Young Sherlock
Main Title for Prime Video
With a legacy as iconic as Sherlock Holmes, the bar is high. The question wasn’t whether to lean into that tradition, it was how to make it feel fresh. This version of Holmes is younger, grittier, and far more willing to get his hands dirty. Our challenge: create a sequence that honors the legacy, captures that vigor and intensity, and surprises the audience at every turn.
what we did
We approached the sequence as a single, continuous camera move with no cuts. Transitions became our storytelling engine. We played with radical shifts in scale—macro to micro, large to small so that a detail transforms into an entirely new world. To ground it in authenticity, we collaborated closely with showrunner Matthew Parkill and his team, who were deeply invested in every detail. We traveled to set, explored the meticulously crafted props, and shot bespoke footage of the lead cast on location. That unprecedented access allowed us to weave the show’s tactile, eye-candy world into the sequence while connecting it with our own unexpected visual throughline.
The result is a journey that feels distinct from the series yet inseparable from it. A fast-paced, richly layered investigation that captures the energy of a young Sherlock Holmes and invites the audience to step into the mystery with him.
credits
- creative director: ronnie koff
- designer: elizabeth steinberg
- 3d modeler: min shi
- 3d animators: scott bell, henry chang, christoph gabathuler,
charlie proctor, alex rupert, ty cole, john magbanua, izik roitman - compositor: eva flodstrom
- editor: lexi gunvaldson
- producer: jake fritz
- associate producer: nic luong
- executive producer: renée robson