J. Rowling - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Flash cut—An extremely brief transition shot, sometimes as short as one frame

High wide—The camera is placed above, “looking down” on the subject or scene from a wide angle

Hold on—The camera rests on a person or object

Int.— Interior ; an indoor location

Jump cut—Cutting from one important moment to the next from the same angle. This transition is usually used to show a very brief time-lapse.

Montage—A series of shots in a sequence condensing space, time, and information, often with music accompanying it

O.S.— Off-screen ; action that takes place off-screen or dialogue that is spoken without seeing the character on-screen

POV— Point of view ; the camera films from a particular character’s point of view

Pan—Camera movement involving the camera turning on a stationary axis moving slowly from one subject to another

Sotto voce —Spoken at a whisper or under one’s breath

Time cut—Cutting to later in the same scene

V.O.— Voice-over ; dialogue spoken by a character not present in the scene on-screen

Wide shot—The camera shows the entire object or human figure, usually intended to place it in some relation to its surroundings. It is often used to set the scene of the film.

Warner Bros. Pictures Presents

a Heyday Films Production

a David Yates Film

FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM

Directed by

David Yates

Written by

J.K. Rowling

Produced by

David Heyman P.G.A., J.K. Rowling P.G.A., Steve Kloves P.G.A., Lionel Wigram P.G.A.

Executive Producers

Tim Lewis, Neil Blair, Rick Senat

Director of Photography

Philippe Rousselot, A.F.C./ASC

Production Designer

Stuart Craig

Editor

Mark Day

Costume Designer

Colleen Atwood

Music

James Newton Howard

STARRING

NEWT SCAMANDER

Eddie Redmayne

TINA GOLDSTEIN

Katherine Waterston

JACOB KOWALSKI

Dan Fogler

QUEENIE GOLDSTEIN

Alison Sudol

CREDENCE BAREBONE

Ezra Miller

MARY LOU BAREBONE

Samantha Morton

HENRY SHAW SR

Jon Voight

SERAPHINA PICQUERY

Carmen Ejogo

and

PERCIVAL GRAVES

Colin Farrell

J.K. Rowling is the author of the bestselling Harry Potter series of seven books, published between 1997 and 2007, which have sold over 450 million copies worldwide, are distributed in more than 200 territories and translated into 79 languages, and have been turned into eight blockbuster films by Warner Bros. She has written three companion volumes to the series in aid of charity: Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in aid of Comic Relief, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard in aid of her children’s charity Lumos. Her website and e-publisher, Pottermore, is the digital hub of the Wizarding World. She collaborated with writer Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany on the stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two , which premiered in 2016 in London’s West End. J.K. Rowling is also the author of a novel for adult readers, The Casual Vacancy , and, under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, is the author of three crime novels featuring private detective Cormoran Strike, which are to be adapted for BBC television. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is J.K. Rowling’s first screenplay.

This book was designed by MinaLima, an award-winning design studio founded by Miraphora Mina and Eduardo Lima, who were graphic designers on Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and on the eight Harry Potter films.

The cover and illustrations in this book were based on creatures in the story and inspired by 1920s decorative style. They were drawn by hand and finished digitally in Adobe Illustrator.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two

Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne

A new play by Jack Thorne

The Tales of Beedle the Bard

Quidditch Through the Ages

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This digital edition published by Pottermore Limited in 2016

Published in print in the U.S.A in 2016 by Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.

Text © 2016 J.K. Rowling

Cover artwork and interior illustrations by MinaLima © 2016 J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts Publishing Rights © J.K. Rowling

HARRY POTTER and FANTASTIC BEASTS characters, names, and related indicia are trademarks of and © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.

J.K. ROWLING’S WIZARDING WORLD is a trademark of J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.