Update
So, for OotP not many fundemental changes are to occur. It will be mainly be musical alterations for a balance in tone and continuity, as well as some removal of repedative Umbridge music except for two scenes (rather than six!).
The narrative will stay the same and be unaltered, although I’ve done a reshape of the opening. It’s darker and opens with the previous events of Cedric’s death and Harry’s PTSD, followed by a alightly prolonged Dementor sequence to build suspense (I think the opening is good, but I always felt it rushed by to quickly and lacked enough suspense and dread for the dementors and their reveal - the scene goes from storm occuring to dementor reveal in about 20 seconds).
Another change I’ve been unsure about is a flashback for Neville’s scene with Harry. I always felt his parents subplot was ignored and emotionless in the films. Luckily, there is a brilliant fanfilm with a brilliant Bellatrix out there; and so I thought to use as little as possible from that to mix together what could be a heartfelt and disturbing flashback that would add some weight and emotion to Neville’s forgotten storyline. I also want Harry and Neville’s bond to feel stronger through this event.
So, does this work?
It’s important to not go into uncanny vally in terms of “oh, this is obviously a fanedit”.