empowered feminist icon because of holding a weapon in her hand.
- The clothing she is wearing is dirty, this symbolises a strong and intelligent woman
- Focus is on her attitude, intelligent and athleticism


2) Have later versions of the Tomb Raider/Lara Croft franchise featured a less-sexualised version of the character? Does this suggest society is changing in its attitude towards women?


She is less sexualised now in the Lara Croft Go franchise character.
That society is giving more respect to women.


Industries

1) Why do video game producers prefer the self-regulation of PEGI to government regulation? Why is video game regulation increasingly important in the 21st century?

Video game producers like the self-regulation because it makes it less violent and swearing in the game. Producers don't like the government regulation because it makes a lot of the parts in the game more violent and swearing.

2) Watch the full lecture embedded above: Distilling a franchise - the making of Lara Croft Go. How did the designers make conscious decisions based on previous franchises to create a successful game?



Audience
1) How has the marketing of Lara Croft/Tomb Raider franchise changed over the last 20 years and how might an audience respond to this? Think about reception theory - preferred and oppositional readings. 



2) Does Lara Croft Go target a female audience? Why do you think female gamers dominate the phone/tablet market?

It targets a female audience by the gender of the character that is a female person in the game.

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