Thesis:

Guy Ritchie has transformed Conan Doyles Sherlock Holmes series to the big
screen. Ritchie tailored the relationship between Holmes and Watson from a teacher and
student to a partnership. In order to transform this relationship between Holmes and
Watson, Ritchie had to give Watson a major power boost. In Ritchies first movie,
Ritchie gave Watson the power of deduction, increased intelligence, and overall better
combat abilities. However, Ritchie limited Watsons power of deduction significantly, so
there would still be a distinguishable difference between Watson and Holmes. Then in
Ritchies next movie, Ritchie promotes Watson to a hero and makes Watson Holmes
equal.
Paragraph:
In the second film, Sherlock and Watson are trying to stop the worlds most
dangerous man, Professor James Moriarty, and in order to increase the intensity of the
movie, Guy Ritchie has improved all of his characters including Watson. Movie critic,
Roger Ebert believes Watson has a greater role this time because Watson now acts a
hero (1). Ritchie has increased Watsons marksmanship, intelligence, and his level of
deduction to point that could match Sherlock Holmes. About one hour and forty-five
minutes in the movie, which happens to be the climax of the film, we see the peak of
Watsons deduction powers. The scene begins with Watson and Holmes trying to find
Moriartys planted assassin, who is also Madam Herons brother, and the fist shot is a
backwards tracking shot filmed at a medium shot camera angle, which is suppose to show
Watson observing the crowd. The beginning of this scene has no music in it which helps
increase the suspense of finding he assassin. The next shot is filmed at a medium shot and
it is of Watson and Madam Heron. During this shot, there is a slight ticking sound from
the chess game between Watson and Moriarty that signifies the countdown to the terrible
act of the assassin. In this shot, Madam Heron tells Watson that see does not know which
man is her brother, so Watson begins to observe the crowd to make his own deductions.
This shot is followed by a pan shot followed by quick jump shots from ambassador to
ambassador, which represents Watsons perspective. While these shots are jumping from
ambassador to ambassador, Holmes is narrating the deductions Watson is making, which
represents that Watson and Holmes are now have the same power of deduction. The next
shot is a close-up of Madam Heron followed by a pan shot of the ambassadors. This shot
is suppose to represent Watson listening to Madam Heron followed by his observation of
the crowd with his new information Madam Heron gave him. During the next few shots
there is a violin that gets slightly louder with each passing second to intensify the scene,
and the remaining shots are reverse shots between Holmes, Moriarty, Watson, Madam
Heron, and Watsons perspective. The next few shots go from a medium shot to a close
up shot and finally extreme close-up shots; these decreasing size shots help increase the
suspense of the climax. These sequences of shots are very chaotic and fast-paced, which
increases the suspense. As these shots are been made, Holmes is narrating Watsons
thoughts, once again, proving that Watson has finally reached Holmes level of deduction.
Finally, when Watson believes he has found the assassin, the scene changes from reverse
shots to slow reverse pan shots; these slow shots represent time slowing down. These
slow shots are a technique used in film industry to create suspense for the audience by
simulating the fight or flight reaction that humans get in serious situations. Then time
speeds backup with a loud thud, and a violin begins to play a very sharp note that drives
the suspense even further. Then the assassin suddenly pulls out a gun, but Watson is
faster. Watson is able to stop the assassin and foil Moriartys plans.

I choose to revise this paragraph because it the best paragraph that I have written,
and I really enjoy the scene I analysis in particular. I really enjoy the intensity of the
scene, and I really enjoy the cinematography preformed in this scene. I found it very
easy to revise this paragraph because how much I enjoyed the scene in the first place.