Name: Elisan, Marilou C.

Course/Yr. BSE FIL 3

Book/Film Review 
Review the book or the film version of “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”
based on the guidelines: 

 Introduction (with title, release date, background information) 

Background information by Books in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
This article is about the book. For the film, see Harry Potter and the Order of the
Phoenix (film). For other uses, see Order of the Phoenix (disambiguation).
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a fantasy novel written by British author J.
K. Rowling and the fifth novel in the Harry Potter series. It follows Harry
Potter's struggles through his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry,
including the surreptitious return of the antagonist Lord Voldemort, O.W.L. exams, and
an obstructive Ministry of Magic. The novel was published on 21 June 2003
by Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom, Scholastic in the United States, and Raincoats in
Canada. It sold five million copies in the first 24 hours of publication.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix won several awards, including the American
Library Association Best Book Award for Young Adults in 2003. The book was also
made into a 2007 film, and a video game by Electronic Arts.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the fifth book in the Harry Potter series.
The first book in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, was first
published by Bloomsbury in 1997 with an initial print-run of 500 copies in hardback, 300
of which were distributed to libraries. By the end of 1997, the UK edition won a National
Book Award and a gold medal in the 9-to-11-year-olds category of the Nestlé Smarties
Book Prize. The second novel, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, was published
in the UK on 2 July 1998. The third novel, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,
was published a year later in the UK on 8 July 1999 and in the US on 8 September
1999. The fourth novel, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, was published 8 July 2000,
simultaneously by Bloomsbury and Scholastic. The fifth novel, Harry Potter and the
Order of the Phoenix, is the longest book in the series, yet it is the second shortest film
at 2 hours 18 minutes.
After the publishing of Order of the Phoenix, the sixth book of the series, Harry Potter
and the Half-Blood Prince, was published on 16 July 2005 and sold 9 million copies in
the first 24 hours of its worldwide release. The seventh and final novel, Harry Potter and
the Deathly Hallows, was published 21 July 2007. The book sold 11 million copies
within 24 hours of its release: 2.7 million copies in the UK and 8.3 million in the US.

Background information by Films in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a 2007 fantasy film directed by David
Yates and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is based on J. K. Rowling's 2003
novel of the same name. The fifth instalment in the Harry Potter film series, it was
written by Michael Goldenberg (making this the only film in the series not to be scripted
by Steve Kloves) and produced by David Heyman and David Barron. The film
stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, alongside Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as
Harry's best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Its story follows Harry's fifth
year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as the Ministry of Magic is in denial
of Lord Voldemort's return. The film is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Goblet of
Fire (2005) and is followed by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009).
Live-action filming took place in England and Scotland for exterior locations
and Leavesden Film Studios in Watford for interior locations from February to
November 2006, with a one-month break in June. Post-production on the film continued
for several months afterwards to add in visual effects. The film's budget was reportedly
between £75 and 100 million ($150–200 million). Warner Bros. released the film in
North America on 11 July 2007 and in the United Kingdom on 12 July, both in
conventional and IMAX theatres; it is the first Potter film to be released in IMAX 3D.
Order of the Phoenix opened to a worldwide five-day opening of $333 million and
grossed $942 million total, making it the second-highest-grossing film of 2007. The film
was nominated for two BAFTA Film Awards in 2008. It has been noted as a case
of Hollywood accounting, as Warner Bros. claimed the film lost $167 million, despite its
total gross.

