Discuss how people are represented in the extract. (20)

The character that the audience hear at the beginning of the clip is not shown on screen but the audience understands that he is the antagonist as he provokes the beginning of the battle. His character has an accent and as the UK flag is shown on the protagonist's ship, the audience knows that the other character must be the enemy as he doesn't sound British. All of the pirates on the protagonist's side have a British accent meaning that the audience support them more than the opposition. All of the pirates are male which matches the stereotypical image of pirates both when they were around and the image depicted of them in films and books. The costume of the characters also match a form of the stereotypical image of pirates. They are all dressed in clothing that resembles rags, this is the more rugged stereotype of them. Quite often pirates are represented in dramatic clothing with feathers, extravagant hats, hooks and eye patches which isn't depicted in this particular film here. In this film the representation is a more realistic approach that looks more like what they would have actually worn and looked like. Matching the common image of them, the pirates aren't represented as young men with a fresh appearance, they are all of an older age range and have a more rugged image with long hair and dirty skin.