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ep is od es of th e anim at ed seri es Gal axy High (19 86 8 7). Co lu mbu sma de h is d ir ect ori al d eb ut w ith th e te en co me dy Adv en tur es inBa bys it ti ng (19 87) . He ha d hug e succ ess w it h th e pop u la r Home Alone fi lm (19 90) and i ts se qu el Ho me Alon e 2 : Lo st In Ne w York st arri ng Mac au la y Cu lk in . I n 19 95 , C olu mb us st art ed h is o wnpr od uct io n com pa ny nam ed 149 2 Pictur es . Th is ref ers to Co lu mbu s'smo re fam ou s na me sak e, Ch ri sto ph er Co lum bu s. His la te r d i rec tor ia lwo rk inc lu de s Mrs . Dou bt fi re (1993), Bice nt en ni al Man (19 99) , thefi rst two Harry Pot te r fi lms and Rent (2 00 5), an ada pt at io n o f th epopular Bro ad way mus ic al . C om me rci a ll y , he h as b ee n h ug e lysuccess fu l, de sp it e the occas io na l f lop, bu t l ik e h is on e-t ime mentor ,St ev en Sp ie lb er g, he ha s met w i th cri t ica l acc usat io ns of exc essiv ese nt im en ta l ity an d ca ter in g to ch il dr en , a s w el l a s b ei ng d escr ib ed asa "be an co unt er " by Br i ti sh f i lm cri ti c Mark Kerm od e in cri ti ci sm tohis "b la nd and st ra ig ht-f or war d d i rec ti on ." Ch ri s Col umb us had bee nru mo re d to d i rec t th e six th Ha rry Pott er mov ie , Harry Po tt er an d th eHalf Blood Prince ; bu t David Yates, the d i rec tor of Ha rry Pot te r and th e Ord er o f t he P hoe ni x , has re ta in ed t he po si ti on . He h adex press ed int er est in d i rec ti ng the seve nt h f il m, Ha rry Po tt er and th eDeath ly Ha l lows, ho wev er Da vi d Ya te s has s in ce be en chose n todir ect bot h pa rts of th e fi lm. He ha d al so ap pe ar ed in th e f i lm Ho meAlo ne -2 fo r a s ma ll r ol e.III. Characters

Th e f i lm s tars Da nie l Ra dc li f fe as Har ry Pot te r, a lo ngs id eRu pe rt Gri nt an d Emm a Watso n as Harry's be st f ri en ds Ron Weas ley an d He rm io ne Gr an ger ar e t he m ai n ch arac ter in t he m ov ie . Da n ie l Ra dc li f fe sta rs as H arry Po tt e r , a se em in g ly no rm alch il d w it h a l igh tn i ng sha pe d scar on h is fo re he ad an d anab i l it y to mak e s tra ng e thi ng s hap pe n. H is au nt and un cl e,fo l lo win g the dea th of hi s pa re nts , abo ut wh om he kn ows ve ry

l it t le , ra is ed h im f ro m th e ag e of one. On his e leven th b i rt hd ay,Ha rry d iscov ers th at h e i s a w izar d an d a tt en ds Ho gw ar tsSc ho ol o f W it chcr aft an d Wi zar dry . Ru pe rt Gri nt p l ays R o n W e as ley , a re d-h ai re d w izar di ng boy,th e you ng est bo y o f seve n chi ld re n f ro m a d is adv an ta ge dfa mil y, who d eve lo ps a long s ta nd in g f ri en ds hi p w i th H arr y.

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E mm a W atso n p la ys H er m i on e Gra ng er , an ex tre me lyint el l ig en t w itc h who was "M ug gle -bo rn " who , de sp it e in it ia ll yir ri ta ti ng th em , beco me s f ri en ds wit h Harry and Ro n a ft er th epa i r save h er f ro m a t ro ll . I mp ress ed w ith h er scho ol p laype rf orm anc es, Watso n's Oxf ord th ea tr e te ac her pa sse d herna me o n to the cas ti ng ag en ts . R ich ar d Ha rr is a s A lb us Du mb l ed or e : Th e H ea dm as ter ofHo gw ar ts and on e of the mos t fa mous an d powe rf ul wiz ards ofa ll t im e. He dec id es t ha t Ha rry sh ou ld s tay a t h is aun t an dun cl e fo ll ow ing the dea th of h is pa re nts at the ha nd s o f Lo rdVoldemort. Ro bb i e Co l tr a n e as R ub eu s Ha gr id : A ha l f-g ia nt an d theGro un dske ep er at Hog wa rts . He tak es Harry to Pri ve t Driv e ona fl yi ng m ot orcyc le , and t he n takes h im f ro m hi s aunt an d unc le

