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Sometimes it pays to be lucky!

I was contacted by a producer who was in the process of producing "The Pirates of The Caribbean" movie onto DVD. For the DVD version, they were going to add a scene of the captain (who has been taken prisoner and thrown in the brig of his own ship) writing a letter. An internet search for calligraphy eventually led him to my site, and I was contracted to shoot the scene.

I was asked to prepare some pages with a script that might reflect a 17th century hand, and in addition I prepared a "Captain's Log" for the shoot.

The DVD version was released in December, 2003. You can find the scenes by going to the 2nd DVD, and selecting "Below Decks", and then "A Prisoner's Tale".

My writing scenes are the intro to each of the historical segments.

Click each thumbnail to enlarge, and the gray arrow at the right to advance. 9 images in this gallery.

The set of the Brig on the Pirate Ship

Me Writing Desk

Back up the makeup truck, this'll be a BIG job!

The all important Pirate Sash

Me Curls Needed Tendin

The finished product - ARRGH

YOU try sittin on that stool for 8 hours

On set, preparing to write in me captain's log

The script (in Latin)

Aye, it'll be a challenge to write with shackles!

Ritamarie Beeman is a fantastic makeup artist who had to put up with me on this morning...

Alexa Stone trying to overcome all obstacles and make me look like a real pirate

I developed this script to try to echo a 17th century feel... the paper is handmade watercolor paper stained with tea for the parchment look. The writing was done with a quill and walnut ink.

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The set of the Brig on the Pirate Ship

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