RIP WORK FILE

I. HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT: why the mystery/detective genre flowered

during the late Victorian era

A. The Industrial Revolution, which caused
Higher populations in the city of London, which caused
Higher crime rates, which caused
A new and relatively incompetent police force, and
The rise of the middle class and education for the middle class
(Tin)
B. A Growing Acceptance of Science, Technological Advancements
Including printing presses that made it possible for more people to read
C. The Victorian Hero
The Empire at the height of its power-Holmes as the hero who represents the
Empire- From the Romantics, an appealing hero who was also a great intellect


II. THE CLASSICAL PHASE OF GENRE DEVELOPMENT: Conan Doyle Conventions
A. Sherlock Holmes--the Detective: Lena Wong
Genius, eccentric, lack of social skills, arrogant
Scientific methods (scientific examination of crime scenes, scientific experiments)
Deductive Reasoning to solve a case
Observation, Deduction, Knowledge
B. John Watson--the sidekick
Narrator: We see the story through his perspective
Loyal
The Quintessential Victorian Gentleman (a mirror of the middle class male
readers)
Watson and Holmes relationship: They need each other
C. Other characters
The client--presents the case
The incompetent policeman
The villain
The woman ( the only person that defeated sherlock)
(sanchay)
D. Conventions of Plot
Highly structured, formulaic plot (that includes..)
221B Baker Street
Crime Scene
Unusual solutions/twists when Holmes solves the case
Game Play: the reader is invited to play along

Groups:

a. Holmes & Watson: Lena, Wuchen
b. Historical Context: Pauline Ho, Tin Hong
c. Other conventions: Sanchay Dhingra, Dhruv Suri

PART II: MODERN DAY
Video Editor(s) - Andrew (kwokac@uci.edu), Kingsley (yizheh@uci.edu)
Script - Jonathan (jmsulliv@uci.edu), Benjeet (bkhabra@uci.edu)
Research - (Sherlock Movies): Vivian (yutinw2@uci.edu) Emily (yanyuz2@uci.edu)
Research - (BBC Sherlock): Peipei (niep@uci.edu)

Rough Script:
https://docs.google.com/a/uci.edu/document/d/1pzgIXFZmdsugX4NlY_Mb2WHPVwwBzmYkEN
phf5bfxPQ/edit


Conventions (Look above, in the first group, for more specifics):
Sherlock Holmes (the Detective)
BBC Sherlock --
Lacking social skills A Scandal in Belgravia - 00:42:30
Deductive power ( A Study in Pink) - 00:18;50
Boredom, addiction (Great Game) - 00:02:40
Mind Map (A Study in Pink) - 00:52:15
Mindfulness used to save himself (His Last Vow) - 00:33:45
Deductive Power (A Study in Pink) - 00:18:50
Understand Human Mind (A Scandal in Belgravia) - No. Because I took your pulse.

Robert Downey Jr. Films (Films)-
As a fighter (Both films)
(2009: 02:10-02:15)
(2009: 03:55-04:33)
(2009: 15:44-18:34)
*(2009: 48:36-52:25)
*(2009: 01:49:38-01:50:36)
Powerful Mind (Fighting in mind; 2009 film 00:01:40)
(2011: 01:54:40-01:54:52 SH)
(2011: 01:55:04-01:56:10 JM)

Actor/Performance (dress up as a lady in A Game of Shallows 2011 film 00:42:30)
(2011: 01:59:50-02:00:58 sofa)
More emotions (to Irene, save Irene from the fire in 2009 film; sadness for Irenes death in 2011
film 00:39:07)
Lacking social skills - Dinner scene with Mary and Watson - 13:50
Intellectual boredom (shoot the wall, 2009 film 00:08:40)/ (2011: 14:39-14:50)
Play violin & experiments in 221B (both films, experiment on the dog; 2009 film 00:10:43)

Not care about fame and money (hide his face while taking photos, 2009 film 00:06:37; refusion
to Sir Thomass reward in 2009 film 01:02:40)
Observer (both films; 2009 film 00:05:07)
Loneliness/ Isolation- have dinner alone (2009 film 00:15:22)
Powerful Mind (Fighting in mind; 2009 film 00:01:40,)
Lacking social skills - Dinner scene with Mary and Watson - 13:50
intellectual boredom (shoot the wall, 2009 film 00:08:40)

J ohn Watson (the sidekick- how has he been modernized?)

