Trailer

[Simon]

No: HPFGUIDX 13307

Heidi: "The trailer that I pulled from the WB site this morning says HP &
the PHILOSOPHER'S STONE."

Humph - I have only got SS and want PS! Which version did you go for? Now
the site seems to be down totally!


The Car has spoken and so spoiler space for the trailer follows.

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Neil: "In the 'trio screaming' shot, Ron looks taller than the other two -
am I imagining that?"

Camera angle. He is smaller in one of the other shots.


Ara: "Like everyone else, I've spent the day watching the trailer over and
over and over and obsessing over the little details.  I don't think
anyone's mentioned this yet today.  In the flying lesson scene, there are
two lines of students.  One is apparently the Gryffindor line (Harry, Ron,
and Hermione are in it) and one is apparently the Slytherin line (the blond
between two large boys is apparently Draco with Crabbe and Goyle).
 There are twelve students in the Gryffindor line, with (presumably)
Neville rapidly rising above them making thirteen.  There are thirteen
students in the Slytherin line.  In the charms class scene where Hermione
is levitating the feather, there are twelve students visible, with a
textbook in the upper right which may belong to a student out of shot.
This would add up to thirteen as well.  Perhaps the filmmakers decided that
Hogwarts would have thirteen students per house, per year, as in the
traditional witches' coven?
 That would equal 364 students at Hogwarts total, and 91 students at each
of the long tables.  Anyone want to check to see if there are 91 plates in
the Great Hall scene?
I *don't* think that JKR plans for there to be 13 students per house per
year, but I do think it's interesting that the filmmakers chose to do so
(so far as I can tell).  In addition, in the charms class scene, there are
Ron, Harry, Seamus (working with Harry), two boys behind them (Dean and
Neville?) and possibly two more boys in the back row on the left...plus the
student out of shot, if he's a boy...too many boys again."

I have mentioned some of the stuff about numbers earlier, but am now going
to confuse things a little further.

Slow motion of the scene with Hermione floating the feather past a
disgruntled Ron reveals a boy sitting behind Ron. This would be a problem
if he was a Gryffindor, but he appears to be wearing a blue tie. Which
gives us another problem. Why are Ravenclaws' in this class?

The textbook evidence for there being 13 is inconclusive. In the first part
of the scene it is possible to see a pile of textbooks behind Hermione, but
not anyone sitting near them. I would guess these are the ones you can then
see to the right of Neville later in the scene. This can also be noted by
pairing up people and textbooks.


Christian: "Which gives only 25-30 for each side of the table - there are
more than that in the picture.  I've been at family-gatherings in
restaurants with tables that long (25-30 per side)."

Re-evaluation (i.e. I learnt to count) gives nearer 40.


In the scene with Draco in it, it is worth noting that his tie is black.
This suggests that it is before they have been sorted. I am still not sure
if it is Ron or Harry that is in the foreground of this scene. My guess is
Ron as the hair does seem to have a red tinge and I can see no evidence of
glasses.


When Harry is holding the letter in his hand it includes one that has been
postmarked in the pile (you can see part of the postmark behind the
envelope with his Cupboard address). This is from when he goes to pick up
the post on the first day of the letters. The letters flying is still
seemingly in the wrong room but I will ignore that!



Simon (about to do a scene by scene commentary for it)