I have decided for my magazine to review in great detail one musical. So I'm going to write the synopsis for my own brand-new, breath-takingly-good pirate musical..!
Why this theme I hear you ask? Well there are a few reasons. One - I have the resources as far as costume and props go having myself and several other friends needed the costume for a dance show and I know a male with a keen musical interest that owns his own pirate jacket. Two - As far as I am aware there is only one pirate musical in existence, 'Pirates of Penzance' by Gilbert and Sullivan. Three - I love all things Pirates of the Caribbean.
I have constructed a mood board, a bit like my musical theatre one, but just on pirates. To construct this I carried out research in the form of asking people what comes to mind when I say pirates to them. So I suppose I have built up a very very stereotypical view of pirates, but that will be what people going to see a pirate musical would expect. I must say, Pirates of the Caribbean seemed to be very influential in the responses. Which I suppose was expected.
Wooden leg, anchor, gold, hat, eye-patch, hook for a hand, pirate flag, hanging, prisoner, sword, rum, parrot, boots, big jackets. All of these I'm sure speak for themselves. As for the colours, brown and black because of the stereotypical colour of the clothing they wear as well as their ships. And red for danger and fighting because pirates were not exactly law abiding and fought a lot. The words and phrases are typical phrases that you might expect a pirate to say. Obviously a majority is actually taken from Pirates of the Caribbean. But the series of films are very influential on pirate views. I will consider all of these aspects when creating my double-page spread.
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