Pirates of the Caribbean Analysis

Pirates of the Caribbean – Analysis Grid
Embed the video clip of Pirates of the Caribbean into your IB Film Studies blog in the same way as you have done with your previous clips. http://youtu.be/sptUbkTOxUg Textual Analysis Task: Thoroughly analyze the clip and comment on the 4 areas, camera, editing, sound & mise-en-scene. Use your definition sheets to help you. Once you have identified the technique go on to say why you think the technique was used.  For example: “The extreme wide shots of the ship following the other ship across the sea shows the proximity of danger to the heroes in this chase.”    Complete this grid by TUESDAY 06/11/12: my email dajoy@kentcollege.co.uk
Timings	Camera, Angles, Shots, movement & position.	Editing	Sound	Mise-en-scene
Blank screen first 5 seconds	At the beginning of this clip, it starts off with a low angle towards the ship sailing in the sea.	This clip starts off with the ship  on the ocean, this is give the viewer a perspective of the entire size of the ship. It then cuts to show whats actually happening on deck of this ship. The pace is quite fast showing that there is a sense of urgency. The movement and speech of the actors is also fast. There is then a cut to the black pearl coming up from behind, they shoot this on the side of the ship so that you get Keira knightly’s perspective of looking out at the boat. There is a wide gap from their ship to the black pearl, showing that there is a tiny bit of time to prepare. This then cuts back to the intensity on deck . Later on it cuts to below deck, which shows a different story of whats happening up on deck. This is showing jack sparrow being locked up.  There is then a cut of jack sparrows point of view as he looks out of the hole in his cell.	Diegetic sound of of the sea crashing against the side of the boat. And there is incidental music in the background.	The location is in the middle of no where out at sea. The colour design was mostly blue, the sky was a clear blue and the sea was a dark blue. The lighting is quite bright. When the black pearl appears from behind at - 0.17, there is smoke and a misty cloud around the ship, making the boat look gloomy and not nice.
0.5-1 minute	The first part of the first minute, Keira Knightley is getting out of something, and the she is in a Medium close up. There is then a low angle of a guy shouting to loosen the gallons. There is then another low angle of the woman steering the boat. It then shows the boat behind coming in.. in a long shot. There is then a high angle shot of Keira looking down on her as she starts climbing up to the same level as the camera.  There is then a medium close up of the girl steering the boat. There is a side on shot of a guy pushing jack sparrow into a cell. There is then a point of view shot of jack sparrow looking through a hole in the side of the boat out to sea. There is then a small following shot towards then end of this minute. Its a two-shot when jack sparrow gets pushed into the cell.	The scene is getting quicker and quicker in this minute, and everything is getting more tense. It cuts to the men working and getting the cannons ready, which shows the viewers that a fight is going to happen.  There is then a cut to watching both the boats sail past, which shows how close the black pearl is to the ship. This then cuts to back on deck and shows how urgent they need to load the cannons.	There is incidental music still going on in this first minute, and there is also diegetic sound of the steering wheel turning around and the sea in the background. There is also diegetic sound of the cell door opening and keys rattling. There is diegetic sound going on when jack sparrow is wading through the water in the cell.	The first part of the location in this first minute is on the boat and its showing all the pirates rushing around on board. the colours in this part of the scene is all quite dark and brown sorts of colours. The woman steering the boat is wearing a pirates hat indicating that she is quite high up ( captain or good job) on the boat. The lighting is quite bright on the boat but it quickly changes to being dark when they show jack sparrow being pushed into the cell. All the colours in this part of the scene are even darker, creating the atmosphere, even the man pushing jack sparrow into the cell is dark skinned. All the costumes are quite dirty and rough looking.
1-2 minutes	At the beginning of the second minute of this scene, it shows a close up of a man shouting at other pirates.There is a side on shot of the cannons on the side of the boat. A low angle shot happens when the flag is being hoisted up. When the men are passing the cannon balls to each other it is a medium close up of their hands passing them on. There is then a medium long shot of a guy looking out to sea whilst standing on the side of the boat. Then there is a low angle shot looking up at the same guy saying ‘we’re gonna need that’. As the boats go past in the next part, the camera is on a high angle shot. Soon after that there is a over shoulder shot at - 1.59.	This scene shows the speed in which people are loading things into the cannons, and quickly preparing for fight. It cuts down to the guys loading the cannons, so it shows that the people below deck are also in a rush. It then cuts up to the captain looking down on the ship, it comes across the viewer like he’s taking his last look before the ship gets ruined. You then see jack sparrows view when he’s looking out of the hole in the side of the boat. The speech on deck is getting louder and everything is getting more tense.	There is still incidental music going on, and there is also diegetic sound happening when the cannon holes open up on the side of the boat. You can also here the sound of the wind when the flag is blowing which shows that its windy. They use diegetic sound when they throw a barrel into the water and when the girl starts breathing heavily at - 1.45.	The location in this minute is mostly up top on the boat. The lighting is bright and the sky is quite blue and clear. All the costumes are the same ( dirty and rough looking) and the makeup in it is just dirt on the faces and making the people look dirty.  The flag that is shown in this minute is black with a skull on it, indicating death. The properties in this scene is - boats, cannons parts on the boat and smoke.
