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Harry Potter
Harry Potter: Magical Film Projections: Patronus Charm
Using black line illustrations on framed acetate pages, this enchanting book allows fans to project their favorite scenes from the Harry Potter films at home with a flashlight.
Expecto Patronum! Discover the powerful Patronus Charm that Harry Potter and other wizards and witches use to produce a magical guardian. In a dark room, shine a light through the window on each page of this unique book to project incredible scenes on the wall or ceiling. Read along and experience magical moments from the Harry potter films like never before.
Expecto Patronum! Discover the powerful Patronus Charm that Harry Potter and other wizards and witches use to produce a magical guardian. In a dark room, shine a light through the window on each page of this unique book to project incredible scenes on the wall or ceiling. Read along and experience magical moments from the Harry potter films like never before.
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16 pages, Hardcover
Published July 4, 2017
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July 8, 2017
This is the second book in the Magical Film Projections range and if you're familiar with the previous book (J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World: Magical Film Projections: Creatures) then you'll know exactly what to expect from this one. In case you haven't come across these books before let me give you a brief overview. These books don't really include much reading material but they do contain 6 illustrations printed on clear plastic (along with a blank sheet for you to draw your own image on). The idea is to shine a torch on the plastic sheet to see the image projected onto your wall or ceiling. Kids can then use the sample text included or their imaginations to act out popular scenes from the books and movies.
In this case the scenes all relate to Patronus Charms so it includes: Professor Lupin protecting Harry from the Dementors on the Hogwarts Express; Harry learning how to produce a Patronus in class; the stag Patrous Harry creates when he travels back in time with Ron and Hermione; Hermione's Otter Patronus; Luna with her Hare Patronus; and finally Professor Snape with his Doe.
I had more success getting the images to project this time around (I was a little disappointed with the first book). I'm not sure if that's because I've had practice or whether these images just come up clearer but I found holding the torch further away from the book produces a better image. I still found the pictures went blurry if I tried to make them too large but I think kids will have a lot of fun playing with these books anyway. As a huge Potterhead and someone who has collected an unreasonable amount of HP merchandise this was a great addition to my shelves.
It wasn't easy to take photos but I wanted to give you an idea what to expect from the book so I've done my best:
Professor Lupin protecting Harry on the Hogwarts Express
Harry learning to conjure his Patronus to fight the Boggart in class
Harry's Stag Patronus
Hermione's Otter Patronus
Luna and her Hare Patronus
Professor Snape and his Doe Patronus
Source: Received from Walker Books in exchange for an honest review
In this case the scenes all relate to Patronus Charms so it includes: Professor Lupin protecting Harry from the Dementors on the Hogwarts Express; Harry learning how to produce a Patronus in class; the stag Patrous Harry creates when he travels back in time with Ron and Hermione; Hermione's Otter Patronus; Luna with her Hare Patronus; and finally Professor Snape with his Doe.
I had more success getting the images to project this time around (I was a little disappointed with the first book). I'm not sure if that's because I've had practice or whether these images just come up clearer but I found holding the torch further away from the book produces a better image. I still found the pictures went blurry if I tried to make them too large but I think kids will have a lot of fun playing with these books anyway. As a huge Potterhead and someone who has collected an unreasonable amount of HP merchandise this was a great addition to my shelves.
It wasn't easy to take photos but I wanted to give you an idea what to expect from the book so I've done my best:
Professor Lupin protecting Harry on the Hogwarts Express
Harry learning to conjure his Patronus to fight the Boggart in class
Harry's Stag Patronus
Hermione's Otter Patronus
Luna and her Hare Patronus
Professor Snape and his Doe Patronus
Source: Received from Walker Books in exchange for an honest review
January 9, 2022
I really want to give 5 stars, and maybe it is user error.... but I've tried different regular flashlights, my cell phone flashlight etc. and I can get the picture on the wall but it's very fuzzy unless I move really close (with the picture getting smaller and smaller). The overall quality of the book is very nice and maybe I need to try something else? The room is pitch black so I know light isn't the issue.
July 23, 2020
Interactivity - 3 ☄
Overall - 3🌟
Overall - 3🌟
March 23, 2018
3.5 stars
April 17, 2018
(pictures on my blog)
This is the second Magical Film Projections kit I have with a Harry Potter theme, this time focusing on the Patronus Charm. The book is a hardback A5ish size which opens up with the spine at the top rather than the side. The book pages which are made of thick card are ring bound rather than glued in, which helps you to flip each page over and hold the book almost back-to-back.
