Pirates of the Caribbean cast and crew

The idea for filming "Pirates of the Caribbean" actually originated from the Disney theme park of the same name. When Disney Studios was actually preparing to shoot this film, everyone thought that Hollywood gold medal producer Jerry Bruckheimer was the best person to take on the important task, and Bruckheimer happened to want to shoot a pirate movie. The two sides had different ideas. Conspiring together.

Bruckheimer hired "Shrek" screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, who were integrated into the film's story. It added fascinating supernatural elements, and during the filming of the film, the two accompanied them on the set from beginning to end. In fact, as early as after completing "Aladdin" in 1992, Elliott and Rossio wanted to create a pirate movie script, but no film company was interested in this idea at the time, and the two's idea was brewed for a whole time. 10 years.

Although "Pirates of the Caribbean" tells a fantasy story, the creators did not dare to be careless about the relevant historical background. The producers specially invited the highly respected historian Peter Twist (Peter Twist) as consultant. Twist has a deep knowledge of history from the 16th to the 20th centuries, and he imparts relevant historical knowledge to various departments of the crew, from the customs and details of clothing at that time to daily life, navigation and military conditions, etc. Twist said: "Pirates are people who commit crimes on the high seas, so 'pirate' is a very broad term. Any act of stealing and destroying property in open waters can be defined as piracy. The original pirates were individual acts. , casual and untrained, and later piracy gradually became more sophisticated. For example, during the war, the government authorized some people to attack enemy shipping and then share the proceeds with the sailors. At that time, this behavior was legal for many shipowners and pirates. The sailors identified this way of survival and continued to act in this way after the war, and they became pirates. Although the pirates in the film have no real character prototypes, they incorporate the actions of many real pirates. "

The islands in the Caribbean are an ideal place for pirates because there are a steady stream of merchant ships transporting treasures and goods passing by. However, pirate treasures have always been just rumors, and in fact there is no evidence. It can be found from historical records that typical pirates will squander their property after looting it, and there is no way there is any leftover.

The film does not specify a specific period, but in order to give the story a general outline of the era, the creators chose the period between 1720 and 1750, which was the end of the heyday of piracy.

In order to make the film look more real and believable, all actors who played pirates and British sailors had to undergo several weeks of training. The producers hired stunt coordinator George Marshall Luger. Marshall Ruge, swordsman master Robert Anderson and his disciple Mark Ivie guide the training. It can be said that the filming process of the film was unconventional, because before the script was completed, the crew began to design and build the set and began to identify suitable locations. Director Verbinski had already storyboarded the film in advance and was exchanging ideas with production designer Brian Morris and several writers. Verbinski hired cinematographer Dariusz Wolski, who had previously worked with him on "Dangerous Lovers," to shoot the film. For Wolski, shooting exterior scenes at sea is challenging because on land, daytime exterior scenes can be adjusted according to the light, while at sea, ships will only sail in one direction, which creates a problem with the viewing angle. There are quite a few limitations. While Morris was studying the paintings of that era to obtain design sources, Verbinski and Wolski were also studying a large number of early pirate and classic adventure films, hoping to draw lessons from them.

The most important set in the film is the cave where Barbossa hides his treasure. It was built in the largest studio of Disney Studios. It was also used in the 1997 "Armageddon" also produced by Bruckheimer. Filmed here, the studio was later expanded and was perfect for creating the intricate waterways and jagged terrain of the cave. The producers hired 100 craftsmen and spent 5 months to build the set. It took 3 or 4 days to fill in 300,000 gallons of water, and the final decoration took another 3 weeks.

The "Dauntless" in the film was built based on the "Victory", a victorious warship in the British fleet at that time. It was built on a floating barge in the Long Island dock and employed 150 craftsmen. , which took three and a half months to build, the vessel was 170 feet long and 34 feet wide, using nearly 40,000 pounds of steel and 1,000 square feet of canvas.

The "Black Pearl" in the film took three months to build. Some of the relevant scenes were shot in a studio and some were towed on the water by tugboats. The crew went to the Port of San Pedro in Los Angeles for filming in November 2002. Some of the fierce naval battle scenes were shot in a studio in the South Bay, and some later were completed in the Caribbean.

During the entire filming process, the biggest challenge for the two leading actors, Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley, was shooting on the narrow wooden planks that protruded from the deck of the Black Pearl, 15 feet above the sea. The actor stood there for nearly three days without using a stand-in or any protective equipment. Keira Knightley recalled: "The board was only the size of a diving board. When I stood on it, there was only the sound of wind and water. It would vibrate up and down with the slightest movement. I was petrified." The brave actress finally defeated Fear, he personally completed all the thrilling scenes including jumping into the sea.