2-3 minutes	Near the beginning of the third minute there is a close up of Keira looking at everyone. There is then a moment of a two-shot of two guys loading cannon balls into the cannon, this is also a medium shot. There is then a high angle shot showing down on the people working on the boat, which then switches to a close up of a guy with a monkey. There is then a close up of jack sparrow face up against the hole in the side of the boat, and then you see his eye looking through the hole from the other side. There is then a low angle shot of the guy running towards something at 2:45 and then another low angle of two guys looking down at people.		Again in this scene they have incidental music .... and diegetic sound. When they are taking all the metal out of the cannons you can hear it falling onto the floor. Its is also diegetic when you can hear the monkey making a screeching noise. You can hear the sea crashing around still but very faintly in the back ground and you can also hear weapons being rattled around at - 2:31. There is a loud splashing noise ( diegetic) as the anchor falls into the water.	The location is on the boat again... up on deck and down below. Up on deck it is still bright and down below is is again, dark and gloomy. The costumes are the same and so is the make up. All of the girls on the boat aren't made to look pretty, they look rough with no make up on and have dirty faces. Jack sparrow has eyeliner on and his costume is a bit more brighter than the others, which sort of reflects on his personality. On the boat behind there is smoke around it... showing that its not a nice boat.
3-4 minutes	At the start of this minute, there is a extreme close up of the mans face when he is holding the monkey and then is shortly followed by a close up of the monkey. There is a low angled show at the boat is going up against a wave and another as the woman steering lets go of the steering wheel.There is a pan going around the boat shortly after and then a zoom of the guy shouting to everyone. After, there is a low angle of two guys pushing the steering wheel around and then a high angle of jack sparrow being thrown around the cell. Theres is a side on view of the boat going past whilst the other one is coming in front and then it quickly switches to jack sparrows extreme close up of his eye looking through the hole in the side of the boat. There is a point of view shot of the pirates looking across to the other pirates on the other boat opposite them at - 3:40. There are two close ups one after each other of two people both shouting. Soon after there is a high angle shot looking down on jack sparrow on the floor after a cannon had been shot into his cell.		At the beginning of this minute, you can hear the anchor being hit against a rock, and this is diegetic sound.  There is interval music going on in the background. You can also hear the waves crashing and the steering wheel spinning around which is also diegetic sound. There is a sound bridge of the men shouting from the other boat, and then swooping of the sword has a sound effect on it. There are sound effects as the cannons go off, but this is also diegetic sound. You can hear the wood being blasted everywhere which is a sound effect.	The location is up deck or down bellow in the cell in which jack sparrow is in being thrown around. The sky is really blue, and the costumes are still the same. Everyone is still dirty looking. There is smoke being set off when the cannons go off showing that the cannons have just blasted, and down in the cell, is really dark. The atmosphere outside is still quite bright, although when the two boats come in contact and they start fighting, the air becomes misty.
4-4.20 minutes	This minute starts off with a high angle shot, looking down on the two boats firing cannons at each other. There is then a extreme close up of a spoon on fire quickly hitting the wall close to a mans face. It is also a reaction shot because you see the guys reaction as he looks at the spoon in the wall next to him. There is then a medium close up of another guy with a fork in his eye. Towards the end of this clip it shows a guy in a medium close up take the fork out, but puling the eye ball out too. Right at the end there is a two-shot of the same two guys peering out of the cannon hole.		There is sound effects off wood breaking off the boat and flying around. There is diegetic sound of the cannons going off, and the sound of metal hitting wood when the spoon fly’s into the wall in the boat. There is a sound effect of the guys eye moving with the fork in it, and when the guy pulls it from his eye. At this point in the clip there is no interval music.	The location again is either up on deck of down bellow shooting cannons. The air is really misty and full of smoke from the cannons. On the inside of the boat ( where they are shooting cannons) it is dark and a bit gloomy. The mens faces are really filthy and their eyes are a bit yellow indicating that they are always dirty and not clean and that they drink a lot of alcohol.