Every Change Made to Hogwarts During The Harry Potter Films
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- Опубліковано 2 чер 2024
- In this video, I take a deep dive into every change made to Hogwarts castle throughout the eight Harry Potter films. Using floorplans of the castle, I focus in on how specific areas change and evolve and examine some of the reasons why. I also touch on how the castle was brought from the page to the screen and how the design team changed their approach to the castle over time.
00:00 Introduction
00:15 Hogwarts Castle from the page to the screen
02:02 The Herbology Greenhouses
02:53 The Quidditch Training Grounds
04:01 The Whomping Willow
04:34 The Prisoner of Azkaban Expansion
06:29 The DADA Tower, the Dark Tower and the Astronomy Tower
07:24 The Transfiguration Courtyard
07:52 The Chamber of Reception and the Entrance Courtyard
08:54 The Deathly Hallows Changes
10:23 In Conclusion
The Philosopher's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince and the Deathly Hallows all brought their own changes to the castle, it's architecture and layout. Some of these may have come from the visions of Chris Columbus, Alfonso Cuarón, Mike Newell and David Yates. But also from the excellent production design from Stuart Craig and his team. Harry Potter is a film franchise based on JK Rowling's books and starred Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and many more SEO friendly search terms.
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Hi, I'm wondering do you have the floorplan's available for download anywhere?
The Hogwarts castle in Hogwarts Legacy is the definitive version imo, has the perfect balance from everything in the films and books.
YES I was coming to comment this. They masterfully married Hogwarts from all of the films to the way it is described in the books and came up with something truly amazing
The only thing I would add structure wise to the Legacy version would have been the tower inspired by Alnwick castle where the West Tower and Care for Magical Creatures class is.
It would have been a welcome addition to the castle
For the horrible bastardisation of the best part of the castle - the clock tower, no it is not so in my opinion.
Actually ruins any leftovers of my willingness to some day play this game.
@Halo_Legend Wait... what? The clock tower is in there. Theres actually something you have to do with it for a side quest
@@toriandtillyhe said it was bastardized, not that it wasn’t there.
No change is crazier than the entrance courtyard bridge orientation change lol
I love the major expansions they made to the castle in Prisoner Azkaban, especially since it was early enough in the series that the majority of the films featured that design, but the changes for Deathly Hallows to the viaduct and grand staircase were too drastic for the final film.
Yes exactly, that's why the long bridge scenes looked weird to me and couldn't pin pointed where.
I saw more are the magic of Hogwarts was disappearing and lost of innocence , because of the dark days
@@michaelrodriguez8581 Not only loss of innocence, but loss of actual buildings ;)
I think that was a different staircase
I loved what the Grand Staircase looked like in DH. The rigid structure to the mirrored the rigid authoritarianism brought on by the Death Eaters.
As a kid, I always just liked to imagine that some brave Hogwarts employees took some shovels and moved the whomping willow in between years 2 and 3.
And maybe they had to soothe it to sleep like Fluffy
And Dumbledore had to intervene in a massive ugly brawl between the construction union tackling all the castle remodeling and Professor Sprout & Madam Hooch that resulted in his face, vocal chords, and robes being fucked up so badly he needed drastic reconstructive surgery over the summer, which was why he looked and sounded different from PoA onwards.
@@skinnysnorlax9356 And Madam Hooch died
Then you remember there is also a secret passage below its roots that has been there for 40 years...
@@skinnysnorlax9356 still not as bad as Professor Flitwick quietly being replaced by a guy less than half his age...
Azkaban Hogwarts was the perfect Hogwarts for me personally.
With all those old Scottish stones sticking out the ground, and all the amazing lighting they used. I agree
Fun fact: Azkaban made the least money out of all the films.
@@ttt-id9oo we may not have gotten a second Cuaron Harry Potter (I don't think he was really interested in doing another one either), but the producers clearly liked the direction he took the series in because pretty much all the films that follow take after Azkaban in their tone and production design far moreso than the two Chris Columbus films.
It might not be the best straight adaptation, but Prisoner of Azkaban nailed the aesthetics in a way that none of the other films ever did. It toned down the overly whimsical and almost artificial look and design of the first 2 movies and made everything feel more grounded and lived in whiles still feeling plenty magical and mysterious, unlike the later films that got rid of too many of the fantastical aspects and made everything in the wizarding world feel far too modern.
