——Excerpted from Li Yuran's article "The Difference between Chinese and American Commercial Films - After Viewing
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Audiovisual language paradigms and specific emotional mining
Tomas 2022-04-21 09:01:15
The audiovisual language of the film can be listed as a teaching material. Guy Ritchie's ability to outperform Hollywood directors who can only produce qualified products lies in his mastery of audio-visual language and rhythm, as well as the exploration of specific emotions, such as the admiration between Sherlock Holmes and Watson. The editing of the whole film is based on the context of detective films and detective novels, and repeatedly uses flashbacks, flashbacks, cross-cuts and other cinematic techniques to enhance the complexity of storytelling. The ambiguous emotions add to the drama. The modeling of the atmosphere of the British era in the 1890s has become the most imperceptible image support, and the concept of being involved in the European war has added a little bit of interest to a commercial entertainment film and the knowledge brought by Sherlock Holmes. serious. American commercial films rely on the power of world distribution, global financial support, and a complete production system, coupled with nearly a century of film language and the accumulation of art composition traditions over hundreds of years, any director with certain ability standing on such a solid shoulder, the film There is a certain quality assurance for the presentation. Guy Ritchie's talent and a full collaboration with Warner Bros. eventually made the film a somewhat interesting commercial.
——Excerpted from Li Yuran's article "The Difference between Chinese and American Commercial Films - After Viewing "
——Excerpted from Li Yuran's article "The Difference between Chinese and American Commercial Films - After Viewing
Extended Reading
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows quotes
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[from trailer]
Sherlock Holmes: [getting ready to be shot at] Make it count!
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[after Holmes throws Mary off the train, Watson turns around and sees his wife gone]
Sherlock Holmes: It had to be done. She's safe now! In my own defense, I timed it perfectly-!
[Watson lunges at him and starts throttling him]
Dr. John Watson: Did you kill my wife?
Sherlock Holmes: [muffled, tries to respond]
Dr. John Watson: DID-YOU-JUST-KILL-MY-NEW-WIFE?
Sherlock Holmes: [forces Watson's hand away] Of course not!
Dr. John Watson: What do you mean? How do you know that, when you just threw her off a train?
Sherlock Holmes: I told you, I timed it perfectly!
Dr. John Watson: What does that mean?
Sherlock Holmes: Calm down!
Dr. John Watson: Explain!
Sherlock Holmes: By the time I explained, we'd both be dead!