Submitted by:

Jos e Alfo ns o H . P re ci a

Submitted to:
Mrs . Arle ne Albe rt o
I. Title:
I thi nk the titl e of the mo vi e is go od eno ug h to repr ese nt its
st ory . I th in k th at the au th or chos e this tit le in ord er fo r th e vie wers
to eas ily rec og ni ze the main ch arac te r. It s ti tle is impo rt an t bec aus e
th is phr ase is th e firs t wo rds tha t th e vie we rs will kno w. So th e tit le
mu st be wel l-th ou gh t or we ll-d es ig ne d so the impa ct of it s the me will
be goo d. I wo ul dn 't be surp ris ed if tod ay wa s kn ow n as Harry Po tt er
da y in th e fut ur e - th er e will be bo oks wr it te n abo ut Harry - ev ery
ch il d in our wor ld will kno w his na me . Th e tit le th at I ca n su gg est fo r
th e mo vi e is “J ou rn ey at Ho gw ar ts.” I ch oos e thi s titl e be ca use the
vi ew ers w ill be c uri ous wh at t he m ea nin g b y H og wa rts is . I n ma ki ng a
ti tle of the mo vi e you ha ve to be gen er al not sp eci fi c. If th e tit le is
sp eci fi c, the the me of th e mov ie will imm ed iat el y sho w beca use just
ma ki ng a sp eci fi c ti tle , it’s lik e yo u’ re alre ady te llin g the sto ry . If th e
ti tle is gen er al , the vie we rs wi ll be curi ou s ab ou t it and make th em
wa nt t o w at ch th e m ovi e.

II. Director
Ha rry Po tt er is th e kin d of ti mel ess lite rary ach iev em en t th at
co mes ar ou nd on ce in a life ti me. Since th e bo oks hav e gen er at ed
suc h a pa ssi on at e fo llo win g across th e wor ld , it was impo rt ant to us
to fi nd a dir ect or th at ha s an affini ty for bot h ch il dr en and mag ic . I
ca n’ t think of any on e mor e idea lly sui te d fo r thi s job tha n Ch ri s. The
dir ecto r of the mov ie “Harry Po tt er an d th e sorcer er ’s st on e” is Ch ris
Co lum bu s. Chr is Co lum bu s was bor n on Se pt em be r 10, 195 8 in
Sp an gle r, Penn sylv an ia . He is an Ame ric an film make r. Colu mb us
gr ad ua te d, Tisch Sc ho ol of th e Arts . He cr ea te d an d wro te the first
ep is od es of th e anim at ed seri es Gal axy High (19 86 –8 7). Co lu mbu s
ma de his dir ect ori al deb ut with th e te en co me dy Adv en tur es in
Ba bys it ti ng (19 87) . He ha d hug e succ ess wit h th e pop ula r Ho me
Alo ne fi lm (19 90) and its se qu el Ho me Alon e 2: Lo st In Ne w York
st arri ng Mac au la y Culk in . In 19 95 , Colu mb us st art ed his own
pr od uct io n com pa ny nam ed 149 2 Pic tur es . Th is ref ers to Co lu mbu s's
mo re fam ou s na me sak e, Ch ri sto ph er Co lum bu s. His late r direc tor ia l
wo rk inc lu de s Mrs . Dou bt fi re (1 99 3), Bice nt en ni al Man (19 99) , the
fi rst two Harry Pot te r fi lms and Re nt (2 00 5), an ada pt at io n of th e
po pu lar Bro ad way mus ic al . Com me rci all y, he has bee n hug ely
success fu l, de sp it e the occas io na l fl op , bu t lik e his on e-t ime men to r,
St ev en Sp ielb er g, he ha s met with cri tica l acc usat io ns of exc essiv e
se nt im en ta lity an d ca ter in g to ch il dr en , a s w el l a s b ei ng d escr ib ed as
a "be an co unt er " by Br iti sh film cri ti c Mark Kerm od e in cri ti ci sm to
his "bla nd and st ra ig ht-f or war d direc ti on ." Ch ri s Col umb us had bee n
ru mo re d to direc t th e six th Ha rry Pott er mov ie , Harry Po tt er an d th e
Ha lf Bloo d Pr ince ; bu t Da vi d Yate s, th e direc tor of Ha rry Pot te r and
th e Ord er of the Phoe ni x, has re ta in ed the po si ti on . He had
ex press ed int er est in direc ti ng the seve nt h fil m, Ha rry Po tt er and th e
De at hl y Ha llo ws , ho wev er Da vi d Yate s has sin ce be en ch ose n to
dir ect bot h pa rts of th e fi lm. He ha d al so ap pe ar ed in th e film Ho me
Alo ne -2 fo r a s ma ll r ol e.

