[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Explaining the Hedwig Flight Scene

[Aberforth's Goat]

In an earlier post, Luke wrote,

 > The fade from one flight to another at the very end of this scene
> does show the transition of time, but that is not the primary purpose.

While I don't deny the "letting go" tinge to the scene, I wouldn't write off
its significance as a fast-fowarding device. To show the passage of time,
they had to do something outdoors - and what better device than a beautiful,
flying bird?

One other thought: I think the scene functions a little bit like a _selah_
in the psalms, or stanza break. At that point in the film, I was feeling a
little overwhelmed and needed a rest. For me as a viewer, the flight was a
moment of relaxation before we entered the film's home stretch. It was
certainly one of the few connecting points in the film at which I didn't
feel like I was being rushed from one chapter summary to the next.

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I think they needed something similar in between the swirling letters and
the hut on the rock. (Maybe thirty seconds of Dursleys parking at the
seaside and squashing themselves into a boat?)

Baaaaaa!

Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a. Mike Gray)
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"Of course, I'm not entirely sure he can read, so that may not have been
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