Sherlock Holmes Work book Media A2 Level Revision
Sherlock Holmes
Jamie Bottomley
Synopsis
Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.
Who is Guy Richie?
Ritchie was chosen to make the film Sherlock Holmes and he saw the release of Sherlock Holmes, starring Robert Downey Jr. in the title role and Jude Law as his cohort Dr. Watson in 2009. The film received mostly good reviews but, more importantly for Ritchie's career, was a solid blockbuster hit that grossed more than $520 million dollars worldwide and spawned a sequel, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011). Ritchie is tentatively scheduled to direct an adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island
Key words to use within your exam answers
Saturated Marketing: When a film is advertised and marketed in a wide range of media e.g. cinema trailers, television, online, magazines, newspapers, outdoor marketing including billboards, buses, transport hubs, social networking, radio, using interviews and Profiles of the film’s stars to market the film…
First Person Monologue: When a character makes an individual speech to the audience (from theatre).
Deerstalker Hat: A hat that is typically worn in rural areas, often for hunting and is typified by brims back and front and often two side straps.
Vladimir Propp: A narrative theorist who suggested some media could be understood by 8, recurring character roles – The Hero, Villain, False Hero, Her Father, Donor, Despatcher, Princess and Helper.
Deduction: The process of solving a crime by reasoning and intelligence.
Single Stranded Narrative: When a storyline has one main issue.
Golden Age: Crime drama that belongs to a traditional English cultural heritage – tea drinking, genteel stereotypically English representations, upper middle class culture (limited blue collar crime, normally white collar), no violent graphic representations, a classic ‘red herring’ with the victim normally someone from a high
Jamie Bottomley
Synopsis
Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.
Who is Guy Richie?
Ritchie was chosen to make the film Sherlock Holmes and he saw the release of Sherlock Holmes, starring Robert Downey Jr. in the title role and Jude Law as his cohort Dr. Watson in 2009. The film received mostly good reviews but, more importantly for Ritchie's career, was a solid blockbuster hit that grossed more than $520 million dollars worldwide and spawned a sequel, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011). Ritchie is tentatively scheduled to direct an adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island
Key words to use within your exam answers
Saturated Marketing: When a film is advertised and marketed in a wide range of media e.g. cinema trailers, television, online, magazines, newspapers, outdoor marketing including billboards, buses, transport hubs, social networking, radio, using interviews and Profiles of the film’s stars to market the film…
First Person Monologue: When a character makes an individual speech to the audience (from theatre).
Deerstalker Hat: A hat that is typically worn in rural areas, often for hunting and is typified by brims back and front and often two side straps.
Vladimir Propp: A narrative theorist who suggested some media could be understood by 8, recurring character roles – The Hero, Villain, False Hero, Her Father, Donor, Despatcher, Princess and Helper.
Deduction: The process of solving a crime by reasoning and intelligence.
Single Stranded Narrative: When a storyline has one main issue.
Golden Age: Crime drama that belongs to a traditional English cultural heritage – tea drinking, genteel stereotypically English representations, upper middle class culture (limited blue collar crime, normally white collar), no violent graphic representations, a classic ‘red herring’ with the victim normally someone from a high