Snape's Death in DH Part 2 Movie
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I'm not sure if it's okay for me to post about the movie as I know this group seems to be mostly about the book. I actually already knew about this change a while back and have discussed it already but not in this group, and now it's sort of been made official.
I wanted to share simply because I wondered what some of you thought. Personally it sounds like a weird change. I am not as picky on the location but then again, it sounds like from what I read there is something wonkey going on with how the death actually happens to. Although it's a pretty hard to understand explaination but anyway I've copy and pasted the info from the mugglenet page below. And if we're not supposed to post movie stuff then please let me know, I just thought it was a unusual change and wondered what everyone thought about it.
'Harry Potter' Art Director reveals new death scene for Snape in 'Deathly Hallows - Part 2'
Andrew Ackland-Snow, the art director for the Harry Potter franchise, has revealed that Severus Snape will have a death scene in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 which is different from what's found in the book.
SPOILER WARNING
"We wanted to change a bit where Snape dies. In the book, he dies on the Shrieking Shack, and we wanted to get him out from, not a conventional interior, but from that kind of box, to do it in a more dramatic atmosphere. We asked J.K. if she agreed for that to happen in there, because we hadn't really seen it before. We made a crystal house, and you can see what happens in the boat house from there - Are you listening Harry? -, but also the school is in flames...and she loved it. Besides, it's a very romantic place to die. Snape dies in a extremely good way, I gotta say."
You may remember set designer Stuart Craig commented on Snape's death scene last February, commenting: "The last time I cried was a few days ago when we filmed the death of Alan Rickman's character, Snape. It's quite difficult to cry in rushes -- where we watch the previous day's work -- but he is an extraordinary actor and he dies an extremely good death."
I'm not sure if it's okay for me to post about the movie as I know this group seems to be mostly about the book. I actually already knew about this change a while back and have discussed it already but not in this group, and now it's sort of been made official.
I wanted to share simply because I wondered what some of you thought. Personally it sounds like a weird change. I am not as picky on the location but then again, it sounds like from what I read there is something wonkey going on with how the death actually happens to. Although it's a pretty hard to understand explaination but anyway I've copy and pasted the info from the mugglenet page below. And if we're not supposed to post movie stuff then please let me know, I just thought it was a unusual change and wondered what everyone thought about it.
'Harry Potter' Art Director reveals new death scene for Snape in 'Deathly Hallows - Part 2'
Andrew Ackland-Snow, the art director for the Harry Potter franchise, has revealed that Severus Snape will have a death scene in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 which is different from what's found in the book.
SPOILER WARNING
"We wanted to change a bit where Snape dies. In the book, he dies on the Shrieking Shack, and we wanted to get him out from, not a conventional interior, but from that kind of box, to do it in a more dramatic atmosphere. We asked J.K. if she agreed for that to happen in there, because we hadn't really seen it before. We made a crystal house, and you can see what happens in the boat house from there - Are you listening Harry? -, but also the school is in flames...and she loved it. Besides, it's a very romantic place to die. Snape dies in a extremely good way, I gotta say."
You may remember set designer Stuart Craig commented on Snape's death scene last February, commenting: "The last time I cried was a few days ago when we filmed the death of Alan Rickman's character, Snape. It's quite difficult to cry in rushes -- where we watch the previous day's work -- but he is an extraordinary actor and he dies an extremely good death."
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Date: 2011-01-19 05:10 am (UTC)What I'm a bit more curious about is what they're going to do with the Prince's tale or maybe I should say not do. I know the Worst Memory scene in OOTP was so cut down and watered down it was barely there. I'm curious as to what treatement they'll give that chapter.
I know I probably shouldn't care, but I just get that little annoyance that pops up in my brain when I read this over and over again on every change they make in the movies. It goes something like this: We asked J.K. if she agreed and she loved it. Okay so I cut some of that comment out - but really. This was I thought an important moment to show, and what does the author agree to - sure, put it in a random place nobody has seen before and doesn't have a lot of meaning to the whole story as we know it. Change the atmosphere of a key death, yes, lets make the scenery romantic and really different from how it was actually portrayed.
Another question I might ask them is, hay what changes did you make that the author didn't agree to? Becasue a number of times I have seen when they talk about the 'amazing' changes they've made, they always have to remind us that JKR approved. I guess thats to save their ass if we are really disappointed! LOL! or either they have a easy out and can blame it on her (Well she said we could do it) =p
but the important thing is that he died as a successful undercover agent - he wasn't killed because he was found out but because he was so good playing his part that Voldemort believed he really defeated Albus for him. And he does not attempt to betray anyone else to avoid death.
I guess that's something, it will I suppose depend on how the movies going to change it. If it's only location then maybe thats not so bad but then again for some reason when I hear the location is Boat House - I just think...lame.
And I seem to remember there was an interview before DH part one came out, where Dan Radcliff and the director stated that the Deathly Hallows movies were going to be the most faithful to the books.