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	The beginning of this clip, it starts off with a low angle towards the ship.	It clip starts off with the ship  in the ocean, this gives the viewer a sence of the entire size of the ship. The speed is quite fast showing that there is a sense of urgency. 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 sence of looking out at the boat. There is a wide distance from their ship to the black pearl. This then cuts back to the intensity on deck . It cuts to below deck, which shows a different story of whats happening up on deck. This is showing jack sparrow being put in prison.	Diegetic sound, and there is incidental music in the background.	The colour design was mostly blue, the sky was a clear blue and the sea was a dark blue. There is smoke and a misty cloud around the ship, making the boat look depressing.
0.5-1 minute	The first part, Keira Knightley is getting out and the she is in a Medium close up. Then a low angle of a guy shouting. Then another low angle of the woman steering the boat. It then shows the boat behind closing 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 point of view shot of jack sparrow looking into a hole in the side of the boat out to sea.	It goes to the men getting the cannons ready, which shows the watchers that a fight is about to break out.  There is then a switch to watching both the boats sail, that shows how close the black pearl is. Then cuts to back on deck.	There is incidental music going in this first minute, and there is diegetic sound of the wheel turning around and the sea in the background. There is also diegetic sound . There is diegetic sound going on when jack sparrow is walking 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 scene are all quite dark. The woman steering the boat is wearing a pirates hat. The lighting is bright on the boat, then changes to being dark when they show jack sparrow being pushed into the cell.
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.. A low angle shot happens when the flag is being hoisted up. 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. As the boats go past in the next part, the camera is on a high angle shot.	This scene shows the speed when people are loading the cannons, and quicklygetting ready . It cuts to the guys loading the cannons.. It then cuts up to the captain looking down on the ship. 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.	There is still incidental music going on, and s also diegetic sound is happening when the cannon holes open up on the side of the boat.. They use diegetic sound when they throw a barrel into the water.	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 old looking. The makeup in it is just dirt on the faces and making the people look dirty.  There is a flag at the top of the boat suggeting the symbol of death.
2-3 minutes	The location in this minute is mostly up top on the boat. The lighting is bright and the sky is quite blue and clear.The costumes are all dirty and rough looking and the make-up makes the people look dirty. There is a flag at the top of the boat with a skull suggeting death.			The location is on the boat. It looks dark and depressing. The costumes and make-up are the same. Jack sparrow has a'lot of eye make-up on and his costume is a more multi-coloured than the others. On the boat behind there is smoke suggeting that it isn't a nice place to be.
3-4 minutes	At the start, there is a extreme close up of the mans face when he has the monkey. There is a pan going round the boat. Then there is a low angle of two guys pushing the steering wheel around. Then the other shot is coming in front and then it shortly changes 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 .		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 are sound effects of cannons going off, this is also diegetic sound. You can hear the wood being thrown off the boat and braking.
4-4.20 minutes	There is a high angle shot, looking down on the two boats. There is then a extreme close up . 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.		Here is sound effects off wood breaking off the boat and flying around. Diegetic sound is played of cannons going off. There is squigy sound of the fork in the guys eye and when the guy takes it out, there is the same squgy sound.	The location again is either up on deck of down bellow shooting cannons. The atmosphere is very cloudy and mysterious. On the inside of the boat it is dark and sad. The mens faces are dirty like they haven't had a wash in a really long time and their eyes are a bit yellow suggeting that they are the healthiest people and maybe the drink a bit too much alcohol.