Sherlock Holmes Vs Youtube

There have be many adaptations to this story over the years. In 1968 there was an adaptation of the story in a television show on BBC called Sherlock Holmes. Television was new and very popular during this time period. So, there were some flaws with the technology aspect but not with the story. Streaming the video from YouTube was not the best quality. Nonetheless, with the help of the amazing lighting, the camera shots and the color correction were outstanding. For the first murder scene it is a point of view camera shot where only a candle and the victim was visible. The lighting in that scene and the camera work would made the viewer feel anxious. On the other hand the audio was unbearable. When the actors would speak their lines the audio was too quiet, but every sound effect was too loud. Every time a door would shut it sounded as …show more content…
The opening shot is a wedding ring being taken off a dead woman’s body. The next shot fades into drunk Drebber kissing Alice and then trying to convince her to go back with him to Utah. Mrs. Charpentier walks in on them and yells for her son, who chases Drebber out. From that moment on the rest of the script is almost exactly like the story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The story does not start with Watson and Holmes meeting because this was aired during the second season. In the middle of the episode Holmes figures out that the old woman who picked up the ring was an actor. Watson and Holmes go to visit the local theater to find the actor picked up the ring. They were able to get the information needed for the case. Also, The story does change at the end of the episode. After Holmes arrests Hope there are no flashback of the story with the Mormons, but only of the murder scenes. The show ends Hope stating, “There was no murder Mr. Holmes, I executed them” (Sherlock Holmes). He walks out of the interrogation room freeze framing as him falling over and Holmes reaching for

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