In the article “Doubling, Transfiguring, and Haunting: The Art of Adapting Harry Potter for Film” by Michael K Johnson the focus is on the third Harry Potter Movie, Prisoner of Azkaban. The question posed throughout the article is how do adaptions from books to film allow us to move beyond our one way of viewing and understanding the story? Johnson answers this question through discussing the use of time throughout the Harry Potter book and the different filming techniques used to create time changing in the film and comparing the film to the the movie The 400 Blows. This article starts off by identifying the relationship between adaption and transfiguration. Johnson introduces the idea that film adaptions are not meant to be exact replicas …show more content…
Johnson uses this section to show how different techniques are used within the film and the book itself to show time change and to foreshadow Hermione and Harrys time travel. He explains the differences used within the film to add small bits of originality created by the director. One of the examples included was a wizard stirring his tea in a magical way while reading the book A Brief History of Time, something from a different point in time. Johnson states that Cuaron uses these changes to double the audiences perspective. The article continues on showing different filming techniques and referring to different examples of foreshadowing in the book and …show more content…
Although the two stories have no relation to each other, the similarities between the two films is highly noted both in plot and appearance. Johnson talks about how Cuaron used different aspect from The 400 Blows to develop the film of Azkaban. Another way Johnson demonstrates how adaptions broaden our views on the subject. This portion of the article can also be related back to the article we read All Stories are the Same, which presents the idea that all stories have the same underlying plot, just as Harry Potter and The 400
From the start, the movie is adapted from the novel and therefore it could not cover everything, some actions or acts in the novel are too dense such that it is not of any importance to angle them in the movie. It is very realistic to everyone that the movie cannot cover every single paragraph in the novel even the memorable ones. Some materials are left out in the film, and others were changed.
A noticeable difference in the way movies have changed over the years is evident when comparing and contrasting two films of different eras which belong to the same genre and contain the same subject matter. Two vampire movies, Dracula and Bram Stoker's Dracula, present an interesting example of this type of study.
“When I first saw Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, I exited the theater with an excruciating headache, a lingering sense of emptiness and a very strong desire to punch the film’s cinematographer,” (Ewing) which relates to the movie Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince which stars Daniel Radcliffe, Michael Gambon, Jim Broadbent, and directed by David Yates. In the sixth Harry Potter Saga, Harry goes to school, becomes obsessed with a mysterious book which belongs to the Half-Blood Prince, and goes on a dangerous mission to save himself in the end. Also, Harry tries to attempt to retrieve a memory of Professor Slughorn, which holds a major key to Voldermort’s downfall. Towards the end of the movie, Malfoy, Harry’s archenemy, secret mission is accomplished. The major critics I reviewed Roger Ebert, Amy Biancolli, Peter Travers, thought the movie accomplished many things and was great. On the other hand, James Blake Ewing did not like the movie at all. I agree with most of the critics and believed the movie went really well in the end.
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Whenever books are adapted for film, changes inevitably have to be made. The medium of film offers several advantages and disadvantages over the book: it is not as adept at exploring the inner workings of people - it cannot explore their minds so easily; however, the added visual and audio capabilities of film open whole new areas of the imagination which, in the hands of a competent writer-director, can more than compensate.
Films of this era are criticized for substituting violence and special effects for "substance". Many believe that creating a movie script is a juvenile form of writing, a shrub to the oak of a novel. Upon reading both the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and viewing the film produced by Roland Joffe, one notices the tremendous effort put into both. This essay will explore the many differences and similarities between the book and movie.
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The reviewer utilizes several formal features of the film to support her argument and drive her key point home. First and foremost, she extensively utilizes narrative to explain to the reader the different scenes in the film. It is through narratives that the reader gets to know the characters in the film and the roles they play. They entice the reader by providing a sneak preview of what to expect in the film. Secondly, Zacharek uses cinematography to show Hou’s professionalism in films. She explains how Hou balances the use of color to depict different times and moods in the film. Black and white represents gloomy ancient times while vibrant colors signify intense action-filled scenes in the film (Zacharek,
Unlike the magical world that the author, J.K. Rowling created, the only magic one can experience can come out of the pages of a novel. Reading is an outlet where one can explore new realms and to live alongside captivating characters a fictional world. When a story is so captivating, a reader can visualize what the author has written on paper; the possibilities for imagination are endless. Over the years, our favorite novels have become movies; some meeting the expectations, other not so much. However, a film can give a limited visual representation of the author’s story, characters, setting, and theme. Sometimes directors can change the story to fit their vision, ruining the author’s original story. Books occur to be better than movies because
Two of the greatest fantasy book series ever written are Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. Lord of the Rings is by JRR Tolkien and is about a hobbit named Frodo, who gets a ring from his cousin, Bilbo. Throughout the trilogy Frodo and a “Fellowship” must take “The one ring” to Mordor, a volcano, to destroy it because it is the only thing keeping the dark lord, Sauron, alive. The other great book series, Harry Potter, is by J.K Rowling and is about a boy named Harry who finds out he has magical parents, so he had powers too. It is a series about him ultimately having a goal of him fighting Voldemort to defeat him. Both of them are really great book series, and I’m unable to decide between the two. They both have many similarities and differences,
63).” Novels into Film is based on in-depth research into film archives and libraries and on interviews with the screenwriters, directors, and producers who worked on these films. The majority of the book is comprised of essays that entail close, formalistic readings of both the cinematic and literary text in academic studies in the first half of the twentieth century.
Have you ever read a book that bored you to death, but at the end you were like “WOW”! Well that’s the kind of book I’m reading right now, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling. She wrote a really good book, but you wouldn’t think that at the beginning. At the start it was really boring but as you get into it, it gets better and better. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a book about a person named Harry Potter which people say is “The Chosen One”. The chosen one is a person that has to fight “The Dark Lord”, Lord Voldemort, who is the main villain in the book. In this book, Harry Potter is defeated by Lord Voldemort’s forces which are way beyond Harry Potter’s control.
Over time many movies have been made based upon famous plays and books. These plays often portray the play writers images and thoughts accurately, but there is often many differences when plays are converted in to films. Arthur Miller’s play, and the film that proceeded demonstrates many differences and similarities, each of these changes that occur contribute to properly conveying the central point. The author Miller created both the play and the movie script. In his creation of the film some altercations are made to convey the desired central point. Changes in things such as the scenes, portrayal of characters, and mood are used to help shape the plot. These changes are caused by the different ways in which these forms of literature are presented.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the book was written by J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the movie was directed by Chris Columbus. They are great a book and movie. This essay will compare and contrast the book and movie of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
Harry Potter stays at the house of his uncle and aunt, the Dufleys. He isn’t happy, and they don’t celebrate his birthday. One day, when Harry have to get into his room because his uncle is having guests, an house elf called Dobby appears. Dobby tells Harry Potter not to go back to Hogwarts, the magical school Harry is on to learn how to be a wizard. Harry finds out that Dobby has all the letters Harry’s friends sent him, so he says that he is going back. Dobby goes out of Harry’s room and goes to the kitchen. Harry follows him and he is just in time to see a pudding flying towards the guests. Then it drops on the floor. When an owl flies in with a letter for Harry, the guests run away.