The most drastic change was in Prisoner of Azkaban, by far. It felt so strange when I watched the movie for the first time. Not only the castle but the whole terrain was completely different.
The terrain, the ambience, the music, the color palette… Everything changed in that film and forward
@@SEELE-ONE Yes! Everything. At first I thought the composer changed too but it was still the same John Williams from the two previous movies. So even those who were already involved in the previous movies had a part in the change, not only the new director. Prisoner of Azkaban was a reimagination of the saga. Like an alternate world of Harry Potter in a multiverse. I like to imagine how would it be if all of the movies were directed by Alfonso Cuaron, especially the first two movies but also the subsequent ones. The next directors tried to keep most of the changes made by Alfonso Cuaron but they also left their marks. Every director of Harry Potter movies promoted their own particular vision of the wizarding world.
@@eduardosantinfinatto6611 to be honest, I never liked the direction Cuarón gave. I would’ve rather preferred they stick to what was being established in the first two films or made a slower transition into the darker tones of subsequent books. As it is, it felt more like a tonal whiplash
@@SEELE-ONE It was always the plan that the movies would get darker, and you can see a difference in tone between the first two films. But I agree Film 3 went too far, so they actually had to reverse direction and get a bit lighter for the later films. I wasn't a fan of the silent movie touches, which added nothing and didn't fit. Also, Cuaron failed to give Michael Gambon good direction as Dumbledore, and it wasn't until Order of the Phoenix that he was properly reined in.
@@ThreadBomb Prisoner of Azkaban was the only film in which Dumbledore was accurate to his characterization in the source material the whole way through (with the exception of the gag where he taps Ron's broken leg...which is minor and excusable).
I definitely knew SOME things changed but I couldn't even imagine it changed THAT much, so props to the film makers for making it somewhat seamless
My headcanon for the changes of the castle is that the castle itself changes it's layout when required.
Maybe there were more students that had herbology so 2 additional greenhouses "magically" appeared. And maybe the castle anticipated the huge fight so it changed the entrance court.
I compare it a little bit to the room of requirement, which changes based on the needs of the person.
I like little head cannons, but I always found it easier to imagine that the last version we met of Hogwarts just override the previous versions. I like the thought though that the castle somehow may just mess with the students/faculty every year by changing the placement of some classrooms, bathrooms, and dorms.
wasnt it also mentioned in the books that Hogwarts is always forever slightly changing and morphing
canon is the spelling
@@DefenestrateYourself whoops lol
If the castle changes through years then how would maruders map would work ? Will it change to
I'm in love with the castle architecture and I think the designers did a marvellous job bringing it to life based on real british architecture, it looks the same time ancient and mysterious but also cozy and welcoming. Hogwarts itself is kind of the star of the movies for me, a place I feel deep sense of longing for and wish it was real.
I really wish they'd kept the 'Alnwick Block' in the Quidditch training area - it's such a wonderfully irregular shape and breaks up the castle's layout nicely.
It's really fun to imagine what Hogwarts would've looked like on screen if all the books were competed prior to the start of the filming process. A lot of the changes wouldn't have been needed. It's really interesting to see how Hogwarts evolved throughout the project. Love this video! Can't wait to show my kids ❤
The thing with the statues outside the great hall, you see so many reactors watching deathly hallows part 2 and they’re amazed and emotional about the statue guards finally being able to do something and protect hogwarts. There’s the consensus that they’ve always been there so it was so mad a couple of years ago when I noticed they don’t actually appear at all until deathly hallows. They’ve always felt like they’ve just been there for the whole series.
I remember as a kid I was such a Potterhead that I could draw a version from every movie from memory and I did not think that the external changes of Hogwarts Castle 🏰 interested anyone as much as me.
Thank you for a little return to childhood. I subscribed 😉
I normally would be slightly annoyed with such changes to a major set in a movie series, but in terms of Harry Potter I find it actually fitting that the castle can be changed depending on specific needs and requirements for each year.
Yeah if you can get away with it in any movie it would be the one with the Magical school that’s almost sentient.
i like to believe Hogwarts changes like the stair cases when students are away for summer, because the castle itself is the room of requirement, it knows what teachers require space and expands the castle to accommodate them
Makes it a bit annoying though. Imagine spending a whole year adapting to the layout of the castle, only to come back the next year and no longer know where everything is.
