On Wednesday afternoon for the very first time in over a year I decided to watch one of the Potter movies. I picked HBP because it is dark and moody. I'm writing on my story set at the end of GOF. I needed to see a more depressing story than most of GOF.
Then Thursday I hear about AR's passing.
Tonight I decided I wanted to hear his voice (see the subject line of the message!) so went off to YouTube to find a video. The one that always pops up is the "all Snape scenes in sequence" that I've watched before. I listened to it in the background while I was doing other things. Then I found another with a similar title:
"Severus Snape (the bravest man, the whole story) character study"
It starts with a scene from DH2 (I think) - the HW choir is singing and then a very sad scene where Snape is standing alone. Then it goes back to the beginning and progresses through all the books. I began to put it in the background when I noticed text on the screen. So I watched a bit, then started it over and paused it each time so I could read the text.
What made this video so impressive is the interspersed text was from the books and it expands and expounds on scenes from the movie. There's even one place where the video uses a direct quote from one of JKR's interviews done after all books were published.
That quote is EXACTLY one of the points I'm trying to make in my story. It was freaky to find it tonight.
Given his time over again he would not have become a Death Eater, but like many insecure, vulnerable people he craved membership of something big and powerful, something impressive
The video ends with a comment from (I think) the director of DH1 & DH2 saying "I love the notion of starting the film with Snape because he's such a central part of our story."
Yeah - what he said - without Snape there is no story. I recommend it: