trailer analysis

[HunterGreen]

Lauri Wrote:

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Just did a quick analysis of the scenes shown (oh so briefly!) and I
hope you'll all add any details you spotted:

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5. Zoom in on the choir - hall doesn't seem to be decorated for
Halloween, but I like the idea that the choir is singing whilst evil
Sirius slashes the fat lady and tears thru Gryffindor Tower.
<<

I noticed the lack of Halloween decorations as well, which is 
disappointing; the singing seems to fit better on Halloween (as a 
distraction for the audience, and setting up the shock of finding the 
fat lady ripped up) rather than the welcoming feast (plotwise, it 
seems to fit either way, but IMO, it would slow down the beginning of 
the movie to have it at the welcoming feast).

>>11. Choir close up with large toads. Students are wearing uniform-
type robes w/house-color ties, but uniforms look different from those
in first movie.<<

I don't really like the new robes, but its more of a personal 
preference than anything else (I like black). It seems like the 
colored ties and house badges were enough to denote which house 
students were from.

>12. Snape/Boggart scene. (Filmed in DADA classroom, not staffroom.)<<

I was really surprised to see how much older Neville looks in this 
scene (he's aging very nicely). Also, this is the first time that 
I've been happy with the way Lupin looks, hopefully the stills just 
kept catching him at a bad moment.

>>13. Hysterically laughing Sirius wanted poster - in Hogsmeade. (Wow,
that was creepy!)<<

This may just be how much I love Sirius, but its more sad than creepy 
to me. He looks like he's shouting, and looking around for someone to 
listen to him (IMO, the music in the background works really well 
with this scene).

>>20. Sirius in Shrieking Shack bedroom.<<

Did anyone else think Gary Oldman looked really odd in this shot? He 
hardly looks like himself (at least as much as he does in the other 
shots of Sirius) at all

>>21. Harry doing magic under a bedsheet. (Privit Drive?)<<

That makes sense, thanks so much for that interpretation, I could not 
figure out what he was doing (people were saying it was the MM, but 
the amount of light didn't make sense).

BTW, there's screencaps from the trailer at 
http://www.digicasey.com/TeaserTrailer.html


-HunterGreen