@@TyrantJaeger its probably why ron and harry get lost all the time
So Hogwarts is a "Castle of Requirement"?
@@LinkTheFusky They only got lost the first month or so.
Thats stupid
Another real life location in England, other than Alnwick Castle, Durham Cathedral, Gloucester Cathedral and multiple locations across Oxford, that was used prominently in the films was Lacock Abbey:
- The “Chapter House”: Mirror of Erised room (Philosopher’s Stone), Study Room (Chamber of Secrets) and the room where Snape and McGonagall examine the cursed necklace (Half-Blood Prince),
- The “Sacristy”: Professor Snape’s Potions Classroom (Philosopher’s Stone),
- The “Cloisters”: Hogwarts Hallways (Philosopher’s Stone and Chamber of Secrets),
- The “Warming Room”: Professor Quirell’s Defence Against the Dark Arts Classroom (Philosopher’s Stone).
Many other locations featured in the Harry Potter films in the medieval village of Lacock too. Plus there are some interesting lesser known locations that stood in for Hogwarts too, such as the “Dean’s Staircase” at St Paul’s Cathedral, London (Divination Staircase), or the “Fourth Form Room” at Harrow School in London (Charms Classroom).
You know, seeing the changes now, I can’t believe I hadn’t noticed them before. I wasn’t very observant as a kid. Seeing all the changes discussed in the video astounded me.
What I would like to see is a very detailed analysis of Hogwarts in the order of the phoenix and half-blood prince games. Meticulously comparing every single room, corridor, courtyard etc. with its movie counterparts. Maybe sprinkle some information on how each location is connected to the next, and as a bonus if it’s consistent with the book. This easily makes 40 minutes of content, so splitting it into shorter videos and making it a series would make it manageable
That's a good idea!
Coming from someone who works in this industry, this is fascinating what you've put together here. Bravo sir 👏
This is probably an unpopular opinion but… IT’S A MAGIC CASTLE! I actually love every time it changes. It’s similar enough that it feels like the same place, but when you can do pretty much anything with a wave of a semi-sentient piece of wood then it would honestly seem diminished if the castle was the same every time we saw it. We know from thee Goblet of Fire that the inside of a place need not match the outside (the Weasley’s tent that they borrowed which means it’s not even the nicest available). If all 142 staircases inside can and do adjust their destination seemingly at random, why wouldn’t a random tower spring up or the entrance sprout a viaduct? I hate when people apply muggle logic to wizard architecture
This Channel is seriously underrated with the production quality and narration you provide . Also loved your video👍👍
Thank you 😊
Very very well made! Thank you for walking us through :D
I’m in love with this channel. Thank you for putting these hogwarts codes together 😀
No problem, glad you've enjoyed the channel!
Amazing video thank you for making ❤
Congrats on this great work!
This channel is really cool, I love hearing about all the different changes. I didn't really notice them when watching for the first time, but looking back it was obvious how different things had gotten.
Thanks!
great video man, loved it
this was so well done thank you for this awesome content
Thanks!
Great recap...deserves a follow. I have subscribed.
Very interesting video, well done!
super fun and interesting video!
Absolutely love your videos man! So interesting to see all the changes! I think I truly fell in love with Hogwarts during POA. Where do you get all these blue prints ?
Thanks, glad you've enjoyed them! Some of the blueprints were released online and some are on display at the Warner bros studio tour. A guy who is building hogwarts in 3d made a really handy blog where he found some of them. If you Google Hogwarts in 3d floorplans then it might come up. I just then filled in the gaps and drew on top of them to create a clean layer.
FINALLY someone I can talk to! I'm so glad you put these videos out there! It seems we've been living parallel lives. I've been obsessed and peeved with Hogwarts and it's ever-changing architecture as well. I could literally talk about it for HOURS!!! It's a beautiful edifice but the logistical concerns from a book readers standpoint have always bugged me but I've just learned to say "cuz magic🪄✨" and live with the paradoxical inconsistencies of the films... 🤦🏾♂️
Glad to hear it! Yeah I've tied myself up in knots in the past about inconsistencies too, like how often the interior doesn't match the exterior or changes are made. But the magic excuse is what you have to fall back on 😂
You've been a great deal of help in helping me chart inconsistencies to make an unofficial grand map of Hogwarts that takes into account all the film ret-cons. Wish me luck! 🤞🏾
Genuinely can’t believe that I didn’t notice this many changes as a kid 😂😭♥️ great video !