III. Characters
Th e film stars Da nie l Ra dc li ffe as Har ry Pot te r, alo ngs id e
Ru pe rt Gri nt an d Emm a Watso n as Ha rry's be st fri en ds Ron Weas ley
an d He rm io ne Gr an ger ar e t he m ai n ch arac ter in t he m ov ie .

• Da nie l Ra dc li ffe sta rs as Harry Po tt er , a se em in gly no rm al

ch il d wit h a ligh tn ing sha pe d scar on his fo re he ad an d an
ab ilit y to mak e stra ng e thi ng s hap pe n. His au nt and un cl e,
fo llo win g the dea th of hi s pa re nts , abo ut wh om he kn ows ve ry
lit tle , ra is ed him fro m th e ag e of one . On his el ev en th birt hd ay ,
Ha rry discov ers th at he is a wizar d an d att en ds Ho gw ar ts
Sc ho ol o f W it chcr aft an d Wi zar dry .
• Ru pe rt Gri nt pl ays Ron Weas ley , a re d-h ai re d wizar di ng boy ,
th e you ng est bo y of seve n chi ld re n fro m a dis adv an ta ge d
fa mil y, w ho d eve lo ps a lo ng s ta nd in g f ri en ds hi p w ith H arr y.
• Emm a Watso n pla ys Her mi on e Gra ng er , an ex tre me ly
int el lig en t witc h who was "M ug gle -bo rn " who , de sp it e init iall y
ir ri ta ti ng th em , beco me s fri en ds wit h Harry and Ro n aft er th e
pa ir save her fro m a tro ll . Imp ress ed with her sc ho ol play
pe rf orm anc es, Watso n's Oxf ord th ea tr e te ac her pa sse d her
na me o n to t he cas ti ng ag en ts .
• Rich ar d Ha rr is as Alb us Du mb led or e : Th e Hea dm as ter of
Ho gw ar ts and on e of the mos t fa mous an d po we rf ul wiz ards of
all tim e. He dec id es tha t Ha rry sh ou ld stay at his aun t an d
un cl e foll ow ing the dea th of his pa re nts at the ha nd s of Lo rd
Vold em or t.
• Ro bb ie Co ltr an e as Rub eu s Ha gr id : A ha lf-g ia nt an d the
Gro un dske ep er at Hog wa rts . He tak es Harry to Pri ve t Driv e on
a fl yi ng m ot orcyc le , a nd t he n t ak es h im fro m hi s a un t an d unc le
on his ele ve nth bir th da y, aft er wh ic h the two deve lo p a str on g
bo nd . He ha s a fon dn ess fo r ma gic al cr ea tur es, in par ti cu la r
dr ag ons .
• Ala n Rickm an as Se ver us Snap e : T he Po tio ns Maste r an d he ad
of Slyth er in Ho us e at Hog wa rts . He di sl ik es Harry du e to a
gr ud ge he hel d wit h Ha rry's fat he r. He was fo rm erl y a De at h
Ea te r b ut is t rust ed by Du mb led or e.
• Ma gg ie Smit h as Min erv a McG on ag al l . Th e De pu ty
He ad mis tress, hea d of Gryf fi nd or and Transf ig ur at io n te ac her
at Hog wa rts. She acc om pa ni es Du mb led or e to Numb er 4 Pr iv et
Dr iv e whe n Har ry is take n to hi s au nt an d uncl e and ha s the
ab ilit y to t ra nsf orm int o a t ab by cat .
