Why are they screaming???

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No: HPFGUIDX 19938

This opens with a contraho charm on all hairnets, thus protecting me if a question about the trailer/book1 seems too OT.  I don't think it is, or else I really wouldn't ask...please put that wand down.

Another raging debate in my family is about a scene in the trailer.  We talked and talked about the three heroes screaming and the scene following it where they are running through a classroom.  My theory was that it had to be when they saw Fluffy the first time.  There just isn't anything else in the book that coincides with it, and the producers assure us that they are being very faithful to the books.    My sister protested: they are not wearing pajamas; I countered that perhaps they thought that was a little too unwizardly and inappropriate dress for such a scene, etc.  She muttered something about being prudish...  The next problem was tougher: where is Neville if that is a Fluffy scene?  Maybe he is just to the left or right and they chose to focus on the three? They just could not omit him from the first encounter with Fluffy; Neville is going to be a pivotal character 

Does anyone have an idea?  It really became sticky when I downloaded the high-resolution Quicktime version of the trailer and could see the whole thing still by still.  We are opening a contest at the site: win a "The Magic is about to Begin" screen saver; answer four trivia questions.  Studying each still in order to get the best ones for the screen saver, I saw in that excellent high-resolution that Hermione is carrying a school case as she runs.  Which distances the whole thing even more from seeing Fluffy?  I find it hard to believe they are changing things that much.  But we cannot come up with anything else in the books that makes sense.  Any ideas out there?  Has anyone read anything anywhere about it?

Uh, if you are interested in the contest, the page is  http://www.geocities.com/lumen_dei/contest.html  The questions are easy since we really want the children to have the screen saver...  But then, they often do better than we adults!

Maria
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