| The first three installments of the Harry
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| | in this case also the author's trick)
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| Potter series have shown us flashbacks,
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| | hooks us immediately into the action, and
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| hallucinations, magic mirrors, time
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| | then shocks us by revealing that it was
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| travel, and other altered states of
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| | all just a dream.
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| consciousness as Harry drifts in and out
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| | The second dream sequence happens in
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| of reality. Haunted by ghosts of his
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| | real-time also. We know it's a dream,
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| past, a demonic wizard hell-bent on
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| | however, because we see Harry sleeping
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| destroying him, and soul-sucking
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| | fitfully in bed before it starts.
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| dementors who want to tap into his
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| | Throughout the sequence, we see scenes of
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| misery, Harry's state of mind is a
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| | Harry sleeping. The dream is similar to
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| constant concern for his friends and
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| | before, but we learn a little more this
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| adopted family at Hogwart's School of
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| | time. Because it's not a surprise, this
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| Witchcraft and Wizardry. In "Harry
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| | dream looks like a typical movie dream
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| Potter and the Goblet of Fire," however,
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| | with slow motion, blurring, and an unreal
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| for the first time we are invited into
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| | quality. Harry awakens in a frightened
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| Harry's tortured dreams as he enters his
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| | sweat again. We don't feel quite as
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| fourth year at the school.
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| | threatened this time because we're led to
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| Director Mike Newell includes three dream
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| | believe that Harry suffers from recurring
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| sequences taken from the book by J.K.
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| | nightmares (and with his troubled past
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| Rowling. Although all the dreams take
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| | who could blame him?)
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| place in the same location with the same
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| | The third time we see Harry's dream is
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| characters and have the same theme (i.e.,
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| | through a flashback as he recalls the
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| let's kill Harry Potter), their
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| | dream out loud in Albus Dumbledore's
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| presentations differ greatly and
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| | office. We're still confused about the
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| therefore produce different emotions in
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| | relevance of these dreams. Because the
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| the viewer.
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| | dream is not happening in real-time, but
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| The first dream sequence begins the
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| | is a brief flashback - a mere memory of
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| movie. We see an old caretaker notice a
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| | what Harry thought he dreamed, the
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| light in an abandoned house that he's
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| | dream's importance may be lessened.
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| watching. He angrily marches over to the
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| | After recounting the dream, he asks
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| house expecting to find some unruly
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| | Dumbledore if the dreams could possibly
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| teenagers. Instead he finds Lord
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| | be something other than random and
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| Voldemort, Wormtail, and another
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| | meaningless. Could they be telepathic
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| mysterious man talking about the ultimate
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| | scenes currently taking place or possibly
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| demise of Harry. A huge snake slithers
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| | prophetic dreams that predict Harry's
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| by the caretaker as he listens outside
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| | future? The final thirty minutes of the
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| the door. Suddenly his presence becomes
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| | film answer this question.
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| known and as the caretaker is attacked,
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| | The reason why filmmakers (and authors)
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| Harry awakens in a terrified state from
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| | use dream sequences is to increase
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| the dream.
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| | audience involvement and connectedness to
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| Unlike dream sequences that use black and
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| | the character. Getting inside of Harry's
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| white or distorted color, garbled sound,
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| | head allows us to feel his horror and
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| and illogical images to indicate an
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| | share his sense of dread.
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| altered state of consciousness or
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| | By keeping us off-guard as to whether or
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| specifically a dream, this first dream
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| | not these dreams are true events,
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| sequence has no visual or aural cues.
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| | real-time dreams, or memories of dreams,
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| The dream occurs in real-time; we feel
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| | the director confuses us as to what is
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| what Harry feels and we assume that it's
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| | real and what is an illusion. It's
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| really happening. Until we see Harry
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| | cinematic sorcery that bewitches us into
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| awaken, we believe (and are supposed to
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| | reading the book, going to the multiplex,
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| believe) that the scene is actually
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| | and buying the DVD.
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| taking place. This director's trick (and
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