Essays - Movie

In the opening of the 1939 film Gone with the Wind, the director uses color, sound, music, lighting, and other visuals to perpetuate elements of the Lost Cause. Specifically, these production decisions reinforce the belief that Southern plantations were an evolution of European feudalism. Visually, this is communicated superbly to audiences by using on-screen text matched by epic orchestral music.

The adventures of Sherlock Holmes are timeless because they can be modified to appeal to any audience. The British Broadcasting Company's (BBC) "The Hounds of Baskerville" modernizes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Hound of the Baskervilles" by updating elements of the story that mostly appealed to Victorian audiences. Specifically, Sherlock exploits modern superstitions and adapts its protagonist and antagonist to appeal to modern audiences.