• Tom Fel to n as Drac o Malf oy : A wiz ar d fr om a ri ch ba ckgr ou nd .
Af te r Ha rry re je cts his init ia l of fe r of "fr ie nd sh ip ", Drac o
de ve lo ps a n ev er-l ast in g ha tr ed of Ha rry a nd h is f ri en ds.
• Ia n Har t as Pro fess or Qu irr el l : Th e sl ig ht ly nerv ous Def enc e
Ag ain st the Dark Ar ts te ach er at Ho gw ar ts. He we ars a tu rb an ,
wh ic h ha rb ou rs the ne ar dea d for m of Lo rd Vold emo rt
un de rn ea th .
• Rich ar d Gr if fi ths as Vern on Du rsl ey : Ha rry's u nc le wh o tr ea ts
him p oo rl y, on ly car in g fo r h is so n D ud le y. H e d oe s n ot w is h
Ha rry t o fi nd o ut a bo ut his id en tit y, an d bu rns eve ry let te r
Ho gw ar ts se nds .
• Fi on a Sh aw a s Pe tu nia D urs ley : H arry's au nt , wh o, lik e V ern on ,
tr ea ts h im p oo rl y.
 • Ha rry M elli ng a s Du dley Du rsl ey : H arry's ov er-we igh t, bu llyi ng ,
an d sp oi le d co usi n.
• Jo hn Hu rt as Mr O lli va nd er . Th e o wn er of Ol liv an der 's , t he
fi ne st wa nd p ro duc ers i n th e wi zar di ng w or ld . O lli va nd er
po ssesses th e ab ility to f in d th e pe rf ect w an d fo r a ny pe rso n
wh o ne ed s on e an d cl ai ms to r em em be r e very w an d th at h e has
ev er s ol d. He t el ls H arry th at he r ece ive d h is scar fr om Lo rd
Vold em or t.
• Ma tt he w Le wi s a s Ne vi lle L on gb ot to m : A ti mid s tu de nt wh o i s a
fr ie nd of H arr y, Ro n an d H er mio ne . H e is th e fr eq ue nt ta rg et o f
Ma lfo y an d his ga ng .
• War wi ck D avi s a s Fi liu s F lit wi ck : A s ma ll w izar d w ho i s t he
Ch ar ms t ea ch er a nd h ea d o f Ra ve ncl aw at H og wa rts .
• Jo hn Cl ee se as Nea rl y He ad less Ni ck . Th e g ho st o f Gryf fi nd or
ho us e, h is h ea d is pa rt ia lly sever ed fo llo win g a bo tch ed
ex ecut io n.
• Ju li e Wal te rs as Mo lly Weas le y : Ron 's car in g mot he r. She
sh ows Har ry ho w to get to Plat fo rm 9¾. Bef or e Wal te rs wa s
cast , Ame ri ca n ac tress Ro si e O' Do nn el l hel d talks wit h
Co lum bu s a bo ut pla yi ng Mr s. W eas le y.
• Rich ar d Br em mer as Lor d Volde mo rt : T he da rkest wiz ard of th e
ag e. He was def ea te d and nea rl y de str oye d, wh en th e kil lin g
curs e he att em pt ed to us e on Har ry reb ou nd ed and hit him. He
wa s red uce d to exis ti ng onl y as par t of a hos t body an d
se arch es fo r the Philo so ph er's sto ne an d a cha nce fo r
imm or ta lit y. Br em me r only plays Vol de mor t in th e fl as hb ack
sce ne. Dur in g the fi lm' s conc lu si on whe n he is rev ea le d to
Ha rry , Vold emo rt's vo ice an d mot ion ca pt ure is pr ovi de d by Ian
Ha rt .