What a wonderfully made video! You absolutely deserve lots of subscribers & monetisation. I have a feeling that a rapid growth of your channel is inevitable😁
Immediately subscribed after your first Hogwarts Legacy video. I absolutely love your Hogwarts explanations and analyses. You're the only youtuber that explores the castle in-depth. Thank you so much for your amazing content. Very much looking forward to your next video and good luck with the subscriber goal!
Thanks, I really appreciate that!! Fingers crossed
Great video! Loved it. Truly a Hogwarts Expert
First video of yours I've seen, earned a sub easily. Thanks algorithm
Thanks!
I learned a lot and enjoyed this video, therefore I subscribed. :) Thank you.
Hope your channel grows more
Well since i've watched all ur Hogwarts vids and liked them i will subscibe. Good luck with getting the 1000.
Glad you liked them, really appreciate that!
I went to Alnwick castle and I felt so proud going around all the locations where they filmed the scenes.
what a fab video!
What a great video
maaaan! respect to you!:)
the small viaduct doesn't get replaced, they just add a long one to the entrance courtyard too.
Amazing how I never noticed anything, but makes sense considering the scale of the castle, really feels like a big place.
I cannot get enough of these Hogwarts videos! These are the best videos I've watched in ages. I'm so happy to see others like me!
Regarding the entrance to the Gryffindor Common Room: I much prefer that they moved the entrance to the Grand Staircase in POS, but if you watch during the scene where the boys are eating the wild candy that makes Neville sound like an elephant, the camera zooms out of the boy's dormitory window and it's the tower to the right of the hospital wing when viewing the castle from the front. Why move the entrance directly off the staircase and then in the same movie make the dormitory all the way in that tower? I'm so flustered thinking about it again.
I could’ve watched an hour long version of this! It’s so fascinating! I always thought the castle changing every year was strange and annoying, but you’re right, they always got the vibe right
Great video, Ben!! Whether or not you end up changing the title of your channel, I'll continue to be a loyal sub / viewer.
That's really nice, thanks!!
It’s really interesting to see how they’ve used some of these features and adaptations for hogwarts legacy too! Great video 😁
Half blood prince is the definitive hogwarts, it looks perfect. It’s what I wish we could have gotten in hogwarts legacy. There’s something really off about hogwarts legacy’s astronomy tower, it really should have been the tallest building on their model.
Great video, I've always been interested in Hogwarts.
I didn't see your subs count when I watched this video, and when you at the end said "I wan't to reach 1000 subs", I really thought you meant 1000K as in 1.000.000, due to the fact that this video was so well made. Countinue doing what you are doing, and be sure that you earned a new subscriber in me. Have a good day!
Great video as always man! It's so interesting to see how much Hogwarts changes in a decade. A video I'd love you to make is what your dream Hogwarts is. What features from the films (or even the books) would you have?
Thanks! My favourite incarnation is definitely Half Blood Prince, it kind of replaced my vision of hogwarts from the books so I find it hard to picture any other version. Hogwarts legacy could change that because the interpretation in that game looks amazing. Hbu?
@@hogwartsexpert | Sounds good! As controversial as this may be, the DHp2 version of Hogwarts is my favourite, albiet my personal changes would be:
(DANGER: LONG AND OBNOXIOUS COMMENT)
1) The Viaduct - There are 2 of them; the old viaduct from PS to HBP, and the new one with a pathway leading to Hogsmede Station and perimeter walls so that it's not just a flawed defense mechanism for the plot convenience of DHp2. 🤣
The Training Grounds - While partially swallowed up by the hills, the CoS version of this area and its corresponding tower remain in my ideal Hogwarts, but with small gothic features to match the rest of the school (e.g., the turrets becoming more spiked).
The Quad - A theory going around is that the Quad was sunken to basement level in the first 3 movies. I think this is a really unique idea and want to include it. The only difference is the second Boathouse pathway seen in the OotP and HBP games.
The Bell Towers and Greenhouses - The greenhouses are moved to the side of the Long Gallery and take on how they will look in Hogwarts Legacy, while the bell towers obtain their own courtyard, with curvy pathways leading back into the Training Grounds.
