In this scene from the film "Sherlock Holmes", Lord Blackwood, the evil antagonist, is shown using black magic on a female victim while the camera looks down on her from a high angle, emphasizing her powerlessness compared to the male characters. Sherlock Holmes enters the scene from a low angle, establishing him as more powerful than the victim. Throughout the film, costumes and camera angles are used to portray the male dominance and gender roles of the time period. The music also builds tension during a fight between Sherlock, Watson, and the guards before stopping when Sherlock ends the ritual. Editing techniques like action match cuts are employed during the fight and cut away shots are used of Sherlock and Watson running down stairs

1. Sherlock Holmes
In the first scene of the film "Sherlock Holmes" is designed to
represents the role of male dominance at the time this movie was
played in. Showing that the evil guy: Lord Blackwood is trying to use
"black magic" over a female victim and not a male victim. An Extreme
Close up is used to show the evil guy but because of the lighting you
can't see his face properly.
The camera is at a high angle looking down to the girl to show that
the girl is less powerful then the man around her in the building.
The artificial lighting comes from the lanterns showing that it's
normally a dark room and that you can't see very well in the room.
The next scene is a medium long shot at a low angle to show Sherlock
is the better men in this part and knows what he is doing.
This continuous to show the role of male dominance in the time by
showing that Sherlock is looking down at the female victim.
The guards are dressed in authentic clothing that shows the time of
the scene it plays in. The criminals and the evil guy all wear the color
black. Black often stands for death and darkness but also for
loneliness. Sherlock and Watson both wear formal clothing showing
they are wealthier than others and that they can do things better
then others because they are really good at what they do.
When Sherlock started to fight the guards with Watson the music
started to rapidly speed up to create more tension to the scene and to
the atmosphere. First was it a sad and incidental music but it after
the fight the music stops when Sherlock takes away the knife and
stops the ritual.
The music in the beginning when you saw only the girl and the evil
guy was non-diegetic because you only heard the background music
and you didn't heard the suffering of the girl while she was lying
down on the table.
With the editing part of the scene there was a lot of action match
editing like when they are fighting with the guards there was a lot of
action match editing and before and after the fight there were some
cut away shot editing like when Sherlock and Watson run down the
stairs.