We watched the opening sequence to Pirate Of The Caribbean and analyzed the conventions of it. It started with a brief 15seconds where the title of the film faded up then faded out. during this time you also had a spooky, mysterious non diegetic sound playing in the background. These two together start the suspense, mysterious and creepy feeling to the film which is created throughout. The font of the title looks as if it has been wrote with a quill, this is what pirates stereotypically wrote with so it shows what the film is about and sticks to the theme. The title has a black back ground with small bits of fire going around, this shows pirates to be dark, aggressive and dangerous, this keeps to the theme of the film and the mood they are trying to set.
at the start you see an establishing shot of the boat and the sea this illustrate the title sequence "pirates", in the establishing shot the boat is surrounded by mist which emphasize the oceans mysteriousness. There is a zoom in onto the ship and there is a girl singing which gives the scene kind of spooky effect, the camera moves closer to her creating tension when the man puts his hand on her shoulder the audience see it's a person of the crew. the girl is wearing an old fashioned dress, this is conventional of the time period it is set, it is also conventional of pirate clothes. The dress looks as if it has got dirty this could be due to life on deck and shows the stereotypical that pirates are dirty. when the man is finished telling the girl of about singing about the pirates he opening a flask of rum which is the stereotypical drink of a pirate.
In conclusion pirates of the caribbean conform to the opening sequence convention of a children's film by using background music, props to follow the theme, the mise-en-scene such as the fog which creates mysteriousness and adds an aery feeling to it. also the title conforms to the conventions because the style it written in matches the genre and what the film is about.
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