Sherlock
The chemistry of feelings - Season 1
Personal favourite, because of reasons. :)
Sherlock
The chemistry of feelings - Season 1
Comparison 2
The scene where he faces John after realising he was the one to shoot the cabbie and save his life. In the Pilot he’s so much more readable than in A study in pink. Again, this simple comparison says a lot about the way they changed the character from the original concept to the Sherlock Benedict portrays in the 6 episodes.
“The chemistry of feelings” analysis
Sherlock Season 1
Conclusion
Taking 4 episodes of Sherlock, basically frame by frame, I ended up with 97 caps of Benedict’s face doing …well, sentiment. I chose only the ones I considered “true”, because he fakes feelings a lot. I think a 5% margin of error is accurate for the truth behind my choices of feelings and emotions that went with each frame.
And top ten most recurring feelings and emotions starring Benedict Cumberbatch and his face in Sherlock Season 1 are:
1. Delight
2. Bafflement
3. Apperception
4. Amusement
5. Anticipation
6. Puzzlement
7. Apprehension
8. Satisfaction
9. Smugness
10. Compunction
And looking now at the numbers, between random caps and countless expressions, this top ten of “true” -as I call them- emotions seems so accurate and in line with the character the writers intended to create, that Benedict Cumberbatch will have my vote forever as one of the best actors out there.
I’m curious about season 2. Very, very curious.
*As a note, my favorites were the depictions of: Enjoyment, Amazement, Enthusiasm, Sorrow, Chagrin, Compunction, Elation, Admonition. - here -
And two very nice and revealing comparisons between the way Benedict played Sherlock in the Pilot episode and then in A study in pink in the same scenes.-here and here-
For the individual individual frames and definitions:
Here you have The pilot episode.
Here you have The blind banker
So there, 97 pics of Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock.
Top 10
10. Compunction – now this is a strange one, because out of all the feelings reserved to close ones, Benedict plays Compunction, a form of regret. And it fits so well that I wonder if he even knows the level of accuracy with which he plays Sherlock. Some other feeling, like tenderness, love, or whatever would have been so false to identify him with. But because Sherlock is often oblivious to “social etiquette”, he does and say inappropriate things and sometimes, for John and Molly, he feels he did the wrong thing. But hey, he does it anyway, that’s why is Compunction and not regret, or retribution or something.
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7. Apprehension – even if he will play the game, risks aside, he knows every time in what he’s getting himself into.
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6. Puzzlement – unlike Bafflement, but close still, this shows an instant reaction to the way other people think or act.
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5. Anticipation – again, obvious, he loves to play a good game, no matter the costs.
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4. Amusement – I think this is as obvious as Delight. His Amusement face is so close to Smugness it’s too good to watch.
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3. Apperception – well, this is easy to guess why it’s here, since it’s what Sherlock does when he puts two and two together.
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2. Bafflement – with him wondering around questioning people’s reactions, choices, sanity and feelings, bafflement has its rightful place here, maybe because of his sociopath side.
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1.Delight – with Sherlock so prone to boredom, it’s only natural delight comes in top, because every new case means brain work and a game.
