Character Analysis Of Buster Keaton's 'Sherlock Jr'

Finally, the setting has many ironies as it relates to its connection to the novel. The setting of the Lisbon house is seen as a den of seclusion and isolation from the outside world as it depicts the Lisbon girls who are seemingly held inside. This is ironic because the main character’s entire life is based on her sexual expressions and freeness. This irony of the Lisbon house then completely contradicts the actions of Lux who even sneaks boys up to the roof of her house past her sleeping parents. The narrator describes, “Only the Lisbon house remained dark, a tunnel, an emptiness, past our smoke and flames”(88). Another irony found in the Lisbon house is its description as “an emptiness” when it in fact holds four young girls who are meant

As we usually define movies that show film shooting or film showing scenarios as self-reflexive, the closing scene of Sherlock Jr, undoubtedly falls under this category. While watching this film, we see Sherlock Jr. trying to identify himself with his idol Sherlock Holmes by picturing himself as the detective in movie to achieve his imaginary identification and satisfy his desire to be as sophisticated. Sometimes we find ourselves behave, talk, or even dress like certain actor or actress because we want to be like them. Therefore, seeing Sherlock Jr. experiencing his dreamy adventure, we subconsciously identify ourselves with Sherlock in the way that we, as spectators, often take ourselves into movies as a means of fantasizing our desire or achieving our imaginary

This essay will be discussing representation, with reference and key examples from Sherlock, by closely analysing the episode, A Scandal in Belgravia, by exploring the technical elements such as; framing, focus, lighting, editing, soundtrack, costume and set detail, to help understand the relationship between Irene Adler and Sherlock Holmes, and how power comes to play.

In contrast with interviews that James conducts as a source or witness, in which he sets the mise-en-scene, James tends to keep the camera true-to-life with the mother (Bellour, 50). James maintains a shaky camera technique to solidify his position as “the eye looking into their world.” During panning or other establishing shots, narrated sequences, and interviews with characters, a tripod is used to separate those moments from the story. Although not entirely non-diegetic, the interviews are spaces in the film shot outside of the story. The audience is given confirmation of how William and Arthur must be feeling during this time, allowing character development. Along with the ethical concerns of not tampering with reality, aesthetic efforts during the interviews was necessary to separate them from reality (Ellis, 222)

In Sherlock Jr. by Buster Keaton introduces a man who is trying to be impressed a girl given her a ring. While the rival or the villain; who’s also been trying to affect the girl by deceit Sherlock Jr that he had stolen the girl father’s watch. Of course, Sherlock Jr plays the detective to find out that the rival was the suspect. The clips from the scene that the essay is going to be analyzed are the scene of the ring and the scene where Sherlock Jr starts searching everybody in the house for the stolen watch. In order, to have a clear understanding of the clips, Keaton uses various facets of the film. Therefore, he uses Mise En scene such as acting and setting, and cinematography effects such as framing and shot choice to have a better

An example of the close-up shot in the movie beastly is in the scenario when the protagonist who is named beast is at home and is watching television. He is depressed at the fact that he has been turned ugly by a witch who has cursed him. The camera then shows a close-up shot of him, the shot’s effect in the scenario is now highlighted as the close-up shot has portrayed that the beast is sad about him being ugly and is overthinking that because of his ugliness, he’s career may end. The shot portrays the seriousness of the scenario and shows that the character is in great conflict.

The first example of this is in “Edward Scissorhands” [1990] when Peg discovers Edward in the castle inside of a dark corner of a dark room inside. As Peg welcomes Edward to come out of the shadows, the camera gives a close up to Edward showing his fearful and confused face, and cuts to Peg’s similar reaction, this scene helps to develop complex characters by showing their personality, and overall helps our understanding of how the characters feel in this situation and how they might act later. Another example of this technique is in “Charlie in the Chocolate Factory” [2005] in the same scene, when they are in the room before the chocolate room and they are about to open the doors. As Willy Wonka begins to tease the children the camera close-ups, and shows their excited and confused faces as they wait for what is behind the doors. Willy Wonka however shows a pale and abhor face, developing Tim Burton’s complex characters by giving them early personality traits, and also adding an understanding to what Willy Wonka has in store, why he does it? The finale example is in “Big Fish” [2003], this movie is full of close-ups showing Edward’s emotions, but specifically a scene is when he is slowly making his way to the witch’s house door. As the camera close-ups into Edwards face

The setting take place mainly at Robbie`s house. Grandma Melvyn moves into Robbeis room with her belongings because it was the only room without stairs so her knee wouldn’t hurt as much, This is also where Robbie learns magic from her, find out about her magic cabinet where he practices his magic tricks.

The director utilizes the positioning of the audience to keep up with Molvey's male gaze theory. The long shot of Williams watching the female as she dances around him, dressed in a minimalistic outfit, is used to show the relationship between the two characters. This technique

For example, in the court scene, the actor who plays Tom Robinson starts to cry when he testifies. This simple action of crying when is asked to discuss the events further proves his innocence. The audience does not get to view his reaction in the book and the way this is portrayed in the movie allows the audience to see exactly how he feels in that moment. In the scene, Mulligan uses the camera shot called medium close up.

In the close ups Watkins uses side lighting to show Arthur’s transition into the paranormal world. To show Jennet’s anger the handwriting in the letters gets harsh. To make the audiences speculate and to hook them in Watkins does a slow zoom into an extreme close up of a shadowy figure in the family photo. The non-diegetic sound track starts to build up; similarly, Jennet’s diegetic voiceover for the third letter is also loud and harsh. This build up in sound further makes the audience speculate to prepare them for a sting.

In literature, the setting plays a pivotal role in developing the characters and expressing their emotions farther than can be done by themselves. Take The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins or 127 Hours by Aron Rolston for example. Although they may not fit into the same category as Emma Donoghue’s Room, it is apparent that the setting is what creates each individual personality in a story. Emma Donoghue, author of the novel Room that inspired the film of the same name, uses setting unlike any other author. She impeccably uses the setting as a means of not only developing characters, but as the plot as well. The setting of Room creates conflict, pain, misery, happiness, and love with little effort on it’s part, being that the setting is

The planetarium experience definitely opened my eyes in seeing what I may not ever get to see in person, but many that have looked into it for thousands of years. Sherlock in the end is the ultimate explorer because he investigates and imagines what I think is utterly horrifying and disturbing scenes to help others. Finding killers and criminals are his thing and that is what he does to visualize the possibilities of these crime scenes that could have led to their outcome. From the railroad to Sherlock, all of these tied come down together in history. For as long as I can remember the art of investigation, space, and transportation are all a part of our lives and have been for many years that and will only get better as time goes on.

When he is in a different environment, he waits for a brief moment looking around, then he puts on new clothes so as to fit into the new setting. He appears like a con, suggesting that the movie might be about a con man. Therefore, the mood after watching the title sequence shows a texture of the agitated and spirited tone of the film. Allison claims, “It may indeed prepare the audience for the main narrative but at the same time it provides an almost entirely separate work that contributes, like trailers and advertisements, to the diversity of the

McGuigan’s representation of Sherlock Holmes’ major weakness is emphasised throughout the episode as it does throughout Doyle’s book, Sherlock’s reputation in on the line.