POA Trailer Shot-by-shot

[Susan Atherton]

I heard a lot of people are having trouble downloading the trailer, so I have written a shot-by-shot account of what happens. Enjoy :)

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GREY SMOKE BILLOWS AROUND THE WB LOGO. 

We cut to a long shot of THE STRANDED HOGWARTS EXPRESS (which is, for some reason, on a bridge. Perhaps Dementors can fly.) 

MORE GREY SMOKE 

On June 4th 

Cut to a long shot of a distant castle over a snowy wasteland. TWO FIGURES are visible in the immediate foreground, but both are facing the distant castle. Both look like children; the GIRL has long dark bushy hair with a red hat (she does not appear to be Hermione, though) and the BOY has one of those tie-under-your-chin type hats with a barbour coat. They are both wrapped up against the snowy weather; neither are recogniseable. 

MORE GREY SMOKE 

Something wicked this way comes 

#Hedwig's Theme by John Williams begins to play# 

Cut to the a shot of the HORSELESS (ahem) CARRIAGES TRUNDLING TOWARDS HOGWARTS. There is a sign visible which points in one direction to Hogwarts; the other to Hogsmeade. A crow lands on this sign as we watch. 

Dumbledore: Welcome, welcome... 

Cut to shot of the Great Hall dais on which the teachers sit. DUMBLEDORE is in focus. Behind him sit L-R: HAGRID, PROF. MCGONAGALL, PROF. SNAPE, PROF. LUPIN, and an UNIDENTIFIED TEACHER. 

Dumbledore: [cont]...to another year at Hogwarts. 

Cut to sweeping shot of the Great Hall from POV of top right corner. Camera moves in very quickly to the CHOIR visible in front of the teacher's dais. On the left of the choir is MR. FILCH, holding MRS. NORRIS. A very tiny man who does not appear to be Flitwick (he actually looks more like Gaston's sidekick in Beauty and the Beast) is conducting the choir, who are, for reasons best known to themselves, all determinedly clutching GIANT TOADS. 

Choir: [sing] Hubble, bubble, toil and trouble... (x4) 

Cut to a shot of the KNIGHT BUS, swerving through what appears to be London traffic (you don't get the big red buses in the background anywhere else to my knowledge). 

Cut to shot of HARRY, lying on his back in MAGNOLIA CRESCENT. His trunk is beside him and he looks shocked. He is heavily lit from the side - most likely the headlights from the Knight Bus.

Cut to shot of AUNT MARGE, inflated and flying away. UNCLE VERNON, AUNT PERTUNIA, and RIPPER all watch in horror from the garden below. (One must wonder where Harry is, or indeed, how they plan to get Marge down.) 

Cut to shot of DRACO MALFOY, VINCENT CRABBE and GREGORY GOYLE. DRACO has made a small paper crane and is blowing it into the air, where it flies away off screen. They are all wearing silver snake rings, and Draco's arm is bandaged, presumably from his confrontation with Buckbeak. They are in class, probably Snape's covered DADA class, and all are wearing robes. 

Cut to shot of RON, HARRY and HERMIONE walking down stone steps in a field. Other students are a little way behind them. Hogwarts is in the background. They are wearing robes too. 

Cut back to the CHOIR, who are all gurning triumphantly at the camera and still cheerfully clutching their GIANT TOADS. They are also wearing robes. 

Choir: [sing] Something wicked this way comes! 

Cut to shot of PROF. SNAPE, striding rather manfully out of a wardrobe looking menacing. 

Cut to shot of NEVILLE LONGBOTTOM and PROF. LUPIN. Neville looks scared. Lupin looks - well, quite pervy, really. Neville and all the students in the background (who do not, incidentally, include HRH, but do include SEAMUS) are all wearing robes. 

Cut back to SNAPE. NEVILLE'S outstretched arm holding his wand is in the immediate foreground. Snape looks at the wand with some interest. Suddenly he transforms into Boggart!Snape wearing a green dress, vulture-topped hat, fox fur wrap and a big red handbag. 

Close-up on BOGGART!SNAPE. He looks rather upset. 

Choir V/O: [sing] Eye of newt and tongue of frog... 

Arthur Weasley V/O: Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban prison... 

