Film credits / Alternate realityBerlin, 1988

Harry
Potter

And the Philosopher’s Stone

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01 / The conceptFile 1988 — Declassified

What if

Hogwarts were
the C.I.A.?

What if

The Philosopher’s Stone were
a nuclear weapon?

Mission briefing.

01 / Place and time: Berlin. 1988.
02 / Objective: Locate and secure the Philosopher’s Stone.
03 / Field agents: HP / HG / RW

Visual references: architecture, documents, chess pieces and clues for a Cold War thriller — A world built through objects.Visual research / Art direction

02 / Storyboard

Storyboard

Before materials and lighting comes the path of the eye. Nine shots to build suspense, shift the scale and reveal the threat.

Storyboard / Camera & narrative01 / 09

01 / Push-in / Architecture

A familiar place. A different institution.

The climb and the camera move reveal a building that still bears the symbols of Hogwarts, but carries the weight of a headquarters.

02 / Close-up / Identity

The symbol stays. The meaning changes.

The crest becomes a clue: the original world is still recognizable, inside a new context.

03 / Tracking shot / Archive

The characters become case files.

Portraits and documents turn the main characters into subjects under watch. The story unfolds through the traces they leave.

04 / Overhead view / Geography

Berlin is a chessboard.

The divided city becomes a game board. The pieces turn political tension into a balance of power.

05 / Close-up / Document

The threat makes the daily news.

A newspaper ties the world of the mission to the world outside. The tight framing turns the page into a storytelling device.

06 / Push-in / Strategy

Every position is a choice.

The camera returns to the map and moves in on the pieces. The scale narrows as the weight of each decision grows.

07 / Wide shot / Breaking point

The game stops being a game.

Explosions break the balance of the composition. This is where the imagined threat becomes visible.

08 / Corridor / Suspense

A door. No answer.

The corridor brings the tension back into a closed space. The door channels all the suspense in one direction.

09 / Camera move / Transition

The last frame opens up a possibility.

The movement marked in the storyboard draws the eye toward the opening, setting up the move into the terminal room.

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03 / 3D scenes

Wireframe / Render

Architecture, symmetry and light lead the way into the headquarters.

Render: The symbol — The symbol — Render / Wireframe

Wireframe: The symbol — The symbol — Render / Wireframe

Render: The archive — The archive — Render / Wireframe

Wireframe: The archive — The archive — Render / Wireframe

Render: The pawns — The pawns — Render / Wireframe

Wireframe: The pawns — The pawns — Render / Wireframe

Render: The headline — The headline — Render / Wireframe

Wireframe: The headline — The headline — Render / Wireframe

Render: The strategy — The strategy — Render / Wireframe

Wireframe: The strategy — The strategy — Render / Wireframe

Render: The escalation — The escalation — Render / Wireframe

Wireframe: The escalation — The escalation — Render / Wireframe

Render: The threshold — The threshold — Render / Wireframe

Wireframe: The threshold — The threshold — Render / Wireframe

Render: The terminal — The terminal — Render / Wireframe

Wireframe: The terminal — The terminal — Render / Wireframe

The terminal and the Hogwarts dossier, in the original scene from the film

04 / Film credits

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Hogwarts intelligenceArchive / 1988

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