Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 opening scene review

The opening of harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2 takes the audience to where harry potter and the deathly hallows part 1 finished, at Dumbledore’s grave which the main villain (voldemort) has just breached and raided. The lighting is used in this particular scene to create the feeling of dread and anticipation for what is about to unfold as well as to symbolise the significance of the event occurring. The lighting emits a dark eerie ambience in the scene which intensifies once voldemort handles the elder wand. Creating the impression to the audience that this character is dark dangerous and formidable more than ever, leading the audience to feel dread and anticipation to what malevolence he may show next.

A close up shot was used to show the grave of someone deceased which occurred in the previous film. The close up was used to create a sense of regret and mourning amongst the audience. The close up allows the audience to see the details put on the grave which says ‘here lies dobby a free elf’ which insinuates to the audience that dobby was a ‘good guy’ and therefore getting the audience to feel sorry for the elf. The choice of using a direct close up shot of the grave headstone was also to create awareness to the audience on the theme of the film: war

The opening of harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2 takes the audience to a isolated Hogwarts surrounded by dementors, (evil characters). The mid-en-scene has included a long shot of Hogwarts to include the dementors to explain to the audience the grim circumstances that with occur in the film henceforth preparing the audience to feel the despair and dread that could possibly result from these grim circumstances such as death. This long shot allows the audience to see that dementors are surrounding Hogwarts, sending the impression that Hogwarts is being oppressed and controlled. This affects the audience as it will trigger a sense of indignation and pity from the viewers. The bleak misty weather surrounding Hogwarts that is caught in this direct long distance camera shot also indicates to the audience how they should be feeling about what is happening, suggesting then that they should feel anticipation however also gloom from the depressing formidable weather purposefully shown to affect the audience in this way.