Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Himmelberg - Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End - Mise en Scene


This scene is from the movie Pirates of the Caribbean 3. The dominant in this scene is Johnny Depp's character Captain Jack Sparrow .He is the closest to the camera and the first thing that your eye is attracted to in the scene. His body language and facial expression also captivate and over power the other characters because there faces aren't really seen as clearly. All of the other characters are merely in the background following him. The lighting in the scene is high key because it is day light and the characters, though dressed in dark colors are visible, especially Captain Jack. The character proxemics are social because there are more than 3 people in the scene but there isn't a vast group of people that is to large to count and no one is very close to each other they are all just walking a fair distance from each other. It is more of a dramatic scene and definitely not a romantic or tender scene. The camera proxemics are personal because the camera is very close to Captain Jack, but he doesn't take up the whole frame so it isn't intimate. Because the frame spans out to include the water and the other pirates it keeps in merely personal. Also you get a body shot not just Captain Jack's face. The message of the frame is to convey a sense of anxiousness of what is to come and what the pirates have to face or find in the next scene. Also a sense of pride and honor because they are obviously sticking up for themselves and focused on the task ahead.

This is a trailer for the movie

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