Harry Potter-Film Wizardry

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***Harry Potter Film Wizardry*** is a book by ***Brian Sibley*** that relays a comprehensive behind-the-scenes look at the making of the *Harry Potter* film series.

 File:Harry-potter-film-wizardry-revised-and-expanded.jpg   The foreword was penned by ***Daniel Radcliffe***, ***Emma Watson***, and ***Rupert Grint***, and the introduction was written by producer ***David Heyman***. It was released on ***19 October***, ***2010***. It contains 160 pages.

### Publisher

Bantam Press

The book has information from the different directors' perspectives of the film to the actors in the films such as:

* The Staff at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry such as Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall and ***Sybill Trelawney***
* Heroes and Villains such as ***Nymphadora Tonks***, Fenrir Greyback, and ***Kingsley Shacklebolt***
* New characters introduced into each film such as ***Alastor "Mad Eye" Moody***, ***Dolores Umbridge***, ***Remus Lupin***, Gilderoy Lockhart and even the Goblins.

With each film, there is a production diary and a design team that spills secrets of what their thought process was for that film and what they felt was their feelings while shooting that specific film.

There is also exclusive details about what the design, production and directing teams worked on how and why they decided to split *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows* into two films and specific scenes such as the ***Wedding of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour***, the ***1998 Break-in of Gringotts Wizarding Bank***, the ***Ministry of Magic***, and the ***Room of Requirement***.

Also included is the production and design team's different challenges and perspectives throughout the eight films. Also included are specific scenes and how the production team put the magic together, examples being the three tasks of the ***Triwizard Tournament***, the ***Little Hangleton graveyard***, and even how they put together the challenges of Rubeus Hagrid the Part-giant, and the ***Black family tree tapestry***, the Boggart, Hogsmeade, and much more.

This Book includes some props, which can be removed such as:

* Catalogues for ***Borgin and Burkes*** and Weasleys' Wizarding Wheezes (fold-out only)
* Mini Textbook of ***Advanced Potion Making*** by ***Libatius Borage*** (which contains potion stickers, mini bottle stickers and labels) (fold-out only)
* Mini detachable boxes for Madam Borboleta's Sugared Butterfly Wings and Fiery Black Pepper Imps
* Programmes from the 422nd ***Quidditch World Cup*** and the ***Yule Ball***
* ***Dolores Umbridge***'s ***Educational Decrees***
* The Marauder's Map
* ***Mafalda Hopkirk***'s ***Ministry of Magic*** Identity Card (fold-out only)
* Harry Potter's First Hogwarts Letter (fold-out only)

## Table of contents

* Foreword by Daniel Radcliffe, ***Rupert Grint***, and ***Emma Watson***
* Introduction by ***David Heyman***
* ***Muggles*** Making Magic by ***Brian Sibley***
* Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
* Production Designer's Notebook
* Producer's Diary
* Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
* ***No. 4 Privet Drive***
* ***The Dursleys***
* Platform 9 3/4
* Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley
* Diagon Alley
* Hogwarts Castle & Grounds
* ***Robbie Coltrane*** as Rubeus Hagrid
* The Great Hall
* Emma Watson as Hermione Granger
* ***Richard Harris*** & ***Michael Gambon*** as Albus Dumbledore
* The Sorting Hat and the Hogwarts Houses
* The Hogwarts Ghosts
* Fluffy
* Quidditch
* Checkmate!
* Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
* Production Designer's Notebook
* Producer's Diary
* ***The Burrow***
* The Weasleys
* The Flying Ford Anglia
* The Whomping Willow
* Facts About the Faculty
* ***Jason Isaacs*** as Lucius Malfoy
* Dobby
* ***Kenneth Branagh*** as Gilderoy Lockhart
* Petrified!
* Fawkes
* The Chamber of Secrets
* ***Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban***
* Production Designer's Notebook
* Producer's Diary
* The ***Knight Bus***
* ***Gary Oldman*** as Sirius Black
* ***Dementors***
* ***Buckbeak***
* The Village of Hogsmeade
* ***Bonnie Wright*** as Ginny Weasley
* ***David Thewlis*** as ***Remus Lupin***
* The ***Boggart*** and the ***Time-Turner***
* ***Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire***
* Production Designer's Notebook
* Producer's Diary
* The ***Quidditch World Cup***
* The ***Dark Mark***
* The ***Triwizard Tournament***
* ***Miranda Richardson*** as ***Rita Skeeter***
* The First Task
* The Prefect's Bathroom
* ***Shirley Henderson*** as Myrtle Warren
* The Yule Ball
* The Second Task
* ***Brendan Gleeson*** as ***Mad-Eye Moody***
* The Third Task
* ***Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix***
* Production Designer's Notebook
* Producer's Diary
* Heroes and Villains
* The ***Black Tapestry***, Sirius and ***Bellatrix***: ***Family***, Foes, and ***No. 12 Grimmauld Place***
* ***Imelda Staunton*** as ***Dolores Umbridge***
* ***Dumbledore's Army***
* ***Maggie Smith*** as Professor Minerva McGonagall
* ***Matthew Lewis*** as Neville Longbottom
* ***Helena Bonham Carter*** as ***Bellatrix Lestrange***
* Thestrals
* ***Evanna Lynch*** as ***Luna Lovegood***
* ***Alan Rickman*** as Severus Snape
* ***Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince***
* Production Designer's Notebook
* Producer's Diary
* Revisiting Diagon Alley
* Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes
* ***Jim Broadbent*** as ***Horace Slughorn***
* ***Tom Felton*** as Draco Malfoy
* The ***Cave***
* ***Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1***
* Production Designer's Notebook
* Producer's Diary
* A ***Weasley Wedding***
* The ***Ministry of Magic***
* ***Ralph Fiennes*** as Lord Voldemort
* Godric's Hollow
* The ***Lovegood House***
* ***Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2*** Preview
* Credits

## Covers

There are slight differences between the UK and the USA versions.
The UK version has a blue background and it depicts Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Albus Dumbledore, Severus Snape, and Lord Voldemort. While Harry is standing in the middle of the cover (from to the top to bottom); the others have their own circle with just their faces, entwined by a background pattern.
The USA version has a red background and it depicts the same characters as the UK version. The only difference, other than the colour, it that instead of taking up the entire cover Harry has his own circle at the top that is entwined in the same background pattern.

Film Wizardry UK.jpgHarry Potter Film Wizardry UK VersionHarry Potter-Film Wizardry.jpgHarry Potter Film Wizardry USA Version
## External links

* Harry Potter Film Wizardry at HarperCollins Publishers

## Notes and references

1. ↑ "MuggleNet Exclusive: Harry Potter Film Wizardry book trailer"

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