The Game is On!

Episode 2 – The Adventure of the Six Detectives

When Sherlock Holmes and John Watson receive a letter from Mary Westmacott, a new adventure at the border between illusion and reality is just about to start. Is Mary only having terrifying nightmares, is she losing her mind, or is she really being haunted by her own literary creations? If there is anyone who can solve the mystery, it is surely Sherlock Holmes. The Game is On!

Annotations

At the following URL you can download the annotated script of The Adventure of the Six Detectives.

 

Case Files

Supplementary educational materials providing points of discussion about copyright for teachers and students. In particular, these Case Files offer points of discussion around many of the most pressing copyright questions and concerns faced by screenwriters.

 

13. The Multiple Rights

13. The Multiple Rights

Mary Westmacott is a freelance screenwriter; she writes scripts for films. Scripts are written works that contain the words of a film (or a play, television programme, video game, and so on)…

14. The Missing Manuscript

14. The Missing Manuscript

The missing manuscript is the original script written by Mary and commissioned by Money Tree Productions. The term ‘original’ has different meanings depending on the context.

15. The Dream Job

15. The Dream Job

Mary accepts a commission to write ‘an original script’ for ‘a film about a missing boy,’ not just for the ‘intriguing premise’ but also because ‘for once the contract terms were great; a dream job that would pay the bills for many years’.

16. The Pantages

16. The Pantages

When Mary sees Lord Vane at the entrance of the Pantages theatre, there is a paperboy distributing copies of the Evening Paper with the headline ‘The Suicide of the sculptor Harkin and tonight’s play at the Pantages’…

17. The Typewriter

17. The Typewriter

The design of the typewriter that Mary uses to write her scripts was inspired by Jack Torrance’s typewriter in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. Famously, Kubrick’s The Shining is a film adaptation of Stephen King’s novel with the same title.

18. The Purloined Letters

18. The Purloined Letters

Before she was murdered, Mary Westmacott had become increasingly concerned for her safety and state of mind. In her letter to Holmes she describes how, one night…

19. The Fateful Eight Seconds

19. The Fateful Eight Seconds

As Watson enters the room we see Sherlock reading a newspaper. On one page, the headline reads: ‘Eight Seconds of Sporting Genius!’ The choice of headline was intentional….

20. The Lawful Reader

20. The Lawful Reader

The headline ‘News Just In! Reading the internet is the same as reading a book’ refers to a copyright case in which the courts were asked to consider whether simply reading material online might infringe copyright.

21. The Six Detectives

21. The Six Detectives

Mary’s problems began when she ‘started fleshing out the main character: the hero-detective’. Before settling on one and starting seeing the others everywhere, she considered six potential protagonists for her story.

 

Teaching Notes

Each Case File comes with a set of Teaching Notes. The Teaching Notes provide clearly defined teaching aims as well as key questions and suggestions for additional activities. We hope these will help teachers plan active, engaging lessons. You can download the Teaching Notes of The Adventure of the Six Detectives at the following links:

Case File #13 – The Multiple Rights (teaching note)
Case File #14 – The Missing Manuscript (teaching note)
Case File #15 – The Dream Job (teaching note)
Case File #16 – The Pantages (teaching note)
Case File #17 – The Typewriter (teaching note)
Case File #18 – The Purloined Letters (teaching note)
Case File #19 – The Fateful Eight Seconds (teaching note)
Case File #20 – The Lawful Reader (teaching note)
Case File #21 – The Six Detectives (teaching note)

 

Credits

 

Film

Written, Produced and Directed by Ronan Deazley and Bartolomeo Meletti
Art Direction / Design / Animation: Marco Bagni
Illustrations: Davide Bonazzi
Music / SFX: Sarc:o
Voice-over Artists (londonvoiceover.co.uk): Mary Westmacott – Janie Booth; Sherlock Holmes – Cliff Chapman; John Watson – Anton Saunders

 

Case Files

Authors: Ronan Deazley, Megan Rae Blakely and Andrea Wallace
Editor: Ronan Deazley
Design: Marco Bagni
Production: Bartolomeo Meletti

 

 

The Adventure of the Six Detectives was made possible by generous contributions from the following organisations:

 

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