Research: My Ghost Ship

I intend to have the Ghost ship belonging to Death and Life-In-Death leap out of the sea and approach the Mariner's ship; this is COMPLETELY inaccurate to the poem, however, I do feel that an effect like this would improve the cinematic feel of my animation, and make it more exciting! After all, a ship leaping from the waves is far more intimidating than having it drift slowly towards you on the tide!

This is one film scene which inspired my decision: The Flying Dutchman Attack from Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.



Another scene which inspired me was, oddly enough, not about a ship, but a shark! The way robo-shark jumps out of the water to attack the peach really adds to the excitement of the scene! Unfortunately, the actual footage of the shark jumping out of the sea is not available on youtube, so instead, I have found a picture depicting the scene in question; a brief glimse of the jump is also in the trailer (0.51 onwards) which I have uploaded in an earlier post.