In the opening sequence to Pirates of the Caribbean it starts off with a load of pirates lined up waiting to be hung. Then there is a cut to one of the men who works for the duke reading from a law book banning the pirates human rights. At the same time we have a shot reverse shot between the soldier and the pirates being hung. following on we have a cut to all the dead pirate's being piled up on a cart there are hundreds of pirates showing how much the duke hates them and wants to be rid of them.
In addition there is a cut in to a new line of pirates waiting to be hung. Among them is a very young boy, he is used to make the audience feel sorry for them and keeping the audience on their side. This is where the non diegetic music starts to play, its quite eerie and high pitched symbolising something is about to happen. Soon after the young boy starts to sing quietly to himself, the other pirates hear and all join in stomping their feet and jingling their chains causing a disturbance. we then have a cut away to a spooky dark back ground with the coin falling through the air and the same eerie music playing this shows the coin is significant in the film, as it hits the floor the title appears.
Louise Jarvis
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