Sherlock Holmes Page #2
HOLMES (V.O.)
Head cocked to the left, partial
deafness in right ear. First
point of attack.
PRE-VISUALIZATION IN VARI-SPEED
FOCUS ON the spot behind the man's right ear, just at the
top of the jaw -- the most vulnerable point. Holmes
launches a hammer blow, and we ramp from 24 fps to 400
fps (ULTRA SLOW MOTION) as he makes contact. The man's
head is thrown back as he spins round.
HOLMES (V.O.)
Then throat, paralyze vocal
chords, stop screaming.
BACK TO 24 fps. The man's mouth opens to cry out. We
RAMP BACK UP TO 400 fps as his Adam's Apple is struck
with a precision karate chop, strangling his scream.
HOLMES (V.O.)
Stink of alcohol, heavy drinker --
knuckles to liver.
BACK TO 24 fps, RAMPING TO 400 fps as a devastating
knuckle-punch to the liver doubles up the bowler-hatted
thug and crumples him to his knees.
(CONTINUED)
4.
5 CONTINUED:
5SECOND-TIME ACTION - SUPER FAST REPEAT OF ABOVE
Holmes flashes out of the shadows, moving so fast that we
can barely see what he's doing.
THWACK! Hammer blow to ear.
CRACK! Karate chop to throat.
BACK TO NORMAL MOTION as the man crumples to the ground,
Holmes takes his bowler hat from his head and flips it
onto his own in one super fast move.
Holmes drags the battered man into the shadows, lifts his
lantern and proceeds down the spiral staircase.
POV - BOTTOM OF THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE
Another bowler-hatted THUG approaches the bottom of the
staircase. He has seen the lantern light. He draws his
gun and approaches. Holmes places the lantern on the
post at the bottom of the bannister, ducks down into the
shadows.
THUG:
What's goin' on, John?
When he gets no answer, the THUG points his gun to where
we saw Holmes hide.
But Holmes appears from the shadows behind the THUG,
reaches around him, grabs his gun hand and pistol-whips
him twice with his own gun, dropping him.
Holmes extracts a cigar from the Thug's top pocket and
sniffs it appreciatively.
HOLMES:
Hhhmm, good cigar. Who do you
work for?
He jams the cigar in his own top pocket, picks up the
man's bowler and proceeds on, further down into the
crypts.
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