1. Sherlock (TV Series)
A contemporary update of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's
Sherlock Holmes detective stories.
Mise-en-Scene Breakdown
James Landless
Sathyam Sharma
2. Setting
â˘Based in the modern era of
London
â˘It shows this by
âFamous Landmarks/areas
(Tower Bridge) when outside.
âWhen inside there is no real
setting to be able to discern that
they are in London (maybe
accents or fashion?)
â Familiar Baker street house has
a big impact as well
3. Lighting/Colour
⢠Lighting = typical grey/blue
English weather when
outside
⢠When inside
â Dark hues = mystery (whatâs
hiding in the shadows?)
â sterile, modern blue when in
the lab.
4. Figure Movement
⢠Watson is always observing Sherlock (Sherlock
supposedly likes working alone?) but when
company comes in Watson moves to
Sherlockâs side/ so to back him up. Sherlock
seems to like this.
⢠Like in the book, ONE CLEAR PAIR.
Watson
5. Expression
⢠Sherlock maintains a blank,
serious expression. It gives
a feel to it that he is always
thinking.
⢠Watson usually has an
annoyed expression
connoting the annoyance
from never understanding
Sherlock
6. Props
⢠The modern props (guns)
allow the show to appear
modern.
⢠Modern technology, such as
phones, the internet, and
GPS, used to solve crimes.
⢠Very scientific (the lab looks
so). This connotes and
slightly denotes the fact of
inteigence.
7. Other
⢠Make-up = Make
people look
deathly pale.
connotes they are
ill.
⢠Make-Up =
BLOOD!
⢠Special Effects
(SFX) = No massive
use of SFX seen
(gun shoot-outs?)
8. Meaning
⢠To give the same sense of mystery presented
by the books that can only be made by NOT
speaking it out loud.
⢠To set the scene for the BEST mystery.
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