Wednesday, 15 July 2009

Harry Potter!!

So, who's off to see Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince over the next few days? I suspect some of you will see it on opening night? Keep an eye out on the advertising - how has it been sold? What merchandise can you buy? How is the cinema enticing you to see the film? What has been going on on the radio today - Radio 1 for instance had "Harry Potter Day"!!! What are the films which are advertised in the trailers before the film? Why those films?

Then , whilst you're watching - how is the pace maintained? How true is the film to the book? Does the film live up to the hype? Why? Think about why the HP films maintain their popularity, and how much that has to do with advertising and marketing (distribution) rather than the film's actual merit as a media text.

Chat away!!
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6 comments:

  1. Nicki17 July 2009 at 14:34

    hey miss im goin to see harry potter in a few weeks !! cant wait --- i will try and do all those things you said !!

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  2. Ben Sofield18 July 2009 at 21:10

    I dislike harry potter.

    :P

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  3. Elizabeth ( :1 August 2009 at 16:57

    Heelloo. i went to see harry potter the first night with my mummy! but i have just read your blog because ive been in the lake district and had no computer :( and i didnt look for these things.. but i think the film was good but was disappointed after reading the book, as it did miss out quite alot.

    :) x

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  4. Beechi ;D3 August 2009 at 10:17

    hi miss, just saying that i will be going to salford quay's war museum to look at the architecture, take lots of pictures and actually look inside! :-)

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  5. Beechi ;D3 August 2009 at 10:30

    also miss, just found out about this that is on show when we go,

    Building on the Past
    Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday; 2.30pm
    A walk-and-talk through the 3 shards of IWM North, examining the landscape, architecture and impact of Daniel Libeskind’s first UK building.

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  6. Georgia14 August 2009 at 21:13

    i went to watch harry potter the day after it came out!i love it i've got the box sets,all the books and even the extra books of spells and quiddich :P. im a big harry potter geek :)Not seen any new merchandise in the shops yet but the merchandise for the movie usually comes out when the dvd does.The adverts highlight the bits with the special effects mostly,it lived up to what i expected it was so much better than any of the others.I think its so popular because both adults and children like the movies.There was lots of background music almost all through the movie so there was never a boring moment.i was looking in the little booklet inside the dvds a while ago at the merchandise and i begged mum for the hogwarts robes :P but they only had up to age 11 :P
    wow i wrote a lot

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