Broom Chase Scene

[faura2002]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, GulPlum <hp at p...> wrote:

> "In the books readers only "see" the thestrals because we're seeing 
from Harry's POV.  The movies don't quite work that way, of course, 
and the audience shouldn't really see the threstrals that the 6 
students are riding. The point is not a production one, but a 
NARRATIVE one... <snip> 

> A perfect comparison are existing scenes with the invisibility 
cloak: whenever the shot is a closeup of Harry (or Neville, or Luna), 
we see their steers. When it's a long shot, we see the group sitting 
in mid-air. So, for instance, we see Harry and Luna getting on their 
Thestrals in closeups; cut to a long shot of Ron, Hermione and Ginny 
staring at them sitting in mid-air. And when they're airborne, include 
a shot from over Harry's head of him, his steer and the landscape 
below. Cut to a selection of long shots (from above and below) of the 
kids sitting in mid-air. And so on. The same rules apply to the COMC 
lesson.
 
> That's the language and grammar of movies, and it works.


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Me:

I think this is a VERY wonderful interpretation. I can just imagine it 
in the moviescreen in my head. What's more, it can also be something 
of an experience for those who HAVE NOT read the book. So much so that 
a wee bit of explanation should also be made before the scene happens.

If they change the thestrals to brooms, how boring could it be. We 
already know that they can fly on one.


faura
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