Hi guys! Remember our meeting is coming up!
Also, I am on running crew for Heartbreak House, so my nights are pretty much swamped this week. I can still definitely meet with people, but it will have to be during the day. I'd still like to help out with the editing process in any way needed/possible, but I am really only available during the day for a while.
We still need to film the voice over stuff, and we may have a couple of odds and ends we need to fill in. I'm not totally sure we've talked about the performance enough, so we may need to look at our "reaction shots" again. Just a thought, though.
Monday, April 16, 2012
Friday, April 13, 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
I just realized that I forgot to compile a cast and crew list for Sherlock.
Director:
Producers:
Writers:
Actors:
Director:
- Paul McGuigan
Producers:
- Mark Gatiss
- Steven Moffat
- Beryl Vertue
- Sue Vertue
Writers:
- Mark Gatiss
- Steven Moffat
- Steve Thompson
Actors:
- Benedict Cumberbatch - Sherlock Holmes
- Martin Freeman - John Watson
- Rupert Graves - Greg Lestrade
- Mark Gatiss - Mycroft Holmes
- Una Stubbs - Mrs Hudson
- Loo Brealey - Molly Hooper
- Vinette Robinson - Sally Donovan
- Jonathan Aris - Anderson
Monday, April 9, 2012
Hey everyone, just wanted to update a bit.
Leilani, have you burned "A Study in Pink" onto your computer yet? If so, is there any way you could send it to me (via mediafire, depositfiles, a flash drive, whatever)? I don't have much experience with video editing, but one thing I do know how to do is cut footage from large videos. For example, if you wanted the part from, say, 23:00 to 23:24, I could edit the video so that only that part remains and make it its own .avi file (or whichever format is preferred).
...That's the extent of my video editing knowledge, but I figure maybe it can be used at some point, so...let me know if there are any specific parts from the episode anyone wants to be included in the presentation. I use a program called avidemux, but when I owned a Windows computer I used VirtualDub. Both are very simple programs that make it easy to extract small parts from a larger video.
By the way, Katie, I wouldn't object to moving the meeting to 8:15 since there's actually a live show on at 7 I was looking forward to watching...I'll still miss some of it since it's 2 hours long, but ah well.
Leilani, have you burned "A Study in Pink" onto your computer yet? If so, is there any way you could send it to me (via mediafire, depositfiles, a flash drive, whatever)? I don't have much experience with video editing, but one thing I do know how to do is cut footage from large videos. For example, if you wanted the part from, say, 23:00 to 23:24, I could edit the video so that only that part remains and make it its own .avi file (or whichever format is preferred).
...That's the extent of my video editing knowledge, but I figure maybe it can be used at some point, so...let me know if there are any specific parts from the episode anyone wants to be included in the presentation. I use a program called avidemux, but when I owned a Windows computer I used VirtualDub. Both are very simple programs that make it easy to extract small parts from a larger video.
By the way, Katie, I wouldn't object to moving the meeting to 8:15 since there's actually a live show on at 7 I was looking forward to watching...I'll still miss some of it since it's 2 hours long, but ah well.
Okay, guys! So my life has finally stopped spontaneously combusting and I finished reading A Study in Scarlet. I'm going to try to wrangle my thoughts into submission on the subject.
There are a lot of similarities between the two stories, but I hadn't realized all of the differences yet. Obviously they cut out the Mormonism subplot, because it's not really considered in good taste these days. I think it's clever how they managed it, because it's an issue that has kept the story from getting adapted frequently.
In taking that out they had to vastly change the murderer's motives--although they keep the same dichotomy between vengeance and love ("bitterness is a paralytic. Love is a much more vicious motivator.") The murders in the episode are a bit less focused than the murders in the story, as the cab driver is merely killing people to get money for his children, not going after specific people he wants to get revenge on.
Otherwise, the adaptation sticks pretty close. I think it's kind of sad that they had to change the story so that the cabbie (who actually IS listed in the credits as Jeff Hope, fun fact) is divorced from his wife. In the novel he had a really beautiful love story with Lucy, even if they were never able to be together, and it's a shame that it couldn't be salvaged. Still, it's a good solid adaptation, and pretty cleverly done.
I like the little nods to the original story. The coffee cups that John and Mike Stamford drink out of say "Criterion" because Watson and Stamford originally dined at the Criterion restaurant in the novel. The scene in which Sherlock beats the corpse with the riding crop is a reference to something Stamford says he has seen Sherlock doing in the laboratory as a test. The "Rache" clue left behind is twisted on its ear--in the novel it is German for revenge. Sherlock warns them "don't bother for looking for Miss Rachel." The clue also turns out the be a red herring. In the episode Sherlock suggests that the writing is meant to say "Rachel." When questioned about it, he responds "No, she was leaving an angry note in German. Of course she was writing Rachel!" And this piece of information turns out to be an important clue to solving the case. Also, the American in the back of the taxi that Sherlock chases down is a reference to the fact that in the book the victims are Americans.
All in all, I think it's a clever and inventive adaptation.
There are a lot of similarities between the two stories, but I hadn't realized all of the differences yet. Obviously they cut out the Mormonism subplot, because it's not really considered in good taste these days. I think it's clever how they managed it, because it's an issue that has kept the story from getting adapted frequently.
In taking that out they had to vastly change the murderer's motives--although they keep the same dichotomy between vengeance and love ("bitterness is a paralytic. Love is a much more vicious motivator.") The murders in the episode are a bit less focused than the murders in the story, as the cab driver is merely killing people to get money for his children, not going after specific people he wants to get revenge on.
Otherwise, the adaptation sticks pretty close. I think it's kind of sad that they had to change the story so that the cabbie (who actually IS listed in the credits as Jeff Hope, fun fact) is divorced from his wife. In the novel he had a really beautiful love story with Lucy, even if they were never able to be together, and it's a shame that it couldn't be salvaged. Still, it's a good solid adaptation, and pretty cleverly done.
I like the little nods to the original story. The coffee cups that John and Mike Stamford drink out of say "Criterion" because Watson and Stamford originally dined at the Criterion restaurant in the novel. The scene in which Sherlock beats the corpse with the riding crop is a reference to something Stamford says he has seen Sherlock doing in the laboratory as a test. The "Rache" clue left behind is twisted on its ear--in the novel it is German for revenge. Sherlock warns them "don't bother for looking for Miss Rachel." The clue also turns out the be a red herring. In the episode Sherlock suggests that the writing is meant to say "Rachel." When questioned about it, he responds "No, she was leaving an angry note in German. Of course she was writing Rachel!" And this piece of information turns out to be an important clue to solving the case. Also, the American in the back of the taxi that Sherlock chases down is a reference to the fact that in the book the victims are Americans.
All in all, I think it's a clever and inventive adaptation.
Hey so I re-watched the Pilot with my Dad when I went home this weekend. I am beginning to see loads of similarities between Sherlock and the book, A Study in Scarlett. I thoroughly enjoy Sherlock's commentary as the Scotland Yard's Detectives attempt to piece together what he has already discovered. I'm quite surprised that this isn't a bigger hit than it is.
Anyway, does anyone object to moving the meeting to 8:15 tomorrow night? If so, it's no big deal.
I'll post comparisons between the book and show later.
Y'all have great days! :)
Anyway, does anyone object to moving the meeting to 8:15 tomorrow night? If so, it's no big deal.
I'll post comparisons between the book and show later.
Y'all have great days! :)
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