RHETOR 138 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Don Draper, Cinematic Techniques, Lowkey
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Course note 2 (netflix) 1:19:49- 1:20:44 (youtube) 1:00- 1:56. The sequence i have chosen to analyze in episode 1 of sherlock starts at the shot of. Watson bursting through the door of the building (1:19:49) and ends with the shot in which sherlock looks through the gunshot that had broken the window (1:20:44). The entire sequence is comprised of 28 shots. The sequence opens on the back of a man in a suit. Kyo sakamoto, is a diegetic sound effect in the restaurant, and it begins to play as the scene opens. The lighting is low-key, creating a lit environment, but rather dimly so. A pan is employed as the camera moves to introduce to us don draper, first the side of his face, then more of his visage from the front. The mise-en-scene includes the set of a restaurant, the table and the drink in don"s hand.