The idea of this book which is really a fun kit is that you can have fun projecting images onto your walls while reading some of the text on the page. The book has 6 thick pages of pictures to project, each one focusing on a scene in Harry Potter where the patronus charm is used or shown. What you are supposed to do is to flip this book so the hardback covers are as close together as possible (they won’t fully touch each other though) and then stand the book up in this way. There’s no way for the pages to hold open and I found that the book wouldn’t stand up without me placing it on a rough surface such as a blanket rather than a smooth table top.
Once you’ve put the book into this standing position you are supposed to take one of the pages and stand it up so it sits above the book. There is a clear acetate window on each page with a picture from Harry Potter. The pictures are from the films and as I said all feature the Patronus Charm. Below each picture is a piece of script from the movie, just several lines which you are supposed to have fun reading aloud with friends while looking at the projected image.
To project the image onto the wall you simply take a torch, I used my phone’s torch, and project it onto the acetate, pointing it towards a wall where the picture should appear. You should experiment with how close you are to the acetate with the torch or how close the overall book is to the wall as this can affect the size and some of the sharpness of each image.
Unfortunately I did run into some problems with this kit especially projecting the images. Just like the first Harry Potter film projection kit which featured Creatures, I found it hard to get a real clear image. No matter how close or far the torch and wall were and whatever angle I pointed the torch at, the pictures were always a little fuzzy. It comes from a sort of shadow, like each picture was made of two images overlapping slightly. Although you could still clearly see what the pictures were showing it’s a shame that they came out so blurry and it’s an issue I hoped would have been fixed with this second in the series released book. Standing the book up has it’s own problem too. Without a band to hold the covers together (when stood up) the book kept folding back down flat. I did fix it with a blanket as I said but it’s a shame as even the blanket sometimes didn’t hold the book and I was forced to put objects either side of it to stop it slipping back flat. Apart from that I also found I couldn’t stand up the card pages very well without holding them with one had to that they pointed at the correct angle to the wall.
The back page has a clear acetate window for you to create your own patronus charm, there’s even advice on how to come up with the charm if your mind is blank on what to draw. You can them project this image onto the wall too!
Overall this is a fun kit which I’m sure any Harry Potter fan would love. I’ve given it three stars based on how well the kit works and the fact that I’m not a massive fan of Harry Potter (though I do like it – just not a huge fan). However if this was a projection kit of one of the things I am crazy about then I would probably rate it higher, as any Harry Potter fan probably will!
-Thanks to Walker Books for a free copy.
This is the second Magical Film Projections kit I have with a Harry Potter theme, this time focusing on the Patronus Charm. The book is a hardback A5ish size which opens up with the spine at the top rather than the side. The book pages which are made of thick card are ring bound rather than glued in, which helps you to flip each page over and hold the book almost back-to-back.
The idea of this book which is really a fun kit is that you can have fun projecting images onto your walls while reading some of the text on the page. The book has 6 thick pages of pictures to project, each one focusing on a scene in Harry Potter where the patronus charm is used or shown. What you are supposed to do is to flip this book so the hardback covers are as close together as possible (they won’t fully touch each other though) and then stand the book up in this way. There’s no way for the pages to hold open and I found that the book wouldn’t stand up without me placing it on a rough surface such as a blanket rather than a smooth table top.
Once you’ve put the book into this standing position you are supposed to take one of the pages and stand it up so it sits above the book. There is a clear acetate window on each page with a picture from Harry Potter. The pictures are from the films and as I said all feature the Patronus Charm. Below each picture is a piece of script from the movie, just several lines which you are supposed to have fun reading aloud with friends while looking at the projected image.
To project the image onto the wall you simply take a torch, I used my phone’s torch, and project it onto the acetate, pointing it towards a wall where the picture should appear. You should experiment with how close you are to the acetate with the torch or how close the overall book is to the wall as this can affect the size and some of the sharpness of each image.
Unfortunately I did run into some problems with this kit especially projecting the images. Just like the first Harry Potter film projection kit which featured Creatures, I found it hard to get a real clear image. No matter how close or far the torch and wall were and whatever angle I pointed the torch at, the pictures were always a little fuzzy. It comes from a sort of shadow, like each picture was made of two images overlapping slightly. Although you could still clearly see what the pictures were showing it’s a shame that they came out so blurry and it’s an issue I hoped would have been fixed with this second in the series released book. Standing the book up has it’s own problem too. Without a band to hold the covers together (when stood up) the book kept folding back down flat. I did fix it with a blanket as I said but it’s a shame as even the blanket sometimes didn’t hold the book and I was forced to put objects either side of it to stop it slipping back flat. Apart from that I also found I couldn’t stand up the card pages very well without holding them with one had to that they pointed at the correct angle to the wall.
The back page has a clear acetate window for you to create your own patronus charm, there’s even advice on how to come up with the charm if your mind is blank on what to draw. You can them project this image onto the wall too!
