Remember to OWN THE ORIGINAL FILMS/SERIES BEFORE downloading any of my fanedits. I can’t state this enough.

My Google Drive is now open again, on request by PM only.

Also, my heart is broken over Michael Gambon. Rest in peace, our beloved friend, teacher and Professor Dumbledore. ❤️

Prisoner of Azkaban & Goblet of Fire Ultimate Editions are DONE and released within their respective folder.

Enjoy ❤️

Special Thanks to:

• Chloe, for excellent suggestions
• CamSMurph, for excellent feedback and beta viewing both edits.

CamSMurph said:

A few words on the Prisoner of Azkaban and Goblet of Fire Ultimate Editions

Both outstanding from beginning to end! The new intro in PoA should give you an idea on what to expect. As PoA is rightfully considered the best in the series, little has been altered, save for a few nitpicks.

The new colour grade helps bring back the warmth of the first two movies, and as the story gets darker, so do the colours. What a way to compliment the mature storytelling!

Cuts are seamless throughout, and in keeping with musical continuity, Andreas brings back John Williams’ classic themes from Sorcerer’s Stone and Chamber of Secrets. PoA is Williams’ final contribution to the Harry Potter series and it really is a shame that his themes weren’t brought over from this point onward. God bless Andreas for remedying this in the best way possible!

Also, keep your eye out for a few clever cameos. 😉

GoF is just as good, if not better. Dark and difficult times lie ahead, indeed. Andreas has put together a much scarier affair than the theatrical version. This is particularly evident in the graveyard. The changes to Voldemort, in particular, are really something else. I won’t elaborate as I feel this should be viewed as blindly as possible.

The restructuring here is something no other GoF edit has done. It actually improves the story incredibly well to have the Yule Ball take place after the Second Task. That way, the Second and Third Tasks don’t feel like they take place mere weeks apart.

This is also the first of the Ultimate Editions to make use of select deleted scenes, all of which have been cropped and upscaled to fit the IMAX format Andreas has prepped for these new editions. The additional scenes in question add some important plot details and character moments which, I daresay, shouldn’t have been left out. This truly feels like a more complete experience!

The new sound mix in both edits is nothing short of impeccable. The SFX and ambience in certain scenes makes the environment feel more… magical. That’s all I will say on the matter.

While I can certainly point out a few things that need improving, I think I speak for everyone when I say, Andreas doesn’t disappoint! Thank you, good sir, for keeping the magic alive. And extra special thanks to Chloe of Fanedit.org for helping him through this! Well bloody done to both of you! 👏

Can’t wait for Order of the Phoenix through Deathly Hallows!

You are most kind, my friend, and thank you for your excellent feedback, suggestions and kind heart during this and every process of any of my HP edits that have taken place. You are an asset to this community, and as a person!

I’ll get to watching in a bit! 😁

Wait a minute! I didn’t know Andreas was sick!

honestabe said:

This was in the past. Look at the READ ME document in his drive. I am not sure if it is appropriate for me to post this information in these forums.

If requested, I will remove the posts if desired by Andreas.

I have no idea where it is anymore. 😅

honestabe said:

Thank you for making these edits Andreas. I hope you find fulfillment and happiness making these while having a good and lengthy life. (I read about your prior health issues).

I will look to watch these as soon as possible with hopefully other people to enjoy as well. I loved the first 2 revisited Harry Potter movies. I had a slight disagreement removing the opening dream sequence, but I understand you want these to be friendly for all ages.

Thank you, my friend, for those kind words. ❤️ I hope you (and friends) enjoy them, and please leave a review if you so do. Always neat to read about what a group of people thought.

And i wish you a happy, healthy and a long life as well! Never forget to give your body and soul what it needs! ❤️

CamSMurph said:

Wait a minute! I didn’t know Andreas was sick!

Healthy now! (except for the bloody flu! xD) This was ten years ago. ❤️

Jimmy Chips said:

Love the new edits!

Cheers, jimmy! Always happy to hear from you!

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?

https://streamable.com/fhmay4

It’s important to not go into uncanny vally in terms of “oh, this is obviously a fanedit”.

Such incredible use of a fan film I’ve heard of, but never actually checked out until now! If this is how you’ll be treating David Yates’ next two Potters, consider me as hooked as can be! 😁

Jimmy Chips said:

House of Gaunt fan-film would be great for a HBP edit!

I wonder how that would fit in?

You’ve done your own edits as well, Jimmy?

I might do a Gaunt flashback in HBP with a few quick shots from Voldemort: Origins, since the production is of so high-quality. But! And there is a but! If it looks fanedit-y and breaks with the immersion, I can’t use it. It all depends on how I can mix it in.

The immediate thought of the flashback structuring is something like: quick successive shots of Slytherin emblem on door in forest, the Gaunts faces close-ups, Voldemort’s mother in pain, a birth scene, some quick shots of a love potion, and then Dumbledore at the Orphanage and we follow the scene as presented in the film.

It would all have to be packaged like the transitions in HbP (and my GoF edit) with the smoke transitions.

I might also try and deepfake CoS Tom Riddle onto HbP Tom, but this would be problematic due to different facial structures as well as camera angles. An idea could be to crop his face out of shots, or leave his face obscured due to the lack of detail in Dumbledore’s memories (like his face is almost missing).

DarthMarv said:

I’ve watched all 4 of your HP edits Anjohan and I had to sing my praises on here. Fantastic work! The new visual effects I noticed in HP1 & 2 and colour grading are bloody brilliant. It’s been years since I’ve seen the movie so any changes to musical scores and cuts you made I didn’t even notice (and I mean that as a good thing- it was seamless).
Oh and great work on building a real mystery with HPGoF, it actually felt like a mystery trying to figure out who was responsible rather than it dangling obvious ticks that gave away the reveal.
Hyped to see the rest of your edits.

Thank you so much for your review, and kind words. Greatly appreciated, and fuel for upcoming edits!

I’m loving these new ideas! If we’re gonna get as much story as we can out of the films, then why not turn to external sources? 😄