 Summary of the story 

Harry Potter is spending another tedious summer with his dreadful Aunt Petunia and
Uncle Vernon when a group of evil spirits called “dementors” stage an unexpected
attack on Harry and his cousin Dudley. After using magic to defend himself, Harry is
visited by a group of wizards and whisked off to number twelve, Grimmauld Place,
London. Number twelve is the home of Harry’s godfather, Sirius Black, and the
headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix. The Order is a group of wizards, led by
Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore, dedicated to fighting evil Lord Voldemort and
his followers. The Order is forced to operate in secrecy, outside of the jurisdiction of the
Ministry of Magic, which is headed by the dense and corrupt Cornelius Fudge. Fudge
refuses to believe that Lord Voldemort has returned.
Harry used magic to fight off the dementors, and since underage wizards are not
permitted to use their wands outside of school, he must face a disciplinary hearing at
the Ministry. With Dumbledore’s help, Harry is cleared and permitted to return to
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Reunited with his best friends, Ron and Hermione, Harry returns to Hogwarts and learns
that Dolores Umbridge, an employee of Fudge, will be his new Defense against the
Dark Arts teacher. The Sorting Hat, which traditionally sorts all new students into one of
four houses, cautions the students against becoming too internally divided. Meanwhile,
the wizard newspaper, the Daily Prophet, continues printing untrue and unfair stories
about Harry. Many of his classmates are whispering about him behind his back, but
Harry ignores them and tries to concentrate on his studies, since all fifth-year students
at Hogwarts are required to take O.W.L.s, or Ordinary Wizarding Level examinations.
Umbridge refuses to teach her students how to perform Defense spells, and before
long, Fudge appoints her High Inquisitor of Hogwarts, giving her the authority to inspect
all faculty members and evaluate their skills. In desperation, Harry, Hermione, and Ron
form their own Defense against the Dark Arts group, also known as the D.A., or
Dumbledore’s Army. Twenty-five other students sign up, and they meet as often as
possible to learn and practice Defense spells. Harry wishes desperately to contact his
godfather Sirius to discuss the situation, but Umbridge is inspecting all Owl Mail and
patrolling the fires that students can use to make contact with wizards residing outside
of Hogwarts. Umbridge openly dislikes Harry, whom she considers a liar, and eventually
bans him from the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Ron’s twin brothers, Fred and George,
storm out of Hogwarts in protest, moving to London where they plan to open a joke
shop using the money Harry won last year in the Triwizard Tournament.
Harry continues to have upsetting dreams about walking down a corridor at the
Department of Mysteries, deep inside the Ministry of Magic. At the end of the corridor,
Harry goes through several doors and enters a room full of dusty glass spheres. Harry
always wakes up before he finds out what the dream means or what the spheres
signify. One night, Harry has a vision where he inhabits the body of a large snake, and
attacks Ron’s father. Harry wakes up horrified, and Professor McGonagall takes him to
Dumbledore immediately. Dumbledore uses the portraits on the walls of his office to
raise an alert, and Mr. Weasley is promptly rescued by two members of the Order.
Dumbledore then demands that Harry take Occlumency lessons with Professor Snape,
which should help Harry protect his mind against further invasions by Lord Voldemort.
Harry is unsuccessful at Occlumency because he has such difficulty clearing his mind of
all thoughts, making it difficult for him to focus on closing his mind off to all outside
influence. Meanwhile, his scar (from the attack in which Voldemort killed Harry’s
parents) burns horribly every time Voldemort experiences a powerful emotion. The D.A.
continues to meet regularly, and Harry’s peers show great improvement until they are
caught by Umbridge. Dumbledore takes full responsibility for the group and resigns as
Headmaster. Umbridge takes over his position. The students begin taking their O.W.L.
exams, and Harry has another vision, this time about Sirius being held captive and
tortured by Voldemort. Horrified, Harry becomes determined to save him. Hermione
warns Harry that Voldemort may be deliberately trying to lure Harry to the Department
of Mysteries, but Harry is too concerned about Sirius to take any chances.
Harry sneaks into Umbridge’s office, and, using her fireplace, transports himself to
Twelve Grimmauld Place to look for Sirius. Kreacher, the Black house elf, tells Harry
that Sirius is at the Ministry of Magic. Harry returns to Hogwarts to find that he and his
friends have been caught in Umbridge’s office. Hermione and Harry convince Umbridge
to follow them into the forest, where they claim to be hiding a weapon for Dumbledore.
Once in the forest, Centaurs carry Umbridge away. Harry and his friends climb aboard
flying horses called thestrals and speed off to the Ministry. Once they arrive, Harry
cannot find Sirius and realizes that Hermione was right. Harry also sees that one of the
glass spheres has his name on it, as well as Voldemort’s. Harry grabs the sphere, and
Death Eaters surround to attack, demanding that Harry hand over the prophecy.
Employing all of their Defense skills, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Luna, and Neville
have moderate success fighting the Death Eaters, but they are ultimately helped
enormously by the arrival of several members of the Order. In the midst of the fight,
Harry drops the glass sphere, and it shatters. Meanwhile, Sirius’ own cousin, Death
Eater Bellatrix Lestrange, kills Sirius. Harry is devastated.
Dumbledore appears and corrals the Death Eaters. Voldemort and Lestrange escape,
just as Fudge shows up. Dumbledore sends Harry back to school, where he explains
how the sphere was a prophecy, which stated that Harry has a power that Voldemort
does not know about. Dumbledore explains that this power is love. The prophecy goes
on to claim that Harry will either destroy Voldemort or be destroyed by him. Dumbledore
takes this opportunity to tell Harry why he must spend his summers with the Durselys in
Little Whinging. Because Harry’s mother died to save him, he is blessed with her love, a
blessing that can be sealed only by blood. Harry’s Aunt Petunia, his mother’s sister,
makes that bond complete by taking Harry into her home. As long as he still calls Little
Whinging home, Harry is safe. With this news, Harry returns to his Aunt and Uncle’s
house for one more miserable summer.
 Analysis of the plot elements (rising action, climax) 