Overall this is a fun kit which I’m sure any Harry Potter fan would love. I’ve given it three stars based on how well the kit works and the fact that I’m not a massive fan of Harry Potter (though I do like it – just not a huge fan). However if this was a projection kit of one of the things I am crazy about then I would probably rate it higher, as any Harry Potter fan probably will!
-Thanks to Walker Books for a free copy.
June 24, 2017
* ABOUT THE BOOK CONTENTS:
Essentially this book is more for the fun of projecting images onto your walls than reading it.
The book contains 6 pictures: drawings in black ink on transparent plastic panels, which you can then shine your torch through, to project the black outline onto your wall or ceiling. The pages are made of thick card-like paper and feel of high quality.
The included images, drawn in a realistic style, are:
1.) Professor Lupin holding a wand on the train with Harry in the background
2.) Harry holding a wand out at a Boggart
3.) A stag patronus
4.) An otter patronus
5.) Luna and her hare / rabbit patronus
6.) Snape and his doe patronus
Below each drawing is a short snippet of text from the books which is the moment in the Harry Potter series that the picture relates to.
(Side note: Personally I think it would have been a better idea to release versions of the full Harry Potter books with some of these plastic panels inside so that you can bring the magical story to life as you read it using the projections, rather than having the images in a completely separate book.)
At the end of the book is a blank plastic panel which you can draw in yourself with a non-permanent dry-wipe marker (not included) to make your own images to project, which I thought was a fun idea.
* ABOUT HOW IT WORKS IN PRACTICE:
I found that the success of the projection depended on which torch or light I was using. Some LED torches weren't strong enough and only produced a very fuzzy faint image, whereas very strong lamps I used were much better at producing a strong, bold projection. I found that the further I held the page from the light source, and the closer to the wall I held the page, the clearer the image was.
* OVERALL:
A fun, outside-the-box idea. More of a projection-toy than a book really! Considering you only get 6 picture projections to play with, it's a little expensive for what it is (although I can understand the price too, seeing that the materials used for this hard cover book are of high quality and the design of the book is beautiful).
This book may be fun for Potter enthusiasts and collectors.
You may be interested in reading some of the reviews of the other Projection book in the Harry Potter series ("J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World: Magical Film Projections: Creatures") to see what other people thought of this kind of projection book too.
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Thanks to the publishers for providing me with a copy of this book for honest reviewing purposes.
Essentially this book is more for the fun of projecting images onto your walls than reading it.
The book contains 6 pictures: drawings in black ink on transparent plastic panels, which you can then shine your torch through, to project the black outline onto your wall or ceiling. The pages are made of thick card-like paper and feel of high quality.
The included images, drawn in a realistic style, are:
1.) Professor Lupin holding a wand on the train with Harry in the background
2.) Harry holding a wand out at a Boggart
3.) A stag patronus
4.) An otter patronus
5.) Luna and her hare / rabbit patronus
6.) Snape and his doe patronus
Below each drawing is a short snippet of text from the books which is the moment in the Harry Potter series that the picture relates to.
(Side note: Personally I think it would have been a better idea to release versions of the full Harry Potter books with some of these plastic panels inside so that you can bring the magical story to life as you read it using the projections, rather than having the images in a completely separate book.)
At the end of the book is a blank plastic panel which you can draw in yourself with a non-permanent dry-wipe marker (not included) to make your own images to project, which I thought was a fun idea.
* ABOUT HOW IT WORKS IN PRACTICE:
I found that the success of the projection depended on which torch or light I was using. Some LED torches weren't strong enough and only produced a very fuzzy faint image, whereas very strong lamps I used were much better at producing a strong, bold projection. I found that the further I held the page from the light source, and the closer to the wall I held the page, the clearer the image was.
* OVERALL:
A fun, outside-the-box idea. More of a projection-toy than a book really! Considering you only get 6 picture projections to play with, it's a little expensive for what it is (although I can understand the price too, seeing that the materials used for this hard cover book are of high quality and the design of the book is beautiful).
This book may be fun for Potter enthusiasts and collectors.
You may be interested in reading some of the reviews of the other Projection book in the Harry Potter series ("J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World: Magical Film Projections: Creatures") to see what other people thought of this kind of projection book too.
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Thanks to the publishers for providing me with a copy of this book for honest reviewing purposes.
June 24, 2017
This small flip book collection contains 6 plastic images representing scenes from the Harry Potter books/movies, with a focus towards various characters and their patronus; there is also a blank page for you to create and draw your own patronus. The idea is that, by holding a torch against each plastic image you can project these images onto the wall or ceiling to have your imagination play out the scenes as you read along (there are small bits of dialogue accompanying each image but as you can imagine, this is a bit tricky to read in a dimly lit room so this part is fairly redundant).