on his e le ve nth b ir th da y, aft er wh ic h the two deve lo p a str on gbo nd . He has a fon dn ess fo r ma gic al cr ea tur es, in par ti cu la rdr ag ons . A la n R ickm an a s Se ver us S n ap e : T he Po t io ns Maste r an d he adof S l yth er in Ho us e a t Hog wa rts . He di sl ik es Harry du e to agr ud ge he hel d w it h Ha rry's fat he r. He was fo rm erl y a DeathEater b ut is t rust ed by Du mb led or e. Ma gg i e S m it h a s M in erv a McG on a g a l l . Th e De pu tyHe ad mis tress, hea d of Gryf fi nd or and Transf ig ur at io n te ac her

at Hog wa rts. She acc om pa ni es Du mb led or e to Numb er 4 Pr iv etDr iv e whe n Har ry i s take n to hi s aunt an d uncl e and ha s theab i l it y to t ra nsf orm int o a t ab by cat . To m F el to n as D rac o M a lf oy : A wiz ar d fr om a ri ch ba ckgr ou nd .Af te r Ha rry re je cts h is i nit ia l of fe r of " fr ie nd sh ip ", D rac ode ve lo ps a n ev er-l ast in g ha tr ed of Ha rry a nd h is f ri en ds. I a n H a r t as P ro fess or Qu irr el l : Th e sl ig ht ly nerv ous Def enc eAg ain st the Dark Ar ts te ach er at Ho gw ar ts. He we ars a tu rb an ,wh ic h ha rb ou rs the ne ar dea d for m of Lo rd Vold e mo rtunderneath. R ich ar d Gr if fi ths as V e rn on D u rsl ey : Ha rry's u nc le wh o tr ea tshim p oo rl y, on ly car in g fo r h is so n D ud le y. H e d oe s n ot w is hHa rry t o fi nd out a bo ut his id en tit y, an d bu rns eve ry l et te rHo gw ar ts se nds . F i o n a S h a w a s Pe tu n ia D urs ley : H arry's au nt , wh o, lik e V ern on ,tr ea ts h im p oo rl y.

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Ha rry M e l li ng a s Du d ley Du rs l ey : H arry's ov er-we igh t, bu llyi ng ,an d sp oi le d co usi n. Jo hn Hu rt as M r O l li va nd er . Th e o wn er of O l l iv an der 's , t hefi ne st wa nd p ro duc ers i n th e wi zar di ng w or ld . O l li va nd er

po ssesses th e ab ility to f in d th e pe rf ect w an d fo r a ny pe rso nwh o ne ed s on e an d cl ai ms to r em em be r e very w an d th at h e hasev er s ol d. He t el ls H arry th at he r ece ive d h is scar fr om Lo rdVoldemort. M a t t h e w L e w i s a s Ne vi l le L on gb ot to m : A ti mid s tu de nt wh o i s afr ie nd of H arr y, Ro n an d H er mio ne . H e is th e fr eq ue nt ta rg et o fMa lfo y an d his ga ng . W ar wi ck D avi s a s Fi l iu s F l it wi ck : A s ma ll w izar d w ho i s t heCh ar ms t ea ch er a nd h ea d o f Ra ve ncl aw at H og wa rts . Jo hn C lee se as N e a rl y H e ad l ess N i c k . Th e g ho st o f Gryf fi nd or