The DADA/Astronomy Tower - The books mention 5th Years witnessing Hagrid being attacked from the Astronomy Tower by members of the Ministry (I could be wrong), so the entire thing is inverted for that to happen. Also, the Chamber House from Durham Cathedral (where the Transfiguration lessons were filmed) is situated at the bottom of this tower since I couldn't plot the room anywhere else.
The Lookout Tower - Remember that wide tower on the corner of the Quad, connected to the Stone Bridge? Given the description of Ravenclaw Tower, I personally think the DHp2 version of the Lookout Tower is where that is.
With the exterior done, not much really changes on the interior except for the Grand/Marble Staircase. My headcanon would be that the Grand Staircase looks how they do from PS - HBP and they just stopped moving for the Battle, so extra steps were added to get around easier.
Long? Yes. Imaginative? Yep. That's my dream Hogwarts. lol
Awesome video! Growing up I was obsessed with the small changes made throughout the movies. Most changes are fine because they're relatively small and it's a magic castle. BUT the grand staircase change in the last movie was really jarring and I think a wasted opportunity for a cool set piece on the moving stairs.
Great video, I’m in the middle of building a Lego moc of hogwarts starting with the great hall, have the blueprints book, but trying to build something that fits across all the movies is a challenge, not so much for the great hall itself, which is largely unchanged (except for the hogwarts teachers dias which changes almost every film) but for the entrance / anteroom which changes radically between movies! Look forward to the next video!
I love this channel dedicated to Hogwarts
I couldn’t image, the Hogwarts legacy team having the highest challenge trying to stay true to the HP fans considering the books ideas of the layout VS all the changes that happened during the films visually. Hats off to them for the coming to the end result.
Great video!
I am impressed by your video! First time when I came across this changes was when I wanted to rearange my LEGO hogwarts probably
That was a video is was looking for! I’m not a huge fan of Harry Potter to be honest, but I have tons of respect for the movie production.
First time I saw Defense against dark Arts abbreviated to DADA and i fricking love it
I'd love to see you analyse the Lego Hogwarts microscale set that they released a few years ago, talking about how close they got it to the film version and which film version it best resembles
My favorite model of hogwarts is the half-blood-prince model, it just feels very nice and polished off, except for one thing, the training grounds tower, it’s just a ripoff bell tower and it doesn’t have the as much magic, because it used to be a giant structure in the first movie, now it’s just a little tiny tower
Edit: something you missed was the lookout tower, which I think only changed in the deathly hallows, to an open tower instead of a generic hogwarts tower
god I have been waiting for years for this video to arise in my recommendations
When I revisited the books I could help but picture the castle from the movies in my head
Love the video man! Some hopefully helpful advice I think you should either keep your current channel name or if you really want to change it maybe change it to something less Harry Potter specific. With or a more neutral name it opens your content up to a more diverse range of topics which would probably benefit you and your channel in the long run. Completely your choice of course. Only you know what works best for you and your image.
Side note: On the subject of the Grand Staircase in The Deathly Hollows I think that the tower moving upwards would probably look the same with the moving staircases and all. I think they just showed what the bottom floor looked like in those two films. I could be missing something though, if I am I would love to know if you have any insight on that.
Thanks, that's true, it does force the channel to be only hogwarts content which could be tricky! The moving staircases could be the same above yeah but originally they went all the way down to the great hall, whereas in deathly hallows there are the new large staircases going up from the great hall
@@hogwartsexpert yeah I noticed that, one of the many minor changes in the series. Luckily it worked for the film.
@@AustinNGrayson Perhaps you could name your channel after the cult horror film Castle Freak :)
I always wished we, as the viewing public, could at least see 2-D CAD drawings to help in understanding the castle layout. As someone who does 2-D CAD for a living, whenever I had visited the 'Making Of....' tour, any drawings shown at all were high up on walls and just part of the overall decor rather than artefacts in their own right. Many is the time I have wished to thoroughly survey that scale model at the climax of said tour - ah, but a lass can dream - great vid, thanks.
You should do the changes Hogwarts went throughout the PS2 games, the interiors especially are wholly different from the movies
I looked into this once but I never realised the pc games were completely different than console and it all got super complicated 😂
@@hogwartsexpert Yeah, which is why it's better to stick to the console versions since they actually follow the movie external model lol
@@yrooxrksvi7142 that might be the way to go then! I'll have to credit you 😂
@@hogwartsexpert Hahaha Thanks
The change in the Gryffindor entrance always intrigued me. Many of the others (except maybe the greenhouses and the viaduct) I missed entirely.
