Excellent, excellent news!

[sophiamcl]

Hello all!
Have you read the interview with Chris Rankin on PoA? There's a 
link to it on Leaky--go! read! 
I thought Chris's comments bode WELL for the third installment 
of the Potter-on-screen saga. Apparently Cuaron likes to work 
with longer takes as a tension-building device (as compared to 
Columbus who would film only three-four lines at a time). The 
longer takes will require more of the kids: a different kind of 
preparation in terms of  characterisation and understanding of 
what's going on in the scene. Chris mentions the filming of a 
four-minute scene in one take... Sounds really exciting. 
I'm not worried about how the trio will fare with this new style of 
filming. I think it will bring out their abilities far better than 
Columbus managed to do. Also, I gather from Chris's comments 
that PoA will not be the action-drama-romps PPS  and CoS have 
been (although I love them with a passion), but rather 
slow-buildning-tension drama (woooooo...sounds lovely).

BTW, Chris alson mentions that PoA will be different 
visually--even down to the costumes. Thought I find the idea of 
new costumes intriguing, I can't help thinking that I would miss 
the terrific school uniforms, not to mention the beautiful 
quidditch-outfits from the first two movies.   Speaking of 
Hogwarts school uniforms, at danradcliffe.com, under 
"headlines," you can click your way to a Glencoe set report from 
the Herald, where Emma Watsons garb as Herminoe is 
described: a pale yellow shirt and a short black skirt. Could that 
be a new school uniform?

Sophia