Inciting Event: After being expelled from Hogwarts for using magic to save his own and
his cousin’s life, Harry learns his godfather Sirius Black and his other friends have
reorganized the Order of the Phoenix to combat Voldemort’s return. Harry is tried before
the Ministry of Magic for his misuse of magic and makes his first encounter with Dolores
Umbridge, who attempts to have him convicted, in accordance with Minister Fudge’s
desire to brand Harry a liar and insist Voldemort has not returned. Dumbledore gets the
charges dismissed and Harry reinstated at Hogwarts.
First Plot Point: Harry and his friends return for another year at Hogwarts, only to
discover Umbridge is their new professor of the Defense against the Dark Arts class.
She is clearly a representative of the Minister, there to “interfere” at Hogwarts and
clamp down on Harry and Dumbledore.
First Pinch Point: Umbridge flexes her power by having bumbling Professor Trelawney
dismissed. She tries also to have her thrown out of Hogwarts, but Dumbledore
intervenes at the last moment. Sirius appears in the Griffindor common room’s fire and
tells Harry he’s “on his own” in his attempts to learn how to fight back against
Voldemort. This prompts Hermione and Harry to begin a secret class for the other
students, in which Harry teaches them the things he has learned.
Midpoint: Harry has a nightmare in which he sees himself-as-Voldemort attacking Mr.
Weasley, in search of a weapon “he didn’t have before.” He tells Dumbledore, and it
becomes clear to everyone that Harry’s mind is linked to Voldemort’s. Dumbledore
orders Snape to teach Harry how to protect his mind from Voldemort before Voldemort
figures out the connection.
Second Pinch Point: After using veritas serum on Harry’s crush Cho, Umbridge and her
Inquisitor Squad discover the secret room where Harry and “Dumbledore’s Army” are
practicing their magic. Umbridge reports to the Minister, who dismisses Dumbledore as
headmaster of Hogwarts and tries to arrest him. Dumbledore summons his phoenix and
escapes. Umbridge becomes the new headmaster.
Third Plot Point: Harry has a vision of Voldemort attacking and killing Sirius. He and his
friends attempt to sneak out of Hogwarts through Umbridge’s chimney, only to be
caught. Hermione fools Umbridge into being trapped by angry centaurs, allowing Harry
and his friends to go after Sirius.
Climax: After realizing his vision was a trap and that Sirius isn’t even at the Ministry,
Harry discovers a prophecy about himself and Voldemort. The Death Eaters attack, and
Sirius and Moody come to the rescue. Battle ensues—and Sirius’s convict cousin
Bellatrix LaStrange kills him. Harry and Dumbledore face down Voldemort, who tries to
take over Harry’s mind.
Climactic Moment: Harry forces Voldemort from his mind.
Resolution: The students leave Hogwarts, and Harry shares what he’s learned: that he
and his friends have the one thing Voldemort does not—“something worth fighting for.”
 Creative elements (dialogues, characters, use of colors, camera techniques,
mood, tone, symbols, costumes or anything that contributes or takes away from
the overall plot)
Dialogues
“Wit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure.”
This is the motto of Ravenclaw house. Students are divvied up into one of four houses
upon arrival at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, including Hufflepuff,
Slytherin, and Harry’s own house, Gryffindor. Harry Potter and the Order of the
Phoenix is the first book to see Harry and his friends really mixing with students from
the other houses, which they do in the interest of fighting back against Voldemort.
“Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what
it was to be young.”
These words of wizardly wisdom come from Hogwarts’ elderly (as in, well over 100)
headmaster Albus Dumbledore, who understands that while Harry may be a wizard,
he’s also a teenager. He’s juggling classes, Quidditch, and a steady stream of ludicrous
school gossip—you know, the typical woes and worries of being 15 years old, except
with less “learning how to parallel park” and more “trying not to get murdered by your
mortal enemy.”
“Ron, just because you’ve got the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn’t mean we all
have.”
So it’s not all doom and gloom and evil wizards; Rowling throws in a dash of teenage
romance for good measure. It should come as no surprise that Harry and best friend
Ron are pretty much hopeless when it comes to girls—forcing Hermione to step in with
a few choice words.
“Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.”
Things at Hogwarts get bleaker by the day as Professor Umbridge, the new Defense
against the Dark Arts teacher, imposes an oppressive regime upon the school. One of
literature’s most detested characters, this chirpy bureaucrat is the human equivalent of
stubbing your toe. This quote’s can-do wisdom comes to Harry from Ron’s sister, Ginny,
who takes it upon herself to remind him all is not yet lost.
“Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we
expect.”
These words from wonderfully whimsical Hogwarts student Luna Lovegood are
comforting whether you’ve lost a friend, a family member, or something trivial, like your
car keys. We don’t want to spoil the book or anything, but, well, Harry doesn’t lose his
car keys.
“And from now on, I don’t care if my tea leaves spell die, Ron, die—I’m just chucking
them in the bin where they belong.”
The fortune-telling side of magic is given more weight as the novel goes on, but we
always get a kick out of seeing Harry and Ron goofing off in their Divination class as if
it’s no more engaging than Pre-calc or Sociology 101.
Characters
Harry Potter