BBC Sherlock--

Loyal - A Study in Pink - Mycroft tries to convince Watson to spy on Sherlock for him. -
00:35:30
Dependence ( Holmes and Watson need each other) - The Empty Hearse 00:50:38

Films--
As a fighter (superhero sidekick) (2011: 01:56:52-01:57:05 facial expression btw Sherlock and
Moriaty, Sherlock shows fearless)
Loyal - Save Holmes for several times (both films, E.g. 2011: 01:25:43)

Other Characters
BBC Sherlock --
Incompetent police force - Detective Lestrade
Moriarity - intellectual equal as Holmes
Irene Adler - Holmes respects her intelligence
Mycroft - the person who possess the power
Mrs. Hudson - landlady

Films--
Mary Morstan - slaps Sherlock, definitely updated for 21st century (2009 film 00:14:49)
- smart with knowledge (helps solve the secrets in Moriartys red book, end of
2011 film 1:53:30)
-(2011: 42:10-42:20)
Lestrade: fame (Beginning in the 2009 film 00:06:41)
Holmess brother Mycroft : National Importance, diplomacy (2011 film)
Irene: Tea Party in Victorian era (08:18 2011 film)

Conventional Motifs

BBC Sherlock --


Films--

Future, new technology, wire-free invention (End in 2009 film 01:59:55), chemicals
Hanging - severe treatment to criminals (Blackwood in 2009 film)
Crimes happen in many place during Victorian era (2011 film)
About Victorian ear: (2011: 08:18-08:40 Tea Party)
(01:39:15-01:39:40 Party)


PART III: PLAY


Part I: CD & Classic
Conventions
Part 2: Modern-Day
Holmes
Part 3:
Performance, an
original play
1 TEAM LEADER:
Pauline Ho- I feel
confident with public
speaking. I am good
at Powerpoint/
presentation.
TEAM LEADER:
Jonathan Sullivan; I
enjoy the modern
renditions of
Sherlock greatly
and have studied
them extensively

TEAM LEADER:
Nick--yay theater
2 Lena Wong - i am
good at making and
organizing
powerpoints
Vivian Wang -
Video-making
interesting!!! I enjoy
watching these
modern
adaptations. I can
select key
fragments from the
modern adaptations
since I have
watched a lot.
John Ellington: i
guess this sounds
interesting
I did some drama a
while ago

3 Sanchay Dhingra:- i
think i am good at
presenting and
making
powerpoints.
Emily Zhang: I am
more interested in
modern version.
And I familiar with
many of the modern
version of SH.
CHIEh Li:- GO li
Go!i like to act out
stuff and make it
funny for the
audiences
Cheihl@uci.edu
4 Tin Hong; I like to
do analysis of
history and crime

Kingsley, cutting the
clips I guess,
subtitling, editing
Xuan Le: because I
love to act out :) I
PROMISE to make
it an
UNFORGETTABLE
act!!!!!! we can send
this to youtube
channel and we can
all be famous! :)
xnle@uci.edu
5 Dhruv Suri- I am Andrew Kwok - I Yuri Stickney-I like

good in making
power point
presentation
can do video editing acting and
performing and
plays are awesome.
ystickney@uci.edu
6 Wuchen (I think Im
good at organizing
images and creating
PPT as well as
collecting
information. No
problem at speaking
in public)
Benjeet Khabra;
I enjoy making
videos and
watching the
modern day
version. I dont mind
researching.
Justin Block, I like
acting, and I did
play as Holmes in
one of our skits. I
enjoy acting. I did
do a musical in High
school.
7 Peipei Nie - I am a
fan of BBC Sherlock
and I definitely can
talk about the scene
of it
Saho King; I have
seen many of the
modern adaptations
of Sherlock Holmes
8 Qiwei Fu:
qiweif@uci.edu

Ideas for the RIP Seminar

Original play
Theme (Modern Sherlock)
Murder + Humor
Modern-ish
victim

Script writer: Xuan
Yuri and Saho = brother and sisters
Saho and Chieh are in a relationship
Chieh and Justin are having a hard time since Justin also has feeling for Saho.
The night Chieh died was the last night Chieh and Justin hang out.
Chieh saw Yuri selling drugs.
Yuri worries if Chieh would tell his sister-> Killed Chieh off.
While the friendship between Chieh and Justin is not really good-> Yuri makes it seem like
Justin killed Chieh.
Saho sees Chiehs dead body-> calls the police-> Lestrade determines that Justin killed Chieh.