Harry Potter Film Wizardry

Harry Potter Film Wizardry

The foreword was penned byDaniel Radcliffe,Emma Watson, andRupert Grint, and the introduction was written by producerDavid Heyman. It was released on19 October2010.^[1] It contains 160 pages.

The book has information from the different directors' perspectives of the film to the actors in the films such as:

• The Staff atHogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry such asSeverus Snape,Minerva McGonagall andSybill Trelawney
• Heroes and Villains such asNymphadora Tonks,Fenrir Greyback, andKingsley Shacklebolt
• New characters introduced into each film such asAlastor "Mad-Eye" Moody,Dolores Umbridge,Remus Lupin,Gilderoy Lockhart and even theGoblins.

With each film, there is a production diary and a design team that spills secrets of what their thought process was and how they felt while shooting that specific film.

There is also exclusive details about what the design, production and directing teams worked on how and why they decided to splitHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows into two films and specific scenes such as thewedding of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour, the1998 break-in of Gringotts Wizarding Bank, theMinistry of Magic, and theRoom of Requirement.

Also included is the production and design team's different challenges and perspectives throughout the eight films. Also included are specific scenes and how the production team put the magic together, examples being the three tasks of theTriwizard Tournament, theLittle Hangleton graveyard, and even how they put together the challenges ofRubeus Hagrid thepart-giant, and theBlack family tree tapestry, theBoggart,Hogsmeade, and much more.

This book includes some props, which can be removed such as:

• Catalogues forBorgin and Burkes andWeasleys' Wizarding Wheezes (fold-out only)
• Mini Textbook ofAdvanced Potion-Making byLibatius Borage (which contains potion stickers, mini bottle stickers and labels) (fold-out only)
• Mini detachable boxes for Madam Borboleta's Sugared Butterfly Wings and Fiery Black Pepper Imps
• Programmes from the 422ndQuidditch World Cup and theYule Ball
• Dolores Umbridge'sEducational Decrees
• TheMarauder's Map
• Mafalda Hopkirk'sMinistry of Magic Identity Card (fold-out only)
• Harry Potter's First Hogwarts Letter (fold-out only)

Table of contents[]

• Foreword byDaniel Radcliffe,Rupert Grint, andEmma Watson
• Introduction byDavid Heyman
• Muggles MakingMagic byBrian Sibley
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
• Production Designer's Notebook
• Producer's Diary
• Daniel Radcliffe asHarry Potter
• No. 4 Privet Drive
• The Dursleys
• Platform 9 3/4
• Rupert Grint asRon Weasley
• Diagon Alley
• Hogwarts Castle &Grounds
• Robbie Coltrane asRubeus Hagrid
• TheGreat Hall
• Emma Watson asHermione Granger
• Richard Harris &Michael Gambon asAlbus Dumbledore
• TheSorting Hat and theHogwarts Houses
• TheHogwartsGhosts
• Fluffy
• Quidditch
• Checkmate!
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Production Designer's Notebook
• Producer's Diary
• The Burrow
• The Weasleys
• TheFlying Ford Anglia
• TheWhomping Willow
• Facts About the Faculty
• Jason Isaacs asLucius Malfoy
• Dobby
• Kenneth Branagh asGilderoy Lockhart
• Petrified!
• Fawkes
• TheChamber of Secrets
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Production Designer's Notebook
• Producer's Diary
• TheKnight Bus
• Gary Oldman asSirius Black
• Dementors
• Buckbeak
• TheVillage of Hogsmeade
• Bonnie Wright asGinny Weasley
• David Thewlis asRemus Lupin
• TheBoggart and theTime-Turner
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Production Designer's Notebook
• Producer's Diary
• TheQuidditch World Cup
• TheDark Mark
• TheTriwizard Tournament
• Miranda Richardson asRita Skeeter
• The First Task
• ThePrefect's Bathroom
• Shirley Henderson asMyrtle Warren
• TheYule Ball
• The Second Task
• Brendan Gleeson asMad-Eye Moody
• The Third Task
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Production Designer's Notebook
• Producer's Diary
• Heroes and Villains
• TheBlack Tapestry, Sirius andBellatrix:Family, Foes, andNo. 12 Grimmauld Place
• Imelda Staunton asDolores Umbridge
• Dumbledore's Army
• Maggie Smith asProfessorMinerva McGonagall
• Matthew Lewis asNeville Longbottom
• Helena Bonham Carter asBellatrix Lestrange
• Thestrals
• Evanna Lynch asLuna Lovegood
• Alan Rickman asSeverus Snape
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Production Designer's Notebook
• Producer's Diary
• Revisiting Diagon Alley
• Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes
• Jim Broadbent asHorace Slughorn
• Tom Felton asDraco Malfoy
• TheCave
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
• Production Designer's Notebook
• Producer's Diary
• AWeasley Wedding
• TheMinistry of Magic
• Ralph Fiennes asLord Voldemort
• Godric's Hollow
• TheLovegood House
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 review
• Credits

Covers[]

There are slight differences between the UK and the USA versions.

The UK version has a blue background and it depictsHarry Potter,Hermione Granger,Ron Weasley,Albus Dumbledore,Severus Snape, andLord Voldemort. While Harry is standing in the middle of the cover (from to the top to bottom); the others have their own circle with just their faces, entwined by a background pattern.

The USA version has a red background and it depicts the same characters as the UK version. The only difference, other than the colour, it that instead of taking up the entire cover Harry has his own circle at the top that is entwined in the same background pattern.

Harry Potter Film Wizardry UK Version

Harry Potter Film Wizardry USA Version

Notes and references[]

External links[]

• Harry Potter Film Wizardry at HarperCollins Publishers