The protagonist and central character. As a baby, Harry faced Lord Voldemort and
survived, earning the lightning bolt–shaped scar on his forehead. Harry is kind,
stubborn, and resourceful. He has faced many hardships but always seems to emerge
victorious.
Albus Dumbledore
The headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Dumbledore is an old
and powerful wizard. Aside from Harry, Dumbledore is Voldemort’s only true nemesis.
He represents wisdom, strength, and integrity.
Dolores Umbridge
The Senior Undersecretary to the Minister of Magic, and the self-appointed High
Inquisitor of Hogwarts. Physically, Umbridge resembles a toad, and her behavior is just
as ugly. She is arrogant, vindictive, and untrustworthy.
Lord Voldemort
Also known as the “Dark Lord.” Most Wizards are afraid to speak his name. Voldemort
embodies pure evil. He was once a student at Hogwarts named Tom Riddle, but he
quickly became the most powerful dark force in the Wizarding world. Voldemort killed
Harry’s parents and is responsible for the deaths of many others.
Ron Weasley
One of Harry’s best friends. A shy, nervous boy prone to embarrassment, Ron is a
brave (if bumbling) young wizard. He comes from a pureblood Wizarding family. His
twin brothers, Fred and George, and younger sister, Ginny, also attend Hogwarts.
Hermione Granger
One of Harry’s best friends. Strikingly intelligent and very hard-working, Hermione is
always reminding Harry and Ron to study. She is extremely brave and at the top of her
class at Hogwarts.
Sirius Black
Harry’s godfather, and his father’s best friend and schoolmate. Sirius is an Animagus,
which means that he can turn himself into a shaggy black dog, named Padfoot, at will.
Sirius was wrongly imprisoned for murder, and, since his escape, has been forced to
remain in hiding.
Use of colors
Red and Green. Usually, green means good, and red means bad. It’s the opposite in
the Harry Potter series. Red is the color of the Disarming Charm, and green is the color
of the Killing Curse. When Harry and Voldemort clash spells, it’s these two colors that
clash. Then there’s also the whole Gryffindor (red) and Slytherin (green) situation.
The Morsmordre spell is the symbol of Voldemort’s Dark Mark cast in glowing green.
This was the sign used in terror tactics by the Death Eaters. In contrast, Dumbledore’s
group is called the Order of the Phoenix. The phoenix is a positive symbol; Fawkes has
bright red and gold feathers.
Camera Techniques
Establishing shot
A shot of a location, helping the audience understand where they are. Usually a long
shot in a film or video used at the beginning of a sequence to establish an overview of a
scene that follows.
Wide Shot (ws)
Can be used as an establishing shot (not always). This shot can be used to show a
subjects surroundings.
Long shot
Taken from a distance that is used to show a sense of space or locate action in a
specific place. You will be able to see the whole body of a character when using this
shot.
Medium long shot (mls)
This shot will show a character from knee’s to head with some background
Medium shot
This camera shot should show the waist up of a character. This should also include
some background, which may or may not affect the meaning / outcome of the shot.
Medium close up (mcu)
This camera shot should show the head and shoulders of a character.
High-angle shot (ha)
Camera is angled so that it looks down on a subject. This can make the subject appear
small and have little power.
Tone and Mood
At times playful and lighthearted, at other times dark and foreboding with a sense of
impending tragedy.
Symbols
The Phoenix
Phoenixes are magical birds that age, die, and are reborn from their own ashes. They
symbolize endurance and new beginnings. Professor Dumbledore has an actual
phoenix, Fawkes, who swallows an Avada Kedavra meant for Harry, dies, and returns
as a "tiny, ugly, featherless" (37.20) chick at the end of Book 5. Fawkes the phoenix has
saved Harry's life before: his tears heal Harry from the basilisk bite in Book 2, and he
helps to soothe Harry's shock after the confrontation with Voldemort and the death of
Cedric Diggory in Book 4. As such, Fawkes is a recurring character in the novel; he is
endlessly loyal to both Harry and Professor Dumbledore, and he seems generally
aligned to the cause of good.
Fawkes also seems symbolically connected to Harry's emotional rebirth at the end of
Book 5. Indeed, Harry is something of a phoenix, given that he was found living in the
ruins of his parents' old house when Voldemort tried to kill him in the first place. He has
also nearly died and risen again several times: after his showdown with Professor
Quirrell, with the basilisk, and with Voldemort himself at the end of Book 4. In this case,
however, Harry's rebirth is more metaphorical. When Professor Dumbledore meets with
Harry in the second-to-last chapter of the novel, Harry finally vents all of his frustration
at the situation in which he's been placed. It's like the lancing of a wound, and all of the
dark resentment and suspicion against Professor Dumbledore that he has been bottling
up comes spilling out.
By the end of the meeting, Harry has come to some kind of peace that soothes the
violence of his grief and bitterness. He begins to return to the Harry Potter we know and
love: older and wiser, perhaps, but less gloomy and angry than he has been throughout
Book 5. Accompanying Harry's own emotional rebirth is Fawkes's physical rebirth:
Fawkes took the Killing Curse meant for Harry and returns to a venerable, ugly chick.
Harry has been broken down emotionally and is taking the first steps to learning to trust
Professor Dumbledore and his friends again.
 Opinion (supported with examples and facts from the story) 

