Pirates in FIlm

Pirates in films, games and novels are shown as anti heros. These are all fantasy's originating from The mind of Robert Louis Stevenson who wrote treasure island. He made Long John Silvers a pirate who was a hero to the reader who were mostly boys at the time. Long John shares some inspiration for the characters that we love today such as Jack Sparrow, but there was also a real life inspiration knows as Calico Jack. Calico Jack is known as one of the most flamboyant pirates to exist,  much like A certain sparrow everyone knows and loves. He was a pirate with ideas that burnt bright ,but faded fast. His ideas and personality made him quite popular among his crew. His popularity launched him into the role of captain when his previous captain Charles Vane was labeled a coward. Captain Calico Jack would go on to lead quite a career stealing a large ship called the Kingston. Shortly after stealing the large ship it was stolen back and he barley escaped with his life. He escaped

Pirates as we know them from the media are good , yet bad people who love adventures and getting into trouble. They are men who were tired of their boring lives and decided to give their lives to the sea for adventure. Will Turner is a great example of this ideal of a pirate in our minds. He was a simple blacksmith who because of Jack's meddling and his love for Elizabeth chose the pirate life. I have heart breaking news that Will Turner was not the personification of a pirate he was just merely a character for a story. The real pirates started out as seaman 73 percent of the quote on quote pirates described themselves as mariners or sailors.       The actual pirates would not look like Will Turner, but they would actually more likely resemble the sailors portrayed by Willem Defoe and Robert Patterson in the film the Lighthouse by Robert Eggers. The amount of former seamen who became pirates grew in the the golden age of piracy the 1720s. The number jumped from 73% to 9

Pirates depicted in media are nothing like how they actually acted back in their golden age. They are not exactly how we all view them from the franchise that monopolizes films on pirates which is The Pirates of the Caribbean. Starting off they didn't use lingo what so ever. No pirate went around and said "arrgggggg"  In reality they talked like most British sailors at the time. Everyone may have also believed that all pirates flew the typical skull and cross bones flag when in actuality some may have flown that flag , but most pirates made their own designs to fly.  Another disappointing fact to learn is that pirates never buried treasure. They knew they had a short life expectancy at the time and instead of burying the treasure they instead would spend whatever money they acquired as fast as they could. I media, stories and films pirates were said to walk the plank. This idea became imprinted in peoples minds. George Lucas took this concept in his film Return of the

Who is Caleb Pritchard  My name is Caleb Pritchard its like Richard with a P and a random T thrown in the middle for some reason. I am 19 years old and a freshman at GGC. I graduated from Mill Creek High school in 2019. lived in Georgia all my life and sadly have not left the bible belt. I have two little sisters who are hell to deal with and a few pets. I am also a die hard Chicago Cubs fan. Ive been an extra on film sets in Atlanta, so I have been on several films and shows plus I got to meet Clint Eastwood. Dream and Profession  I am an aspiring film writer and director. If you do not know what that is look up who Quentin Tarantino is and that will tell you what I want to be and what I will be in my life. I have recently shot a videography for a wedding and made a small production company called PritchardProduction. Film is my life and I use every opportunity I can to be a better film maker.  My Production company