Textual Analysis - Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes (2009) is a British - American Action mystery film based on the character of the name "Sherlock Holmes" created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The film was directed by Guy Ritchie. Robert Downey Jr portrays Sherlock, and Jude Law portrays Dr John Watson. In the film, Sherlock and his companion, Watson, with aid from a former friend Irene Adler, investigate a series of murders connected to occult rituals. 
The opening to Sherlock is various shots from the film which then transform into cartoon drawings. It is meant to be quite a comedic opening sequence, as there are various shots of Sherlock and Holmes getting hurt by various villans. 
The music in the opening shot is very quick paced and quite jumpy. It is also of quite a high pitch. The staccato of the notes makes it very interesting to listen to, and it's quite playful, which the opening of the scene is also. It draws the audience in, because the music has quite a fast tempo, its an exciting piece of music which then makes the audience excited to listen to it.
As I said before, the editing of the opening sequence is very interesting. It is a series of short clips from the film, which move, are turned back into cartoon, and then turn back to life again. It is very visually interesting to watch, and because it shows shots of what is going to happen in the film it makes the audience very interested to watch it.
The font of the credits are meant to look hand drawn, maybe to represent Sir Arthur Conan Doyle writing the stories of Sherlock Holmes. It sets the era that the film is set is also, as the writing is very posh.
The audience are drawn in to watch the film because of how realistic the drawings in the opening scene look. There are ink blots over slighly yellowed paper, and this makes the audience feel like the drawings were drawn specifically to link to the story, which draws them into the plot.
The colours in the moving images are quite dark, normally black and white with a hint of colour. This makes the audience believe something exciting is going to happen within the film, due to the lack of colour, and draws the audience in to watch the film.