Screenplay Analysis: Character Development Displayed Through Dialogue
Abstract (300 words maximum)
Dialogue shows the audience how the characters interpret the situations they are faced with, and this is displayed in the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie of the film series. This presentation discusses the dialogue in the 2003 Disney film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and how it portrays character development. This film was written by Ted Elliot, Terry Rossio, Stuart Beattie, and Jay Wolpert and was directed by Gore Verbinski. This study of the film focuses on how the three main characters—Captain Jack Sparrow, Will Turner, and Elizabeth Swann—are revealed through dialogue, and how each of the characters’ personalities, values, and motives change throughout the film. Dialogue helps reveal the character from their own perspective. It is the character’s subjective way of expressing themselves, instead of showing themselves in a more objective form such as through actions. The presentation examines the development and changes of each character through their own words and compares it to how the characters converse at different moments throughout the story. It also shows the character development of the antagonist in the film, Davy Jones. The writers are intentional with their words and show character growth without changing the unique voices of the characters. This presentation demonstrates the chronological journey for each of these four characters, and how they each go from flat to round characters by the end of the film.
Screenplay Analysis: Character Development Displayed Through Dialogue
Dialogue shows the audience how the characters interpret the situations they are faced with, and this is displayed in the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie of the film series. This presentation discusses the dialogue in the 2003 Disney film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and how it portrays character development. This film was written by Ted Elliot, Terry Rossio, Stuart Beattie, and Jay Wolpert and was directed by Gore Verbinski. This study of the film focuses on how the three main characters—Captain Jack Sparrow, Will Turner, and Elizabeth Swann—are revealed through dialogue, and how each of the characters’ personalities, values, and motives change throughout the film. Dialogue helps reveal the character from their own perspective. It is the character’s subjective way of expressing themselves, instead of showing themselves in a more objective form such as through actions. The presentation examines the development and changes of each character through their own words and compares it to how the characters converse at different moments throughout the story. It also shows the character development of the antagonist in the film, Davy Jones. The writers are intentional with their words and show character growth without changing the unique voices of the characters. This presentation demonstrates the chronological journey for each of these four characters, and how they each go from flat to round characters by the end of the film.