Synopsis:

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is respectively out of date and non-consistent with the rest of the series. When Alfonso Quaron took over the helmet in the Prisoner of Azkaban he gave the series what they so desperately needed: a gritty, realistic atmosphere in an elsewhere magical fantasyworld. I took Alfonso's approach to CoS, and touched upon the movie with completely new sfx, music, effects, color grading and countless other updates.

Intentions:

As a continuation to Sorcerer's Stone, the Chamber of Secrets has been remade into a completely new experience with; new music, new color grading, new visual and audio effects, tighter editing and thousands of other updates and changes. This has turned the tone of Chamber of Secrets - just like Sorcerer's - into a narrative and cohesive story that fits much better within the rest of the franchise. As explained above, I wanted to make the Chamber of Secrets - just like my previous edit, Sorcerer's Stone Revisited - fit with a narrative and tone that fit the rest of the franchise much better.

Change List:

Chamber of Secrets Revisited V2/V3 in 16:9 and with mentioned changes (previous page) is now releasing within a few hours. Major changes are: 16:9 / IMAX Format Film color graded to look like a mix of PoA and CoS original grade, as to have the grading evolve through the films; SS -> CoS -> PoA (colorful but darker - CoS, more thematically greener and darker to suit the Snake theme - PoA, a little bit more colorful but contains its original grade). Hogwarts Castle carefully crafted to be more gray rather than orange or brown, as to fit with the castle in PoA and onwards. Skies are now blue rather than purple (most movies shot on film before '02/03 have this issue where blue skies turn into purple due to no digital color grading as is the common practice now). Keep the narrative focused on Harry and his story, rather than the occurence of two side-plots (Colin and Ron’s letter). Prolonged reacion shots or close-ups (as are very frequent in Columbus’s slower children movies) are now shortened and/or sometimes removed as to keep the film(s) flowing at an improved pace. Helps the films feel more attuned to an also more grown-up audience. The Whomping Willow sequence completely changed visually, to match with its location in PoA. The sequence is also re-arranged and even expanded on, + continuity errors are fixed (like flipped shots or broken continuity). New Establishing Shots of Hogwarts, to set the mood and make the viewers invest more in the tone of the film as well as get a feel of the Castle and its size. A lot of new sound mixing, to set a new and darker tone to the film. Quidditch re-arranged, missing sound SFXs added (the bludger has two missing SFXs in the movie that always bothered me) and more. The Riddle Flashback / Diary Memory majorly altered with visual trickery, a new and scary soundmix and better pace. The exterior at night Hogwarts windows are now blue/green and dark as in PoA, OotP and HBP, rather than purple and bright. The Harry and Draco duel paced and altered. Prolonged Duel soundmix. It imo feels more impactful and that more is at stake. Harry talking to the snake has a new soundmix and improved pacing. I want it to feel impactful and scary. Harry in the Library Study Group has a new and scarier soundmix, as well as trickery to the visual astetic as the original scenery feels dull and empty imo. The “Hagrid with the trio in his hut at Night” sequence is majorly altered, with new establishing shots (to match with the Hut’s location in the following films) as well as to craft a more atmospheric tone. New soundmix and an improved pace. The Forbidden Forest sequence altered. Some music removed as to allow the audience to feel as if they are in the forest with Harry and Ron. Many instances of a dumbded-down Ron are removed. This also includes all but one instance of Harry yelling at Ron in this film. There are a total of FOUR outbursts from Harry to Ron in CoS. Now there are only one, and more fitting imo. Third Act of the film majorly altered. Removed too much of the re-used Philosopher’s Stone OST and introduced a new and fitting soundtrack instead. Voldemort and CoS’s themes are kept intact. New soundmixes, alterations to pace and more as well. Tom Riddle / voldemort deepfake morph (made by me) as the Diary is being ruined by Harry. I want Voldemort’s (SPOILER!) hidden piece of soul to emerge for continuity and foreshadowing reasons. Ending is paced better, with a quicker emergence of the final scene with Hagrid in the Great Hall (which is also paced better, removing overly long shots and even some re-usage of same shots) as well as redundant reaction shots. and then about a 100 or more changes I’m not going to mention here. Apart from very few changes to the scoring of CoS - as I want CoS to keep its musical identity as all HP films have one, pace and cuts from the original CoS Revisited are mostly present.

Additional Notes:

Sorcerers Stone, Chamber of Secrets and all through to Deathly Hallows will have new versions. This is to have more detail in the footage whilst editing, and therefore be able to manipulate both the color grading and the quality to better match the rest of the series in both color and visual tone. Also, the 4k uses the 35mm as the master instead of the DVD upscale that the Blu-Ray is. Therefore, we get the original colors to play with. The edit are also undergoing massive changes in terms of visual effects, like The Whomping Willow sequence in Chamber of Secrets (which is completed). Goblet of Fire and Half-Blood Prince also have huge narrative changes.

Other Sources:

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2

Special Thanks:

- Scar (for another, amazing cover art!) - ... and my entire "fanbase", if to call it such. Every single one following the thread has given amazing ideas and feedback, and made it possible for me to create - what I think - is the best way to now watch the Chamber of Secrets.