IV. Setting
Ha rry Po tt er i s a k in d o f m ovi e t ha t ne ed ed a v ery go od set a nd
plac e t o sh ow it s t he me . Th e p la ces wh er e t he m ov ie ta ke pl ac e m us t
be fit te d to th e ch arac ters an d to sh ow wh at ki nd of char act ers are
th em .
 Two Br it is h film indu stry of fi ci al s req ues te d th at the film be
sh ot in the UK , offer in g th eir ass is ta nce i n secur in g f il min g locat io ns ,
th e us e of Le av esd en Fi lm Stud io s, as we ll as ch an gi ng the UK's
ch il d labo ur law s. Warn er Br os . acce pt ed the ir pro pos al an d film ing
be ga n in Oc to ber 200 0 at Le av esd en Film St ud ios, and co ncl ud ed in
Ap ri l 200 1, wit h fi na l work be in g do ne in Ju ly . Princ ip al ph ot og ra phy
to ok pla ce on 2 Oc to ber 200 0 at Go at hl an d ra ilw ay st at io n in Nor th
Yorkshi re . Can te rb ury Cat he dr al an d Inv era ilo rt Cas tl e in Sco tl an d
we re bot h tou te d as poss ib le lo ca ti ons for Hog wa rts ; Ca nt er bury
re je cte d War ner Br os. of fe r due to conc erns ab ou t the film 's "p ag an "
th em e. Aln wick Ca st le an d Glo uces ter Cat he dr al we re eve ntu al ly
se lec te d as the pri nc ip al fil min g locat io ns for Hog wa rts, with som e
sce nes als o be in g filme d at Harr ow Sch oo l. Oth er Ho gw ar ts sce nes
we re fi lme d in Du rh am Ca th ed ra l ov er a tw o we ek pe ri od , the se
incl ud ed sho ts of the co rri do rs an d fil min g fo r som e classr oo m
sce nes. Oxf ord Di vi nity Sc ho ol s erve d as th e Ho gw ar ts H osp it al W in g
an d th e Duk e Hum fr ey Libr ary was use d as the Ho gw ar ts Libr ary .
Fi lmin g fo r Pr iv et Dri ve took plac e on Picke t Po st Clo se in Br ackn el l,
Be rksh ir e. Fil min g on the stre et too k tw o da ys, wit h the pr od ucers
on ly ha vi ng pla nn ed for on e; the de lay me an t th at th ey ha d to pa y
th e stre et 's resi de nts mo re mo ne y tha n th ey had ant ic ip at ed . As
suc h, fo r all of th e su bse qu en t fi lm' s scen es se t in Pr iv et Dri ve,
fi lmin g too k plac e on a co nstr uct ed se t in Leav esd en Film St ud ios ,
wh ic h pr ove d to ha ve be en ch ea per tha n film ing on lo ca ti on .
Au str al ia Ho us e in Lo nd on wa s se lec te d as th e locat io n for Gri ng ot ts
Ba nk , whi lst Ch ri st Chu rch , Ox for d wa s th e loc ati on for th e Hog wa rts
tr op hy ro om . Lon do n Zoo was us ed as th e loc at io n fo r th e sce ne in
wh ic h Har ry acc id en ta lly sets a snak e on Du dle , with King s Cross
St at ion a ls o b ein g use d a s t he b ook sp eci fi es .

