Institutional InformationOpening- Camera movement, zooming out from the castle flag to the whole castle then the name of the production company emerges in the bold Disney font. The camera angle is extreme long shot. The starry, magical background is the classic Disney theme.

Title- Camera angle – close up to the skull then zooms out quickly and the title of the movie appears in the classic Pirates Of The Caribbean font then glistens from letter to letter like a pirate’s treasure. Then it slowly fades out. The font has quite scripted look which fits the eerie background and has a pirate theme.

Camera Movement- the pirate boat slowly emerges through a fog which looks eerie as it slowly gets clearer and closer. As it becomes more visible, it zooms into a young girl who's singing softly and makes the atmosphere gloomy .

The next scene is the camera zooming in towards the young girl then a hand touches her shoulder, this is a point of view shot as it shows you what you would see as if you were the person touching her shoulder. This is creepy as you wonder if the man is a bad person and she turns around quickly and the music stops and she gasps loudly which would make the audience jump.

In this shot we see information appear stating the production companies (Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer films) and the main actors such as Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush. The production companies and actors are included because they are known for other successful movies which suggests this is going to be a good movie.

This is an over the shoulder shot and a point of view shot. It makes you feel as if you are there and this is an interesting shot as it makes you feel involved. This builds suspense as the people your looking at look blurry and misty from a distance.

This camera angle looks as if your floating next to the boy as the camera is laying next to him and moving with the water. This is creepy as it looks as if your drowning as the water splashes over the camera lens. Also the atmosphere is gloomy and misty and looks like your in a storm.

The lighting in this scene is gloomy, misty, blurry and not bright at all. Due to this its eerie looking and just from the lighting it gives you a sense of fear when you watch it. All throughout the opening the lighting is like this and it shows emotions such as fear just from the dim, blurry lighting.

The lighting in this scene is sort of glowing and you can tell that its created by a lamp or candle. This also creates a calm, quiet mood.

The makeup in this scene is very faint as if she hasn’t got any on and she's all natural. Her skin looks brown and glowy so she looks like a natural beauty

The makeup in this scene in this scene of the pirates and young Elizabeth is very pale as if its cold outside and its also very natural.

The costume that Elizabeth is wearing in this scene as a child is very dull, old fashioned and is a long, grey dress. Her clothes and hair suggests that she's quite rich.

In this scene the costumes are old, rich-looking and smart that’s show you that they are wealthy people.

In this scene young Will Turner is wearing old, dirty and worn clothes which suggests that he is a poor boy.

The sound during this scene is eerie and quiet as the ship slowly emerges through the mist. This creates tension as you do not know what is appearing and the music just makes you think that something bad is going to happen. Then as the camera slowly zooms into the girl you hear faint, creepy singing.

As the hand gets closer to the young girl’s shoulder her singing gets louder which builds the tension and as soon as his hand touches her, she rapidly turns around and gasps then there is silence. This would make the audience jump.

Props- There are props in this scene that fit well with the pirate them such as hooks, ropes and barrels which are some of the most common things in these types of movies.

There are also props such as alcohol in flasks and brooms that they sweep the deck with which also fit the pirate theme.

The crackling noises of the flames coming off this boat is an example of diegetic sound as it’s a loud, main sound that’s coming from the scene (an actual sound)

Also the dialogue in this scene is another example of diegetic sound.

The Dialogue in this opening scene creates suspense as there is faint shouting in the background the speech in this shot is quiet whispers that sound eerie.

The dialogue in this scene can also be quite loud as if they are making orders. Which creates tension.

Binary Opposition

The music in this eerie yet Elizabeth is in a happy and excitable mood(smiling). These are two opposite this as you think she’d be scared or see something strange.

Narrative metaphorThis scene shows a message that you can

find love in the most unusual and adventurous places and ways as will turner (boy) is found overboard and saved by Elizabeth Swann (girl) which is how they met and became lovers.

Uses and gratificationsUses and gratifications theory is an

approach to understanding why and how people actively seek out specific media to satisfy specific needs. UGT is an audience- centered approach to understanding mass communication.

In this scene you get a sort of pleasure of romance as they fall in love in a strange way.