Sherlock pondering: Three things from Series 2.

[caffienekitty]

Well, I was holding off on posting this until I either had more coherent thoughts or had some vaguely-related fic read to post, but the fic is showing every sign of turning into an epic thing that I'll still be working on in 2022, and I doubt my thoughts are going to gain any coherence by pondering this stuff; they're more likely to lose it. So, in

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[caffienekitty]

I don't know either. People look so different sometimes between laying down slack-faced and standing up, it's hard to say, but the lack of those cheekbones is rather notable.

There's probably going to be a lot of time between now and Series 3, who knows what fic or theories may arise in the meantime.

[caffienekitty]

*hugs*

We need to get together and go for coffee, hang around all day and write or whatever. Sometime. Somehow.

[lobelia321]

Hmm, I saw no snow. Where is there snow?

Hmm, that does not look like Mycroft to me. That also does not look like Sherlock to me. But fanboys or no, those two have a budget to meet and if shooting a tricky scene with an extra means meeting that budget they will have to do it.

TARDIS! I always lol at that.

[caffienekitty]

In the gifs, there are little white bits falling at about an angle like this: \

It's much easier to see in the actual playback, but there are little white flecks falling on the roof, and then intermittently down on the ground below, all through the scene with John at the body.

[laurtew]

I watched it and I'm thinking those are large rain drops filmed at a weird angle, because when you see Sherlock on the ground (and John on the ground for that matter) there isn't anything white or fluffy. They did use a rain machine for the filming and I wonder if the drops were just huge.

[caffienekitty]

Could be also that my experience of snow is very heavy wet snow that doesn't usually accumulate.

[earlgreytea68]

I noticed none of the things you point out. I am the least observant fangirl ever.

I will say, wrt the possible shot of the extra, it could have been a sloppy mistake on their part, the way Irene's texts sometimes have "Mr." and sometimes "Mr". One would assume that's something they would have caught and fixed, but I'm inclined to think if one thing slipped through, other things might have, too.

[caffienekitty]

Really, there were an awful lot of distracting things happening at that point, so not noticing fiddly little things is entirely understandable.

[aelfgyfu_mead]

I have been "snowed" on in Florida by air conditioning units. It's really more like rain or drizzle than snow, but on film, it could look like snow-the big shiny drops look white, especially if they pool on a jacket. They don't even have to be particularly bad AC units, if the humidity is high. (There's also the possibility of a bird flying overhead at a very bad moment, if it's just in the brief clip with John. Had that happen to me. Don't want to discuss it further.) I don't think they could have reshot in the winter; wasn't Martin Freeman in New Zealand before there might have been any snow in the UK

[caffienekitty]

It's really more like rain or drizzle than snow, but on film, it could look like snow-the big shiny drops look white, especially if they pool on a jacket. They don't even have to be particularly bad AC units, if the humidity is high. (There's also the possibility of a bird flying overhead at a very bad moment, if it's just in the brief clip with John. Had that happen to me. Don't want to discuss it further.)It really does look to me more like flakes than drops, and A/C isn't nearly as common to have in the UK, though I don't know about public or historical buildings, of which St. Bartholemew's Hospital is both. It's coming from a high angle on the roof too. At the same time, why go to all the bother of having an A/C unit pump out 'snow' for those shots if there wasn't a purpose to it? Of course the purpose could be 'to drive the fans mental trying to figure out what it means' but that's a perfectly valid purpose too. XD

[darthhellokitty]

I think if there were an AC unit making "snow", they would have stopped it for filming unless they specifically wanted it! They would never have allowed it in John's close reaction shots - they'd have re-shot til they got it perfect.

It's not in there unless they put it in there, is my opinion.

Like with the TARDIS. :-)

I know Moffat has tweeted that "none of the fans caught it" - and I haven't seen anybody come up with the snow thing before this. That works in its favor. Also, I just LIKE it. :-)

I'm not so sure about The Guy on the Gurney. People look different lying down. Then again, Mycroft owes Sherlock a solid after spilling to Moriarty...

[caffienekitty]

It's not in there unless they put it in there, is my opinion.

Exactly! There are so many tricks for hiding unwanted weather when filming things.

People look different lying down.

Seemed a heck of a lot fleshier, redder and with a higher hairline than Sherlock though. No pronounced cheekbones, and it'd take a lot to hide those. ;-)

[bookflight]

Some of the production shots I've seen from when they were filming this scene show some pretty heavy rainfall. My guess is it's just rain and something about the camera angle makes it appear like snow (though I will totally agree that it looks like snow). Also, I've given up trying to keep track of the timeline in this show. I just hope that when they finally let us in on how he did managed this, it's suitably amazing.

[caffienekitty]

I think we have most of the how among fandom theories. Moffat is just a big troll who's hoping to keep everyone going mental until Series three. XD