Chase Horal - Leavesden Studios in Watford, Hertfordshire, is significant to Sherlock Holmes (2009) because the filmmakers adapted an existing Harry Potter street set there to recreate Baker Street. Instead of filming everything in London, the production team transformed a space already used for another fictional world into part of Holmes’s Victorian setting. I found this information in Sarah Cooper’s article “Production design,” published by the film-industry publication Screen Daily, which includes comments from production designer Sarah Greenwood who says "When it came to recreating Baker Street, Greenwood looked at various locations in London , but then Warner Bros suggested using the Harry Potter set at Leavesden.". This source is an example of singular authorship because one named journalist selects and organizes the information, while readers receive the finished account rather than contribute to its content. Although the film itself involved many people working together, the article presents that work through one journalists perspective. Mapping Leavesden on COVE adds a grassroots layer to a story usually told through professional media. Our class can connect this behind-the-scenes location to other places involved in the adaptation and explain why those connections matter. This helps future students understand that the film’s Victorian London was assembled through creative work across multiple locations.
Research - https://www.thestudiotour.com/archive/movie/sherlock-holmes-2009/
https://www.screendaily.com/production-design/5008790.article
Image - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Warner_Bros._Studios,_Leavesden,_September_2023.JPG
