Margary Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone Essay

In the opening scene of, ¨Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone¨, a white, tall, old man with a long white beard and hair is introduced taking all the lights from the bulbs on the street with a small object. Then, a cat comes into this scene who transforms into a female human. We see this transformation through her shadow on the side of the building. The two were waiting for a big guy, so they can deliver the baby. We can tell that this baby is important because, in the end of this scene, they have a close up on his scar that is located in the forehead of his face. This glows up as the scene ends. Throughout this movie, the director uses different types of camera shots, such as a full body shot, close-up, and the establishing shot, which tells the audience what the scene contains, such as the location of where the characters are at, what the characters are doing or like, and etc. One of the different types of camera shot that the director uses to tell the audience what …show more content…
In the very first scene of, “ ¨Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone”, we see a big guy which we all know is Dumbledore. In this scene, the director chooses to shot in a full body shot to capture Dumbledore. The reason for this is because it showed a contrast between him and the homes around him. We can tell the that Dumbledore’s clothing is from a different time period compared to when these homes were made which was recent as we can see. Finally, a different type of camera shot that the director uses to tell the audience what the scene contains is a close-up. After the part where Hagrid drops off Harry Potter on the doorstep of a home, we can see his scar on his forehead glow up. As the scar glows up, the director us the close-up to capture it until that scene ends. From this, the audience will know that the scar on Harry’s forehead will be important later on in the