Harry Potter Mise en Scene

 The costumes used in Harry Potter represented the characters in which played them for example Snape wore all black long robes to create a sense of mystery and give off a sense of evil about him. Other characters such as the students where all  dressed in a white shirt and tie with a dark cloak as seen on the left. This gives the impression to the audience that they are just normal children going to school without the cloak however with the cloak the perception is changed and they are no longer normal but mystical and powerful which comes from the common conception that headmasters wear cloaks.

The sets where set up in a very particular way. It all has low-key lighting to import the magical feeling to the audience and the buildings are unusual to what is seen on the high-street. Some buildings are set up to look old and are painted with dark colours whereas others are painted with brighter, warmer colours to imply the sense of dark magic and good magic.  

Props such as the magical roof in the great hall where not in the set. They were put together using green screen to created the effects the surrounding props in the hall were all old and in contrast to the roof where normal. This is what made the film believable. The mythical creatures on the wall like the dragons also enforce the idea of this not being in the normal world and creates the idea for the audience that the film is about magic and mythical creatures.