In class today we watched the opening titles of Sherlock Holmes. As someone who is infatuated the work of Guy Ritchie, I must admit that I found this dumbfoundingly Earth-shattering. The opening was extremely stylistic. As each character is introduced, we see them in a moving image which then changes to a still, and then morphs into a drawing. The whole sequence has a sepia colour grade on it which helps us understand that it is set in the old days. Characters also wear Victorian clothes and the titles are presented using Victorian-style handwriting. All of these codes tell us that the era this takes place in is the Victorian era. The images also look slightly foxed, again to show their age.
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