It’s still a very good read and a much improved book the previous adventure. This book
is certainly worth anyone's time and like all the books in the series does not really allow
for skipping as there is critical content in this book for the rest of the series.
 Conclusion (announcing whether the filmmaker was successful in his/her
purpose, re-state your evidence, explain how the motion picture was helpful for
providing a deeper understand of course topic)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a fantastic book that I remember enjoying
far more than Goblet of Fire. This book nicely sets up the next two installments and
develops the characters in a believable manner. All of J.K.'s tools Rowling's use of key
factions to move the story forward and integrate them into the storyline, rather than just
sequences, was really well done. This novel tells Harry Potter as he is went to visit by a
group of wizards and then goes to Sirius Black's house, which serves as the Order of
the Phoenix's headquarters. The Order of the Phoenix is a group of wizards led by
Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts. This group is devoted to ensuring that
Voldemort never increases to power again. However, the Order must operate in secret
to avoid detection by the Ministry of Magic.
This book will give you chills, such as when Harry is forced to write with the Black Quill,
a creation of the heinous Dolores Umbridge. The Black Quill is a form of torture
because it doesn't require ink and instead writes with the user's blood. This quill will
scar the palm of your hand, and if you continue to use it, the scar will become
permanent.
But there is some journey in this book as well. For example, in one section, Harry Potter
has to duel to the Ministry of Magic headquarters, but instead of driving, he takes a
Thestrals, which is simply a flying horse. Harry Potter also employs telekinesis by
teleporting from fireplace to fireplace. With a slew of suspense, this book is a must-read.
So I'm going to give Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 4/5 stars.