The Opening - Beta
I always hated how random and abrupt The Burrows felt in the Goblet of Fire opening. It was never even established as a location for the film. It’s just; Harry wakes up - Harry leaves. No sense of familiarity or belonging.
I also took the liberty of adding two shots from CoS that I didn’t end up using in CoS Ultimate Edition, that was perfectly fitting for what I was going for here. Had to make it coherent with the nighttime and whatnot of course, but I think it works beautifully (the bewitched pan shot and the sweater).
What I need to know is:
- Does this set the proper dark tone and keep an air of mystery and intruiging confusion?
- Does the intro work for you?
- Is Harry’s dream scary?
- Anything techincal you want to add?
Apart from some more work with the clouds in the intro (I want the WB logo to HP Title card more smoothened out as well, consider this a working placeholder) I think the opening is pretty strong. However, I’m blinded by editing eyes and need to know if something feels or looks off-putting - or if you’d like to see something, for instance in the nightmare flashback.
To keep an air of mystery in GoF we don’t want to know that Voldemort is behind this from the get-go. This will benefit the film imo.