ho us e, h is h ea d is pa rt ia l ly sever ed fo l lo win g a bo tch edex ecut io n. Ju li e W al te rs as Mo l ly W eas le y : Ron 's car in g mot he r. Shesh ows Har ry ho w to get t o P lat fo rm 9. Bef or e Wal te rs wa scast , Ame ri ca n ac tress Ro si e O' Do nn el l h el d t alks w it hCo lum bu s a bo ut pla yi ng Mr s. W eas le y. R ich ar d B r e m m e r as L o r d V o l d e m o r t : T he da rkest wiz ard of th eag e. He was def ea te d and nea rl y de str oye d, wh en th e k il l in gcurs e he att em pt ed to us e on Har ry reb ou nd ed and hit h im. He

wa s r ed uce d to e xis ti ng o nl y a s p ar t o f a h os t b ody an dse arch es fo r the P hi lo so ph er's sto ne an d a cha nce fo rimm or ta l it y. Br em me r on ly p lays Vol de mor t in th e fl as hb acksce ne. Dur in g t he fi lm' s conc lu si on whe n he i s rev ea le d t oHa rry , Vold emo rt's vo ice an d mot ion ca pt ure is pr ovi de d by IanHart .

IV. Setting

Ha rry Po tt er i s a k in d o f m ovi e t ha t ne ed ed a v ery go od set a ndplac e t o sh ow it s t he me . Th e p la ces wh er e t he m ov ie ta ke pl ac e m us tbe f it te d to th e ch arac ters an d to sh ow wh at ki nd o f char act ers arethem.

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Two Br it is h f i lm indu stry of fi ci al s req ues te d th at the f i lm besh ot in the UK , of fer in g th eir ass is ta nce i n secur in g f il min g locat io ns ,the use o f Le av esd en Fi lm Stud io s, as we l l as ch an gi ng the UK'sch il d labo ur law s. Warn er Br os . acce pt ed the ir pro pos al an d f i lm ingbe ga n in Octo ber 200 0 at Leav esd en Fi lm St ud ios, and co ncl ud ed inAp ri l 2001, wit h f ina l work be in g done in July. Pr inc ip al phot og ra phyto ok p la ce on 2 Oc to ber 200 0 a t Go at hl an d ra i lw ay st at io n in North Yorkshi re . Can te rb ury Cat he dr al an d Inv era i lo rt Cas tl e in Sco tl an dwe re bot h tou te d as poss ib le lo ca ti ons for Hog wa rts ; Ca nt er buryre je cte d War ner Br os. of fe r due to conc erns ab ou t the f i lm 's "p ag an "theme. Aln wick Ca st le an d Glo uces ter Cat he dr al we re eve ntu al l yse lec te d as the pri nc ip al f il min g locat io ns for Hog wa rts, wi th som esce nes a ls o being f i lme d at Harr ow Sch oo l . Oth er Ho gw ar ts sce neswe re fi lme d i n Du rh am Ca th ed ra l ov er a tw o we ek pe ri od , t he sei ncl ud ed sho ts of t he co rri do rs an d f il m in g fo r som e c lassr oo msce nes. Oxf ord Di vi nity Sc ho ol s erve d as th e Ho gw ar ts H osp it al W in gan d th e Duk e Humfr ey L ibr ary was use d as t he Ho gw ar ts L ibr ary .Fi lmin g fo r Pr iv et Dri ve took p lac e on Picke t Po st Clo se in Br ackn el l , Be rksh ir e. F il m in g on the stre et too k tw o da ys, w it h the pr od ucerson ly ha vi ng p la nn ed for on e; the de lay me an t that th ey ha d to pa yth e stre et 's resi de nts mo re mo ne y t ha n th ey had ant ic ip at ed . Assuc h, fo r a ll of th e su bse qu en t fi lm' s scen es se t in Pr iv et Dri ve,fi lm in g too k p lac e on a co nstr uct ed se t in Leav esd en F i lm St ud ios ,wh ic h pr ove d to ha ve be en ch ea per t ha n f i lm i ng on lo ca ti on .Au str al ia Hous e in Lo nd on wa s se lec te d as th e locat io n for Gri ng ot ts Bank , whilst Ch ri st Chu rch , Oxfor d wa s th e loc ati on for th e Hogwartstr op hy ro om . London Zoo was us ed as th e loc at io n fo r th e sce ne inwh ic h Har ry acc id en ta l ly sets a snak e on Du d le , w i th Kings Cross Station a ls o b ein g use d a s t he b ook sp eci fi es .

