Cristian Agudelo Logan Bearden ENC1145 January 16th, 2013 Paper 1 First Draft The Wedding Scene I would

like to use this first draft as a base to start off as. I would like to remix the book Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Specifically the scene depicting Bill and Fleurs wedding and the events surrounding it. I will be comparing this section of the book with the wedding scene that takes place in the film: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1. After comparing both scenes, it is easy to distinguish the two because although they portray the same event, they contain very different elements. In particular, the scene in the book is much longer contains much more detail regarding Albus Dumbledore and the history of his family. Films portray events through devices like lighting, cinematography, colors, sound and dialogue, while books must rely on the use of punctuation, font, and the type of diction used to fully describe a scene. The film version immediately uses lighting to paint a picture of uneasiness at the wedding as it takes place at night compared to early afternoon in the book. As Harry walks into the event, several guards can be seen standing outside. By not drawing attention or making note of the guards, a sense of worry is created as there should never be guards at a wedding. The film goes through the entire scene very quickly with most of the attention being placed on Harrys conversation with Elphias Doge and Auntie Muriel. This is done because films must move rapidly through the plot due to their shorter nature. By doing this, many important details are left out of the film and the viewer gets a more condensed version of the story. Books are read in a much longer period of time as readers must go through every scene word by word. This allows the novel to add much more detail to the wedding, including humor and character detail. The book slowly draws out the wedding, and includes several events that take place before and after the actual ceremony. Early on in the scene we are introduced to Auntie Muriel, a relative of the Weasleys. We are given her character background before she talks with Harry and relinquishes information about Dumbledore. This creates a tighter-knit story compared to the film where Muriel enters the conversation between Harry and Elphias randomly and it is never explained who she is or why she knows so much information about the Dumbledore family and their past. Another downfall of the film is that it doesnt take into account Harrys reaction to all of the new information about Albus Dumbledore, specifically the fact that him and all his family lived in Godrics Hallow. The book has the opportunity to go inside the mind of Harry and fully flesh-out his thoughts and emotions about the situation. The film merely goes through the dialogue before moving on to the next scene. There is no introspection show for Harry.

The ceremony itself is brushed over in the film, while it is described fully in the book. Rowling incorporates the use of commas to draw out Fleur walking down the aisle. This helps to keep the reader drawn in while her appearance is fully described.