Opening scene to Harry potter Philosopher Stone

Camera:

At the start of the scene this starts of with a pan shot to emphasise the dark and ominous setting the shot is taken in, following the owl to show the location this is set in.

The use of tracking shot is used to show the character walking through the dark forest showing his confidence. This makes the character to seem very authentic. There is a loose frame shot showing the setting and the characters in the setting representing the characters do not match there surrounding of suburban England which makes the audience feel confused. The different camera techniques were used very well within this opening scene to show the audience how they can be confused and also to seem very authentic as this is a unanswered question.

Mise-en-scene:

The Mise-en-scene is used very well as his shows a foggy surroundings gives an ominous feel to the audience, which is also hard to see how the characters are looks when the camera is shot from a far distance. This opening sequence is also set at night to show that the characters are doing something very discretely. The characters has got long white hair to represent the wisdom within the character. 

Editing:

The beginning the setting fades from black which shows the street name which the audience has a idea where the setting is, so this would tell the audience a unanswered question where this setting is. The characters are using special effects when the character takes the light which shows him to be very powerful. This also shows when the screen fades to white when their is a close up to the baby which shows his innocence and goodness. This shows the audience an idea on the main character and who and what he would do towards later on through the film.

Sound:

During the clip there is non diegetic music is used with a slow tempo and is high pitched which gives the audience a feel of innocence and also good doings which contrasts with a ominous setting. Dialogue was used when he says "i should have known you would been here....Professor Magonoal" this makes you think that something is going on and also gives the audience an idea on who the names of the actors are and why they are there. The accent especially Dumbledore speaks in a very soft pitch which gives the audience the impression that he called a harmless person and a mellow character, however from his actions his just shown in this clip he seems to be very powerful as well.