Du e to th e f ilm's t it l e d if fe re nce i n Ame ric a an d t he Un it edKin gd om , a ll sc en es tha t men t io n th e s to ne ha d to be f i lme d tw ic e,on ce wit h the act ors say in g "p hi lo so ph er's" and th e secon d w it h the msay in g "sorc erer 's" . The ch il dr en sp en t t he ir da ys f ilm ing f or f ou rho urs a nd th en d oin g t hree h ou rs o f scho ol wo rk, as w el l as a llde ve lo pi ng a fon dn ess for ha vi ng fa ke fac ia l in ju ri es add ed to th emby th e mak eu p sta f f. Ra dc li f fe ha d to we ar gr ee n contac t len ses as,un l ik e H arry 's, h is ey es a re b lu e. In s om e sc en es co mp ut eran i ma ti on wa s used t o pa i nt hi s eyes g re en , du e t o R ad cl if fe 'sd isco mf ort .

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I th in k the se tt in g is appropr ia te to the st ory or th e ch arac ters .Th e set ti ng is go od eno ug h to sho w the mo vi e s the me . Th e th in gs,se t, an d t ime wa s a good wa y to descr ib e and sho w th e pers on al it iesof the ch arac ters .

V. Musical Scoring

Jo hn Wi l li a ms w as se lec te d t o com po se t he f il m's scor e.Wi l l ia ms com po se d th e scor e a t h is h om es in L os Ang e les an dTang le wo od bef or e rec ord in g i t in Lo nd on in Aug us t 2001. On e of th ema in the me s is ent it led "H ed wig 's Th em e" , Wi l l ia ms ret ai ne d i t forh is f in is he d scor e as "eve ryon e se em ed to l i ke i t". I th in k ev eryso un ds or song mak es th e sce nes mor e be au t if ul an d in te rest in g. Ith in k i f th er e is no sou nds l i ke the se, the mo vi e w i l l no t be a hi t onth e v iewers. Th e sou nds wer e wel l-r ecor de d in each sce ne in everyev en ts th at m ak es i t de l iv er t he t ru e f ee l in gs o r e mot io ns .

VI. Summary

Youn g Har ry Pot te r ha s to le ad a har d l i fe . H is par en ts hav edie d in a car cr ash whe n he was sti l l a ba by, and he is be ing bro ug htup by his U nc le Vern on and Aun t P et un i a. For so me re aso nun be kn ow nst to th e bes pec tac le d ten -ye ar-o ld , th e Du rsl eys let h iml iv e in th e sm al l ch am be r und er th e s ta irs, an d tr ea t h im mo re l ik ever mi n t ha n l ik e a f am i ly m emb er . H is fat c ous in D ud l ey , th eDu rsl ey's re al so n, ke eps b ot he ri ng H arry a ll t he t ime . O n h ise lev en th b ir th day , Harry Pot ter f in al l y rece ives a mys ter io us le tt erfr om a cer ta in Hog wa rts Sch oo l o f Wi tc hcra ft an d Wiz ardr y, te l l in gh im tha t he is ch ose n a s o ne of the fut ur e st ud en ts of tha tsu pp ose dly re no wn ed sch oo l. Ha gr id , the g iga nt ic ma n wh o br ou gh tth e let te r , f ina l ly int ro duc es Ha rry int o th e rea l c ircu mst anc es of h isl if e: H is pa re nts we re a w izar d and a w it ch , they we re ki l le d by th eev il w iz ar d Vo ld em or t p ro tec ti ng h im . Ha rry s ti l l has a l ig htn in g-sh ap ed scar on h is for eh ea d fr om tha t eve nt. Sinc e he surv ive d th eat tack as a bab y, and al so som eh ow dep ri ve d Vol de mor t f ro m h ispo we rs, he ha s be en fa mo us in the wiza rd in g worl d ever s inc e. The

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Du rsl eys, stro ng dis be li ev ers in tha t ma gic al cr ap , ne ver tol d Harryan ythi ng ab ou t hi s t ru e sel f. So , Ha rry i s s tro ng ly sur pris ed , yetab so lu te ly hap py to st art h is t ra in in g. At Ho gw ar ts, Harry mee ts h iste ac hers, an d be co mes fr ie nds w it h Ro n Weas le y and He rm ion eGra ng er . Th e th re e of the m acc id en ta l ly f ind out th at the po t io nsma st er , Sev erus Snap e, se em s to p lot on ste al in g some th in g that isgu ar de d by a th re e-h ea de d dog . S in ce no bo dy wo ul d be l ie ve so mefi rst years to ha ve fou nd ou t suc h imp or ta nt thi ng s th at eve n wouldincr im in at e a Ho gw ar ts tea ch er , the y ta ke i t on the ms elv es to f indou t wh at Sna pe is up to . The ir qu es t for th e t ru th lea ds across ma nyob st acl es, f ro m ke ep in g up th e ev eryd ay sch oo l l if e, a bew i tch edQu id di tc h ma tc h (Qu id di tc h is a po pu la r w iz ard spor t), F lu f fy, theth re e-he ad ed mo ns ter dog an d qui te so me tasks on e has toov erco me to get to t he gua rd ed ob je ct . Hag ri d acci de nt al l y t el l sHa rry , Ro n and Her mi on e how to ge t pa st F lu f fy and th ey rush to te l lth e hea dm as ter , Albu s Du mb led or e, what they know, only to f ind thathe has bee n ca ll ed awa y f ro m the sch oo l. Pos it iv e tha t Dumb le do re 'ssu mm ons was a re d herri ng to tak e him aw ay wh i le the Phi lo so ph er'sSt on e i s st ol en , th e t ri o se t ou t t o re ach t he St on e f irst. T heyna vi ga te th ro ug h a seri es o f comp lex mag ic al ch al len ge s se t up byth e sch oo l's fac ul ty, and a t th e end of the se cha ll en ge s, Harry ent ersth e in ne r cha mb er a lon e, onl y to fi nd tha t it i s the t imi d Pr of esso rQu irr el l, no t Sna pe , who is a ft er t he S ton e. The f ina l cha l le ng epr ot ect in g the Sto ne is the Mirror of Eri se d. Qu irr el l fo rces Har ry tol ook i n th e m irr or to d iscov er w he re th e S ton e i s, a nd Ha rrysuccess fu ll y res ists , bu t th e Sto ne dr ops in to h is ow n pocke t. Lor dVo ld em or t n ow reve als h im se lf : h e ha s po ssess ed Qu irr el l an dap pe ars as a gh as tly fac e on th e ba ck of Qui rre l l's hea d. He tr ies toat tack Ha rry , but mer ely to uc hi ng Ha rry p rov es t o be ago ny f orQu irr el l. Volde mo rt fl ee s and Qui rre ll d ies as Dum ble do re arr iv esba ck i n ti me to sav e H arr y.As Ha rry recov ers, Du mb led or e co nf ir ms to h im tha t L i ly d ie d wh i lepr ot ect in g Harry as an inf an t. Her pu re , lov in g sacri fi ce pr ovi de s he rso n wi th an an ci en t ma gic al p ro tec ti on aga ins t Vol de mor t's let ha lsp el ls . Dum ble do re al so ex pl ai ns th at th e Ph i los op her's St on e ha sbe en de str oyed to prev en t V ol de mor t fro m ev er us in g it. He th en te l lsHa rry tha t on ly th ose wh o wa nt ed to f ind the Sto ne , but not us e i t,wo uld be able to ret ri eve i t f ro m th e mirro r , whi ch is wh y Ha rry wa sab le to ac qu ir e it . Whe n Ha rry asks Du mb led or e wh y Vol de mor t

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at te mp te d to ki l l him whe n he wa s an inf an t, Dum ble do re pro mi ses tote l l Ha rry w he n he i s o lde r.At th e e nd -of -ye ar fe ast , wh er e Ha rry is w elc om ed a s a he ro ,Du mb led or e g iv es a f ew " la st-m inu te add i ti on s" , g ra nt in g eno ug hpo ints to Harr y, Ro n, He rm io ne an d Nev il le for Gryf fi nd or to win th eHo us e C up , e nd ing Slyt her in 's s ix-ye ar r ei gn a s ho us e c ha mp io ns .

VII. Lesson that I Learned