Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

On Friday night i went to Kings Lynn cinema to see the new Harry Potter film. After reading the book, i was excited about what the film had in store for the audience, and how it would compare to the book. Directed by David Yates, screenplay by Steve Kloves based on the book by J K Rowling. Following the death of Dumbledore and the sweeping overtake of the ministry of magic by Voldemort, Harry, Ron and Hermione leave Hogwarts in the aim to destroy the horcruxes, therefore defeating Voldemort and returning the magical world back to the way it was.

Although this film is only the first part, it still lasted a hefty 2 1/2 hours long, which despite being a long time to sit watching a film, meant (hopefully) they hadn't left anything important out.  

I was surprised how much i enjoyed the film, the acting and special effects were spectacular as usual, and although there was a slightly dull phase through the middle part of the film, this was picked back up to a climax for the end. It was strange to see the first harry potter film not to be set a hogwarts, making it differ from the rest of the films entirely. The plot is more free flowing without the usual school-mischief-quidditch-voldemort storyline, so the film lacks a certain 'safety' feel as the characters are running around freely with at some points not a lot going on. It has to be said that hogwarts, spells and  naive, merry Christmases were missed in this film, which had an overall more dark shadow over it which the previous films had been slowly growing, and i fear will dominate the final part, as the simple spell-casting, quidditch-playing days disappear due to voldemorts increasing power. It was also slightly disappointing that in all the running time the trio only managed to destroy one horcrux, then they were back to square one. Despite this, the film had this ultimate power that intensified the whole film, made it very powerful and full on. But the thing that i think completes this film is the editing and filming. The colour filters, tone of the film, the whole bluey tinge that darkens the scenes but brings out colour when there is some, a characteristic typical to Tim Burton films, creates this mysterious yet contrasting effect. The immense prodution techniques used for this film has given it a definite flair of individuality and uniquness that is nessicary to this film to prevent it from being forgotten after the inital sweep of popularity.  

This is a screenshot from the film, which i specifically remembered, because of it's fantastic photographic qualities with the dark, slightly blue sky, the large rocks, leading to Harry in the foreground. The gentle light emerging from the tent adds a warming quality to the shot. With the light area in the sky above the tent, this signifies that the person inside the tent is a good character, bringing hope and light to the darkness. The darker patch of sky lingers over Harry which could seem as if he has something to hide, is a slightly darker character in the sense that he is not to be trusted, especially because he is wearing the horcrux at this time which has an effect on his mood and perception of things around him. His slightly weary posture signifies he is tired and worn out.