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JULY 27, 2009 at 12:44 AM
Posted by JEREMY
Source: Vanity Fair via The Leaky Cauldron
In a new interview
with Vanity Fair, David Yates discusses new techniques and styles he is using for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, difficult decisions they make when penning the script, plans post - Harry Potter, and much more.
[Difficult choices made] on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:
It’s just edgier. It’s a little rawer. It’s more contemporary. It feels more modern. Shooting in the way we’ve been shooting, doing a lot of hand-held camera work, all that stuff, I’ve never got a call from the studio. They just phone up or email and say we love the dailies even though I am doing things that feel very not Harry Potter. So I feel I have a freedom and the elbowroom to do what I feel the story requires.
So you’re hearkening back to your gritty days of State of Play?
Yeah, indeed. In Harry Potter Seven, part One, very much so. But, of course, Hallows part Two brings that fantasy world back in full cinemascope. It’s full of dragons, and big wizard battles, and magic. To keep the thing interesting for me as a filmmaker, I want to serve the wonderful stories Jo has given us but I need to move it around a bit. I can’t feel that I am making the same film. Tonally, I need to shake it up a bit. Like Half-Blood Prince had a lot more humor in it than Order of the Phoenix and that was important for me, and I think it was important for the audience to not get the same journey. And Hallows part One will feel very different than Half-Blood Prince.
To read the full interview, click here.
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Hogwarts Social Worker
Points: 3599
SnoopyLover says:
Can't wit to see what he does with DH, as I have some minor conflicted feelings about HBP.
Saw it for the second time today and still wish they had stuck a bit closer to the book.
Posted Jul 27, 2009 at 12:52 AM EST
Student
Points: 205
WhispWillow says:
I still think including the Burrow scene was a mistake...
Posted Jul 27, 2009 at 1:28 PM EST
Prefect
Points: 369
Big_D says:
I agree with both of you, I do wish they had stuck closer to the book, and i did not like the burrow scene! It should be interesting with this next movie i hope its as close to the book as possible. If you watch the first and second movies then read the book they are almost word for word to the book, i hope the seventh one are like that!
Posted Jul 27, 2009 at 3:00 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1292
loonylupinlover says:
I hated the Burrow scene totally unnecessary. WIll be going to the IMAX this Saturday to see it in 3D hoping I will like it more 2nd time around. It would always be nice if they stuck with the book more. Hated DD's death scene didn't feel it was given proper respect. I am worried that Yates is doing "un" Harry Potter things with DHs
Posted Jul 27, 2009 at 5:37 PM EST
Wizard
Points: 529
Dementors Shadow says:
Good interview...I have really high hopes for both parts of Deathly Hallows. I think they will probably end up being the best of the whole series.
Posted Jul 27, 2009 at 7:36 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2104
HermioneLunaGinny says:
Hmm, I hope he doesn't do anything too drastically different! Sure it will turn out great, though. I'm really looking forward to it! But it will be kind of sad, too!
Posted Jul 27, 2009 at 7:45 PM EST
I Am Queen of My Castle
Points: 3674
Hecate3fold says:
I'm still up in the air about where they are going with the films. Too much of the explaination was left out about the hourcruxes.
Just like with PoA, there was no reference to who was responcible for making the Marauders Map. No knowledge that Lupin knew what it was and that he was one of the makers. It left a lot of the meaning out that could have tied back into Snape in the later movies.
I'm beginning to think that the continuity that is needed to tie all of the films together will not be there in the end.
Blessings! Hecate3fold!
Posted Jul 28, 2009 at 12:48 AM EST
Squib
Points: 193
Sprockets says:
I think he will do good in DH. I mean they already did the good part by splitting it into two films, more harry potter!
Posted Jul 28, 2009 at 3:41 AM EST
Auror
Points: 2363
Nataly says:
Great interview! Interesting to learn news from the point of view of the director :) Great job Mr.Yates with HBP :))
Posted Jul 28, 2009 at 5:46 AM EST
Auror
Points: 13454
Cute-NK2 says:
Again ...
I don't care what he says .. he ruined the movie ..
David Yates .. HANDS OFF HARRY POTTER !!
Posted Jul 28, 2009 at 9:30 AM EST
Auror
Points: 2076
Feelin' Felix Felicis says:
So far I like David Yates as a director but I do agree with most of you that I didn't like the burrow scene. Why burn down the burrow? Now what is going to happen in DH? Bill and Fleur were supposed to get married there when Death Eaters attack and Harry, Ron and Hermione flee. If the burrow is gone, what are they going to do now? They are making DH into two films so that they can keep to the book and be as acurate as they can but how when they destroyed something in a previous film?
Posted Jul 28, 2009 at 12:17 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 2nd Class
Points: 1664
Looooney says:
I love that he recognizes how different the book is from start to finish and that he wants to genuinely capture that. Yates has brought a definite sense of reality to Harry Potter that the other directors skirted away from. I like this different feel.
Posted Jul 28, 2009 at 1:01 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 2nd Class
Points: 1664
Looooney says:
Um, guys... they're supposed to be WIZARDS, remember? The burrow will be there. Also, might I remind you all that Yates is not the screenwriter.
Posted Jul 28, 2009 at 1:05 PM EST
Prof. Alfred W. Mandoore
Points: 2445
JAYSTARR says:
Brilliant....I hope since they are making a two part movie of the Deathly Hallows, they go completely by the book.
Posted Jul 29, 2009 at 4:46 PM EST
Mrs. Draco Malfoy
Points: 27761
Arika Granger Malfoy says:
Yayy! I love David Yates, he is so awesome :)
I'm so glad he is back for Deathly Hallows part 1 and 2 :)
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Posted Jul 29, 2009 at 5:14 PM EST
Auror
Points: 3656
Anastasia Popovick says:
I can't wait to see it! I don't care right now what they left out or in. I just want to see it.
Posted Jul 30, 2009 at 5:44 PM EST
Queen of the Fae
Points: 4614
marauderette says:
I'm probably in the minority when I saw I LOVED half blood prince. Even the burrow scene. I understand why they wanted to do it--everyone in the movie is trying to emphasize that a war is happening, but how does that feel immediate to the audience? It's just a lot of exposition until you *see* the war affecting characters the audience love and identify with.
I am excited to see how they do DH. I am still concerned with how they are going to make it into 2 films. It just feels like its going to be 4 hours of camping.
Posted Aug 3, 2009 at 12:56 PM EST
Muggle
Points: 18
heartbreaker. says:
I just hope it sticks to the book, as it's my favourite out of them all, and realy, they can't leave anything out, as it's all so important to the story.
Posted Aug 3, 2009 at 3:05 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2860
mad_eye muggle says:
Interesting!It sounds like their really making it huge.I just hope when he said that they are giving him an "elbowroom",that they wouldn't put unnecessary scenes that are not in the book and cut particular scenes that is important,like their doing in the previous films.I'm really,really hoping that they will give justice to the finale of this amazing series.
Posted Aug 5, 2009 at 1:36 AM EST