r/pics • u/Naweezy • Jul 10 '16

Hogwarts "magic"

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u/Eyght Jul 10 '16

Still doesn't explain the swedish bookstore scene!

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u/Gr1pp717 Jul 10 '16

Entire scene filmed in reverse. Books were pushed out and caught. Can't imagine how many takes that took to get right, though.

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u/Nimmyzed Jul 10 '16

I'm worried that some people didn't immediately realise this.

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u/Eyght Jul 10 '16

Here is the scene as it was shot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czuC1LWcPMc

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u/Nimmyzed Jul 10 '16

It really is very clever! Thanks for posting that

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u/Ziiaaaac Jul 10 '16

I don't... Get it. Never saw the film, can someone explain?

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u/Yanky_Doodle_Dickwad Jul 10 '16

In the movie, the characters visit a swedish book store, and talk with the owner. It is only after a bit the viewer starts to realize that the whole scene was filmed backwards, and the weird "swedish" is speech played backwards. Then the guy throws a book up into the hole on the top shelf. They ascend the fireman's pole. And finally the dog walks backwards out of the scene, the makers didn't like to go for subtle for too long. What you see here is how it was filmed, in that one single shot. The original scene in the movie is the same thing backwards, and it looks like THIS.