Du e to th e film's tit le dif fe re nce in Ame ric a an d the Un it ed

Kin gd om , all sc en es tha t men tio n th e sto ne ha d to be filme d tw ic e,
on ce wit h the act ors say in g "p hilo so ph er's" and th e secon d w it h the m
say in g "sorc erer 's" . The ch il dr en sp en t the ir da ys film ing for fou r
ho urs and th en doin g thr ee hou rs of sc ho ol wo rk, as wel l as all
de ve lo pi ng a fon dn ess for ha vi ng fa ke fac ia l inju ri es add ed to th em
by th e mak eu p sta ff. Ra dc li ffe ha d to we ar gr ee n con tac t len ses as,
un lik e Harry 's, his ey es are blu e. In som e sc en es co mp ut er
an ima ti on wa s us ed to pa int hi s ey es gre en , du e to Rad cl if fe 's
disco mf ort .
 I th in k the se tt in g is ap pr opr ia te to the st ory or th e ch arac ters .
Th e set ti ng is go od eno ug h to sho w th e mo vi e’s the me . Th e thin gs,
se t, an d time wa s a go od wa y to descr ib e and sho w th e pers on al it ies
of t he ch arac ters .

V. Musical Scoring
Jo hn Wi lli ams was se lec te d to com po se the film's scor e.
Wi llia ms com po se d th e scor e at his hom es in Los Ang eles an d
Tang le wo od bef or e rec ord in g it in Lo nd on in Aug us t 200 1. On e of th e
ma in the me s is ent it led "H ed wig 's Th em e" , Wi llia ms ret ai ne d it for
his fin is he d scor e as "eve ryon e se em ed to like it". I th in k ev ery
so un ds or so ng mak es th e sce nes mor e be au tif ul an d inte rest in g. I
th in k if th er e is no sou nds like the se, the mo vi e will no t be a hi t on
th e vi ew ers. Th e sou nds wer e well-r ecor de d in ea ch sce ne in every
ev en ts th at m ak es i t de liv er t he t ru e f ee lin gs o r e mot io ns .