The book has all the same drawbacks as its counterpart "Magical Film Projections: Creatures" in that it is tricky to actually make the pictures appear sharp on a wall unless you are quite close (or have bunk beds and can use the ceiling). But I think the idea is really fun and something Potter fans will enjoy; it does have a slightly more juvenile feel to it so it is probably best suited to a younger audience, but if you've got a great imagination I think it adds a different dynamic to storytelling and reading. The pictures won't be anything that big fans won't have seen before, but it is something different to interact with a bit more. Equally I think the quality of the pictures is good, and they do genuinely capture the nature of each scene nicely - it's just a shame they become a bit distorted or blurry unless you're basically hugging the wall! So, as with the previous book - this may still be a concept best utilised in the cupboard under the stairs!
Thanks to the publishers for providing this product free of charge in exchange for an honest review.
The book has all the same drawbacks as its counterpart "Magical Film Projections: Creatures" in that it is tricky to actually make the pictures appear sharp on a wall unless you are quite close (or have bunk beds and can use the ceiling). But I think the idea is really fun and something Potter fans will enjoy; it does have a slightly more juvenile feel to it so it is probably best suited to a younger audience, but if you've got a great imagination I think it adds a different dynamic to storytelling and reading. The pictures won't be anything that big fans won't have seen before, but it is something different to interact with a bit more. Equally I think the quality of the pictures is good, and they do genuinely capture the nature of each scene nicely - it's just a shame they become a bit distorted or blurry unless you're basically hugging the wall! So, as with the previous book - this may still be a concept best utilised in the cupboard under the stairs!
Thanks to the publishers for providing this product free of charge in exchange for an honest review.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 29, 2018
A very cute staple for HP fans. This series of projection books offer see-through pages with black line illustrations, in which a light can be placed behind and projected onto the wall. Although this series offers little in the way of reading material - simply taking passages from the series and adding illustrations - it is still beautiful and brings the series to life. My partner and I had fun projecting this and reading the passages aloud in voices for each character! Would definitely be perfect for kids :)
December 11, 2018
A fun and simple addition to any Potterhead's collection of everything Harry Potter. Don't expect much text to read here, though! (Also, the projected pictures may be blurry depending on distance between torch and book, size of projection, etc etc.)
August 22, 2023
Pages transparentes à éclairer avec une lampe de poche pour projeter au mur. Extraits des livres concernant le patronus. Possibilité de dessiner son propre patronus sur une page transparente à la fin pour l'éclairer ensuite.
December 19, 2019
A really neat concept, but the “projection” doesn’t work very well.
January 10, 2021
Suka sama bukunya... ilustrasinya keren... covernya juga bagus, hardcover dan ring binder... cocok untuk dikoleksi pottermania...
January 29, 2023
I'm not sure whether it's just me, but I don't think the illustrations are very visible. Perhaps I made a mistake, but yeah. When you read it with friends, the book is interesting and a lot of fun.
May 4, 2023
I got this as a gift and it’s so great.
December 31, 2023
A very nice collection of patronous moments with vivid images on your wall. Very sweet last page.
March 12, 2019
Je me suis bien amusée avec ce livre et Doudou aussi. Petit à petit je lui fais découvrir l'univers HP, et même si ce hors série est à partir de 8 ans, il l'a apprécié. On a sorti ma baguette et on a tenté le sortilège de Patronus !
Un joli album avec des claques (ce n'est peut être pas le bon mot et je m'en excuse), ce qui rend la lecture ludique. On apprend comment lancé le sortilège ultime contre les force du Mal, celui dont Harry se sert au bord du lac pour se sauver des Détraqueurs ! Et les plus jeunes, comme les plus vieux peuvent s'éclater à rejouer les scènes.
Encore une fois, c'est un cadeau parfait pour un Pottermaniac ou pour parfaire l'éducation Poudlardesque d'un tout jeune haha
A la fin vous pourrez dessiner votre propre Patronus. Le mien est un requin. Mon chouchou depuis toute petite. Et vous, quel est votre Patronus ?
EXPECTRO PATRONUM !
Un joli album avec des claques (ce n'est peut être pas le bon mot et je m'en excuse), ce qui rend la lecture ludique. On apprend comment lancé le sortilège ultime contre les force du Mal, celui dont Harry se sert au bord du lac pour se sauver des Détraqueurs ! Et les plus jeunes, comme les plus vieux peuvent s'éclater à rejouer les scènes.
Encore une fois, c'est un cadeau parfait pour un Pottermaniac ou pour parfaire l'éducation Poudlardesque d'un tout jeune haha
A la fin vous pourrez dessiner votre propre Patronus. Le mien est un requin. Mon chouchou depuis toute petite. Et vous, quel est votre Patronus ?
EXPECTRO PATRONUM !
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