Cut to a snowy HOGSMEADE, complete with wanted poster for SIRIUS BLACK. Sirius is holding up his Azkaban ID and snarling at the camera, looking round to his right. We pan across the poster to see TWO CHILDREN walking along the street. Although they are distant, the GIRL on the right seems to be the GIRL from the opening scene (same hat and hair). 

Cut to HOGWARTS EXPRESS INTERIOR. HERMIONE and RON are shying back from something. They both look terrified. You can see Hermione's breath as she breathes out. This would appear to be from the Dementors on the train sequence. 

Cut to the seat beside HERMIONE. CROOKSHANKS hisses at something. 

Cut to a hallway in Hogwarts. SNAPE has confronted HARRY, who is wearing what look like pyjama bottoms and a green hooded top. He is carrying his wand in one hand and what looks like the Marauder's Map in the other. Snape whips around behind him towards the camera. His wand is lit. 

Cut to courtyard. HARRY is standing alone looking at a fountain. An owl flies towards him. 

Arthur Weasley V/O: Swear to me you won't go looking for Black! 

Cut to SIRIUS BLACK in Azkaban. We close in on Black, who whips his head round to stare at a point just above the camera as we close in on him. 

Fade to HARRY talking to ARTHUR WEASLEY, who is almost out of shot. The camera looks over Arthur's shoulder to see Harry. They appear to be in the LEAKY CAULDRON. 

Harry: Why would I go looking for someone who wants to kill me? 

Cut to SNAPE pushing HERMIONE, RON and HARRY behind him. It is dusk, and they are all staring at something past the camera in fear. All are wearing their "Shrieking Shack" clothes (pink top and rainbow belt for Hr, brown jacket and jeans for H, maroon jumper for R) 

Cut to SIRIUS in what appears to be the SHRIEKING SHACK. He raises his finger to point at someone below the camera and a menacing smile is on his face. 

Cut to HARRY under what appears to be a bedsheet, but could theoretically be the Invisibility Cloak. He is lighting his wand and looking at something - either his parent's photo album looking for Sirius, his school work in Privet Drive, the Marauder's Map, or possibly Naughty Teenage Witches. He is wearing a grey T-shirt. 

Cut to HARRY and HERMIONE running down a path. They are wearing their Shrieking Shack clothes. This would appear to come from the Time Turner sequence, since they are minus Ron. 

Choir V/O: [sing] Double, double, toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble... 

Cut to RON, HERMIONE and HARRY crouching behind a pile of oversize pumpkins and spying on HAGRID'S HUT. Hermione whips round to stare at something behind the camera. It is daylight. They are wearing their Shrieking Shack clothes. 

Cut to HAGRID raising his arms and looking serious while about twenty students scatter in the background. He is looking at something above the camera, so this would appear to be from the Hippogriff CoMC lesson. 

Cut to a close up of DUMBLEDORE, who waves his hand past a candle. It lights as his hand passes. (This bit is VERY cool.) 

Cut to a roof-high POV of a snow-covered HOGSMEADE (recognisable by the wanted poster sign). One gentleman appears to be leading a yak somewhere. 

Cut to MCGONAGALL in a hallway talking to someone. An elbow is visible on the right of the screen. From the way the camera swings around her, it would seem she is lecturing a group of students - probably the third years going to Hogsmeade for the first time. 

Cut to HARRY in a room lined with glass-fronted cabinets, in which are odd-shaped bottles. Three candles which resemble a human spine are also visible in the background. Harry is pointing his wand at something past the camera. A wind is blowing his hair back. He is wearing his school uniform, but not his robes over it. The camera rises and Harry's aim rises with it. This is very possibly a Boggart!Dementor practice.

Cut to a slowly opening window, probably on the HOGWARTS EXPRESS. Tattered black robes are visible through frosty glass, and finally a skeletal clawed hand appears around the edge of the window frame. 

Choir V/O: [sing] ...fire burn and cauldron bubble.... 

Cut finally back to the CHOIR, who are still merrily clutching their TOADS. 

Choir: [sing] Something wicked this way comes! 

BACK TO THE GREY SMOKE. 

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 

#Another few notes of Hedwig's Theme play# 

Summer 2004 


Susan
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