Hello Friends, Wizards, Witches and Muggles! Welcome back to my channel, I hope you're all
doing really well. Today we're going to be doing something a little bit different. I thought it
would be really interesting to point out some of the little details you may have missed in
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's, or Sorcerer's, Stone, whichever one you know it as.
First up, if you look really carefully, you can see that Neville actually switches between being
a computer-generated version of himself and the real him. Here - he's real. And here's fake Neville.
They use computer versions of characters for stunts that were too difficult or too dangerous
to perform with real actors, which makes sense given what's happening to poor Neville here. Wow, it's
particularly obvious in his face here. Carrying on with the computer-generated body doubles, we
can see even more examples in the Quidditch Games. Now, obviously Quidditch isn't real. Yes, I do have
to say that; there are muggles watching, after all. So here it's clear that this is the real Harry,
but all of the players in the backgrounds are entirely visual effects, which is pretty magical.
Every one shown here are actually made using visual effects, even the Quaffle.
Some of the faces on the computer-generated characters really are hilarious, this one
always makes me laugh and she almost looks like a Sims character. This one is a really nice,
subtle detail. If you look carefully here, there is in fact a portrait of Anne Boleyn hung in the
grand staircase, near the second floor landing at Hogwarts. Now for those of you who aren't
historians, Anne Boleyn is the second wife of King Henry VIII and mother to Queen Elizabeth I
of England. Anne Boleyn was accused by muggles of being a witch, however, there may have
been a popular Wizarding theory that she was, instead, a squib. Whilst Oliver Wood
is introducing Harry to Quidditch, there is a really lovely, little detail that certainly
passed me by the first time I saw the film. When Harry releases the Golden Snitch, notice
that Harry's eyes are locked onto it, while Oliver is searching around the air for it.
This shows Harry's natural gift for being a seeker, which is pretty cool. As Harry enters the Great Hall
for the first time, there is a cheeky clue that Professor Quirrell, and, therefore, He Who
Must Not Be Named - sorry, spoilers - is actually the reason Harry's scar is hurting, not Snape,
as Harry assumes. When Quirrell turns his head, Voldemort is then facing Harry,
which is when his scar starts hurting.
Now this is a detail you'd only be able to see if you've watched the extended cut. In the books, Aunt Petunia refuses to buy
Harry a new school uniform, so she dyes Dudley's old ones instead.
Another glimpse into the horrendous upbringing Harry had living off Dudley's hand-me-downs.
It's even clearer here that Harry is wearing Dudley's old clothes, as you can see they're
much too large for him. Poor Harry!
I'm a total sucker for tiny details that were so
small they're nearly impossible to link back to what they're referencing. Admittedly, this is a
bit of a fan theory, but it's one I really like. Hermione points out that Ron has a dirty nose.
When I first saw the film, I assumed that this was just because Ron was a little bit scruffy
and messy. In the Chamber of Secrets, we find out that he and his family use flu powder to travel,
so it is possible that this dirt could actually be soot. What do you guys think?
What you may not have noticed is that there are more computer-generated body doubles later on in the movie too.
Here when the trio are battling the troll in the girls bathroom, Harry is, in fact, entirely highly visual effects.
Admittedly, the face makes that rather clear! Naturally, this had to be visual effects
because they couldn't get hold of me, a real troll, for Harry to sit on. Wait, no. That sounded weird.
The Dursleys have always prided themselves on being perfectly normal, thank you very much, and nothing
gets more normal than having the same house and the same car as everyone else around them.
Every car on every drive here is a Vauxhall Vectra. Every garden has a birdbath in the middle and
the same plants and even the same chain fence. It certainly doesn't get any more normal than that.
Have you ever wondered what Neville had forgotten when his Remembrall turned red?
Well, it's actually really clear here. Take a closer look. What is Neville missing compared to
all of his classmates? That's right, he's forgotten his Hogwarts robe.
Now, this is one of the more meta-details hiding here. When Harry arrives at Platform 9 3/4, we actually catch our first
and only ever glimpse at Neville's grandmother, Augusta Longbottom. Not a fantastic deal else to say about that, it's just super cool!
We've got another Fan Theory here. If you look at one of the shields on this trophy,
you may notice something quite interesting. One of the names is M. G. McGonagall.
The theory is that this is Minerva McGonagall, as it's the right house. She's a Gryffindor, after all.
But the dates don't add up to me. We all know that in the Wizarding World, time seems to be a little
elastic when it comes to Professor McGonagall, especially since the latest Fantastic Beasts, but
that's a discussion for a whole other time. What do you guys think, though? Reddit seems to think that
it's her brother, Malcolm. I'm not so sure.
Something that I never noticed before: when Hagrid takes Harry to the Leaky Cauldron for
the first time, the sign is actually obscured from muggles. It seems only wizards and witches can see it,
as when the pair approach it, it then reveals itself. A nice little magical touch, if you ask me.
So, those are some of the details I thought you may have missed from the first Harry Potter film. I hope that you enjoyed
this video. If you did, don't forget to give it a magical thumbs up. Also, I'd love to know what you
guys think about this different style of video. Do you want me to do more like this?
Are there details you think I've missed here? Or do you want me to do the other Harry Potter films? Let me know
in the comments down below! Thank you guys for watching and I will see you in my next video!