Pirate of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

From the opening scene we learn that the film is about pirates but other than that we learn nothing about the plot of the film.We learn that the film is about pirates because they are constantly mentioned throughout the scene as well as a long shot of a pirate ship sailing away and a close up shot of the the pirate flag. We are introduced to tow of the main characters in the film, but nothing other than their names ( Elizabeth Swan and Will Turner and gender is told to us in the scene. The scene is set on a ship in the middle of the ocean heavy fog all around them. This makes it more mysterious when a burning ship wreck slowly come out of the fog as the sail past it. It also makes it more believable that they did not see it or Will Turner in the water until they were close. Most of the sound in the scene is diegetic such as the sound of the ship creaking. One diegetic sound that stands out is the sound of Elizabeth singing a pirate song. This stands out because she is a child and so the song sounds creepy and mysterious. Non diegetic sound plays a small part in this scene because they want the audience to focus on the diegetic sound. The editing of the film is slow because it is not an action scene and they want the audience to focus in on specific details and conversation.