Sherlock Holmes Page #7

10E 10E

INT. LAB

A negative is clipped over the paper. A sudden flash of

light as it is exposed.

10F INT. NEWSPAPER LIBRARY 10F

Another headline: DOCTOR AND DETECTIVE FOIL JEWELRY

SCAM! A picture of Holmes and Watson, holding a goose by

its feet and smiling. The men are front page news now.

More headlines and photos come fast: LONDON DUO DO IT

AGAIN! A shot of Holmes and Watson, older, shaking hands

with a royal. HOLMES AND WATSON SOLVE SEVERED EAR

MYSTERY... CELEBRATED DETECTIVE PROVES GUILTY MAN

INNOCENT... More and more headlines, Holmes and Watson

getting older, solving crimes, and...

The files are moved to another desk where hands punch

text on a vintage typewriter: "CATACOMB KILLER IS

INDUSTRIAL TYCOON LORD BLACKWOOD..."

10G INT. LAB 10G

A faint image is forming on the paper.

11.

10H INT. NEWSPAPER LIBRARY 10H

A hand yanks the paper from the typewriter and onto a

desk where a typesetter begins to assemble the story in

blocks of lead type. Upside down and back to front we

see the words "SHERLOCK HOLMES," one metal letter at a

time.

10J INT. PRINTING PRESS 10J

A roller dripping with ink rolls over the story we have

seen assembled along with an engraving of the image. The

whole thing is fed into a printing press, a whirring mass

of wheels and gears. Papers are bundled and tied, then

distributed until one lands face-up outside the door of:

221 BAKER STREET, where we see the headline "CATACOMB

KILLER CAUGHT!" The photo of Holmes and Watson sits

above the fold, dominating the front page.

TITLE SEQUENCE ENDS.

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EXT. 221 BAKER ST. - AFTERNOON

Autumn has turned to winter.

SUPERIMPOSE:
THREE MONTHS LATER

FROM A RAVEN'S POV

We FOLLOW a lady, MRS. HUDSON, walking down the street

with the day's shopping. She picks up a paper with the

day's headline "BLACKWOOD HANGS TOMORROW: CLAIMS PACK

WITH THE DEVIL." She continues down the street until

arriving at 221 Baker Street. A raven lands on the entry

gate, she shoos it away, walks up the steps, and inside.

12 INT. 221 BAKER ST. - WATSON'S APARTMENT 12

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