Again, I was watching the movie (3rd & 4th) and in some scenes there would be modern props like a telivision, a 2000 car, or they would be wearing clothes that any average 2006-2007 person would wear. But in other scenes (usually the ones inside Hogwarts) there would nonmodern props. Like instead of lightbulbs there would be candles.
2007-03-20 14:50:29 · 13 answers · asked by Andilara 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
it's in the mid-90s since the characters were born in 1980. you're right, their clothes look modern, like the ones we'd were now. don't think they thought about that... Kayden's right, muggle things won't work in Hogwarts. remember Ron or Hermione saying that Colin Creevy must've bewitched his camera to work inside the school.
2007-03-20 15:03:44 · answer #1 · answered by girl23 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Harry Potter is set in modern times. The books are supposed to span his life at Hogwarts over 7 years at school. The candles and all the other "old" things at Hogwarts represents the fact that the magical world is an old one and doesn't need the modern trappings of the "Muggle" world. Why turn on a light when you can use magic to light a candle?
2007-03-20 17:31:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Harry Potter is basically fantasy, just like Peter Pan. It begins in a particular time period, modern day, and then reverts to fantasy. The Hogwart Academy is only for training magically gifted children, perhaps that is why the set inside the school has candles and other objects that suggest a supernatural feeling. Remember Harry was asked to join this school because of his parents, who he later finds out did not die in a car crash.
2007-03-20 15:07:34 · answer #3 · answered by musica1 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's 1980s-90s.
Harry was born in 1980, so he'd have started attending Hogwarts in 1991.
Hogwarts is run on magic, not electric -- I beleive I read at some point that nothing 'muggle' works on Hogwarts grounds.
2007-03-20 14:54:17 · answer #4 · answered by Kayden 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think it's set in the early 1990s or something.
and muggle inventions do not work inside Hogwarts. that's why there are no lights or phones or computers in Hogwarts.
2007-03-20 15:01:13 · answer #5 · answered by mesquitemachine 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Modern day, but the "Magic" Hogwarts stays in old time "more resonance" period. This was when magic was believed more! :) Hope this helps!
2007-03-20 14:54:55 · answer #6 · answered by Tenrten 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's based in the time period that it's written in. the reason why they have non-modern props is because no electric (muggle items) can be used on the school grounds
2007-03-20 15:08:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hogwarts is supposed to be a very very old school. And the old "feel" of it makes it seem somewhat capable of teaching "wizardry."
2007-03-20 14:55:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is set in present time. the reason you don't see modern conveniences in Hogwarts and anywhere in the magical world is that they don't work around magic.
2007-03-20 14:56:02 · answer #9 · answered by Belinda J 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's set in the early-mid 90s.
2007-03-20 14:58:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