VI. Summary
Youn g Har ry Pot te r ha s to le ad a har d life . His par en ts hav e
die d in a car cr ash whe n he was sti ll a ba by , and he is be ing bro ug ht
up by his Unc le Vern on and Aun t Pet un ia. For so me re aso n
un be kn ow nst to th e bes pec tac le d ten -ye ar-o ld , th e Du rsl eys let him
liv e in th e sm al l ch am be r und er th e sta irs, an d tr ea t him mo re lik e
ver mi n tha n lik e a fam ily memb er . His fat cous in Dud ley , th e
Du rsl ey's re al so n, ke eps bot he ri ng Harry all the time . On his
elev en th bir th day , Harry Pot ter fin al ly rece ives a mys ter io us lett er
fr om a cer ta in Hog wa rts Sch oo l of Wi tc hcra ft an d Wiz ardr y, te llin g
him tha t he is ch ose n as one of the fut ur e st ud en ts of tha t
su pp ose dly re no wn ed sch oo l. Ha gr id , the giga nt ic ma n wh o br ou gh t
th e let te r, fina lly int ro duc es Ha rry int o th e rea l circu mst anc es of his
lif e: His pa re nts we re a wi zar d and a wit ch , they we re ki lle d by th e
ev il wiz ar d Vold em or t pro tec ti ng him . Ha rry sti ll has a lig ht nin g-
sh ap ed scar on his for eh ea d fr om tha t eve nt. Sinc e he surv ive d th e
at tack as a bab y, and al so som eh ow dep ri ve d Vol de mor t fro m his
po we rs, he ha s be en fa mo us in the wiza rd in g wo rl d ever sinc e. The
Du rsl eys, stro ng dis be li ev ers in tha t ma gic al cr ap , ne ver tol d Har ry
an yt hi ng ab ou t hi s tru e sel f. So , Ha rry is stro ng ly sur pris ed , yet
ab so lu te ly hap py to st art his tra in in g. At Ho gw ar ts, Harry mee ts his
te ac hers, an d be co mes fr ie nds wit h Ro n Weas le y and He rm ion e
Gra ng er . Th e th re e of the m acc id en ta lly find out th at the po tio ns
ma st er , Sev erus Snap e, se em s to plot on ste al in g so me th in g th at is
gu ar de d by a th re e-h ea de d dog . Sin ce no bo dy wo ul d be lie ve so me
fi rst years to ha ve fou nd ou t suc h imp or ta nt thi ng s th at eve n wo uld
incr im in at e a Ho gw ar ts tea ch er , the y ta ke it on the ms elv es to find
ou t wh at Sna pe is up to . The ir qu es t for th e tru th lea ds across ma ny
ob st acl es, fro m ke ep in g up th e ev eryd ay sch oo l lif e, a bew itch ed
Qu id di tc h ma tc h (Qu id di tc h is a po pu la r wiz ard spor t), Flu ffy, the
th re e-he ad ed mo ns ter dog an d qui te so me tasks on e has to
ov erco me to get to the gua rd ed ob je ct . Hag ri d acci de nt al ly tel ls
Ha rry , Ro n an d Her mi on e how to ge t pa st Flu ffy and th ey rush to te ll
th e hea dm as ter , Albu s Du mb led or e, wha t th ey kno w, onl y to fi nd th at
he has bee n ca ll ed awa y fro m the sch oo l. Pos it iv e tha t Dumb le do re 's
su mm ons was a re d he rri ng to tak e him aw ay wh ile the Philo so ph er's
St on e is st ol en , th e tri o se t ou t to re ach the St on e first. They
na vi ga te th ro ug h a seri es of co mp lex mag ic al ch al len ge s se t up by
th e sch oo l's fac ul ty , an d at th e end of the se cha ll en ge s, Harry ent ers
th e in ne r cha mb er alon e, onl y to fi nd tha t it is the timi d Pr of esso r
Qu irr el l, no t Sna pe , who is aft er the Ston e. The fina l cha lle ng e
pr ot ect in g the Sto ne is the Mirror of Eri se d. Qu irr el l fo rces Har ry to
look in th e mirr or to discov er whe re th e Ston e is, and Ha rry
success fu ll y res ists , bu t th e Sto ne dr ops into his ow n pocke t. Lor d
Vold em or t now reve als him se lf : he ha s po ssess ed Qu irr el l an d
ap pe ars as a gh as tly fac e on th e ba ck of Qui rre ll's hea d. He tr ies to
at tack Ha rry , but mer ely to uc hi ng Ha rry prov es to be ago ny for
Qu irr el l. Volde mo rt fl ee s and Qui rre ll dies as Dum ble do re arr iv es
ba ck i n ti me to sav e H arr y.

As Ha rry recov ers, Du mb led or e co nf ir ms to hi m tha t Lily die d wh ile

pr ot ect in g Harry as an inf an t. Her pu re , lov in g sacri fi ce pr ovi de s he r
so n wi th an an ci en t ma gic al pro tec ti on aga ins t Vol de mor t's let ha l
sp el ls . Dum ble do re al so ex pl ai ns th at th e Ph ilos op her's St on e ha s
be en de str oyed to prev en t V ol de mor t fro m ev er us in g it. He th en tells
Ha rry tha t only th ose wh o wa nt ed to find the Sto ne , but not us e it,
wo uld be able to ret ri eve it fro m th e mirro r, whi ch is wh y Ha rry wa s
ab le to ac qu ir e it . Whe n Ha rry asks Du mb led or e wh y Vol de mor t
at te mp te d to ki ll him whe n he wa s an inf an t, Dum ble do re pro mi ses to
te ll Ha rry w he n he i s o lde r.

At th e end -of -ye ar fe ast , wh er e Ha rry is welc om ed as a he ro ,

Du mb led or e giv es a few "la st-m inu te add iti on s" , gra nt in g eno ug h
po ints to Harr y, Ro n, He rm io ne an d Nev il le for Gryf fi nd or to win th e
Ho us e C up , e nd ing Slyt her in 's s ix-ye ar r ei gn a s ho us e c ha mp io ns .

VII. Lesson that I Learned