[HPforGrownups] Re: MOVIE: The Turban & Other Wrongs & Chairs

[bak42]

No: HPFGUIDX 27327

Here's some more evidence of benches in the Great Hall taken from GoF
Chapter 37.
They did it, all of them; the benches scraped as everyone in the Hall stood,
and raised their goblets, and echoed, in one load, low, rumbling voice,
"Cedric Diggory."
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Brandon
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  --The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy

"You know," said Ron, whose hair was on end because of all the times he had
run his fingers through it in frustration, "I think it's back to the old
Divination standby."
"What -- make it up?"
  --Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

  -----Original Message-----
  From: cynthiaanncoe at home.com [mailto:cynthiaanncoe at home.com]
  Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 12:53 PM
  To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: MOVIE: The Turban & Other Wrongs & Chairs


  --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Steve Vander Ark" <vderark at b...> wrote:
  > Actually, it's more specific than that. I took to doing a little
  > research after I wrote that email and found:
  >
  > Harry clapped loudly with the rest as Ron collapsed into the chair
  > next to him. (SS, after the sorting)
  >
  > People throughout the hall were swiveling around to see who had
  > received the Howler, and Ron sank so low in his chair that only his
  > crimson forehead could be seen. (when Ron received the Howler in CS)
  >
  > Harry suddenly realized who Ginny looked like. She was rocking
  > backward and forward slightly in her chair, exactly like Dobby did
  > when he was teetering on the edge of revealing forbidden
  information.
  > (also in CS, when Ginny tried to tell Harry and Ron about what has
  > been happening to her)
  >
  > I'm sure there are more. But clearly there are supposed to be
  chairs
  > in the Great Hall.
  >

  I think we'll have to prepare ourselves for little differences like
  this.  I'm no set designer, but I think using benches is likely to
  work far better than chairs, for two reasons.  First, if you use
  chairs and you fail to line them all up in a perfect row, you'll have
  this weird zig-zag effect, and the look will be chaotic.  Second,
  with chairs, you always have the problem of "empty" chairs
  distracting the viewer.  Benches are much more flexible.

  Also, there's a smidge of evidence that they use benches in the Great
  Hall, some of the time at least.  When Ron wishes to invite Krum to
  sit at the Gryffindor table, he says:

  "Over here!  Come and sit over here!" Ron hissed.  "Over here!
  Hermione, budge up, make a space."  Unless Ron is proposing that Krum
  sit in Hermione's lap, they must be seated on benches, not chairs.

  Cindy


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