On the first watch I notice some changes certainly, but the range of rearrangements is bewildering to see 🤭
Personally I just imagined Hogwarts to be so massive in size mostly, that the new parts and buildings and courtyards and so on were always there but never relevant until they were shown. And it's a magic castle in the end 💫😄
The only one I really noticed, and was bothered by, was moving Hagrid's hut and the Whomping Willow down a huge hill. That was glaringly obvious. The rest were more subtle or could fall under the "magical location" reasoning in my head 😂
Other little Easter Egg IMO is the fact that it’s the half-blood prince version of the castle that is still featured at WB studios in London. They new Diagon alley set is directly based on the one in the London studio tour as well-why we have a pink quidditch shop.
Hello nice video there. Quick question where exactly is dumbledore's office, is it at the astronomy tower?
Its actually really surprising finally realizing all the changes made through out the movies especially with how a lot of these changes drastically alters the overall design of the entire castle.
This is a bit of a niche interest, but one I very much share. It's such a good design, the films hit it out of the park with it, I think. Ideally they'd have used the HBP design from the beginning, but only the first 3 books were out when they designed the castle originally, I imagine. It's such a good design that even the games use it (even if it's not entirely obvious at first, like with PS/CoS PC).
I have a similar (and 1000x more niche) interest in the Egg Carrier from Sonic Adventure. It's one of my favourite settings from a game, and it's used well to tell a story through gameplay.
Yeah if all the books had already been released then we probably would have got something closer to HBP at the beginning, true. It's definitely a fun topic even though it's niche hahah!
@@hogwartsexpert Niche things are usually the most fun! It attracts people who are properly interested/engaged, so you're rarely gonna get someone who doesn't pay attention.
They did the best they could with the information they had, definitely. Hogwarts' design is fantastic.
This makes so much more sense I was like where is the bridge from the final battle?????
I wish I could get a download for that model or prints of the blueprints
The chamber of reception was actually shown in the goblet of fire in the second task scene
super cool that Hogwarts Legacy both includes the chamber of reception together with entrance courtyard
Where can I find all of the castle blueprints shown?
Hey where’d you get the sweater? It looks great
It was an honest question 😭I want to buy it
4:05 I dubbed it the 'Wandering' Whomping Willow when i saw it had moved.
That long viaduct that was changed in deathly hallows will be my personal hell
Like the castle from PoA to OotP.
I thought by removing the Quidditch Training Tower in HBP and replacing it with the smaller bell tower made the castle look a lot smaller.
The design and position of the Astronomy Tower could have been places more in the corner of that courtyard.
I do like the DH entrance viaduct and courtyard though.
The castle grounds change in Azkaban were very confusing for me at the time. They have gone from big courtyard-style garden into the woods with stonewalls to pretty mutch completly open, kinda mountainous terrain which leads to Hagrid, the woods, a massive lake and god knows. That was an extremly hard change, but i guess it couldnt be avoided as explained.
The layout of my high school was a bit confusing because of the random arrangement of classrooms and signs that are outdated but imagine trying to work or study in a school that won't stay with the same layout for very long?
as a long time fan I have never once noticed any change in the castle
Something I want to know in Legacy...Is there a room behind every window you see? or is there some space you can see from the outside you can't access from within?
I think there is a lot of empty space, particularly in the towers (there are only rooms on one side of the S-shaped corridor high up in the Grand Staircase tower, for instance). Some rooms may also be bigger on the inside than the outside.
The Azkaban castle with the viaduct added in 7 and its perfect and the owlery from 4.
question, the official hogwarts noble collection model doesn't have the astronomy tower in hbp, so is the noble collection model based off the hogwarts in poa?
For a lot of these, I didn't realize at all that they were supposed to be redesigns of existing places. I just thought the movies kept showing more and more rooms and courtyards of a presumably massive castle
I always like to think that hogwarts was essentially a living entity and it constantly changing
was due to it simply wanting to move around, finding the most convenient form for the students
and staff to access places easier yet it always did it subtly as to not distract or scare anyone.
the entrance courtyard in front of the great hall is also in movie 3 - you said its appearing in movie 4 tho
A certain location that the books mention almost in the same frequency and number as some of the other important locations within the Castle boundary like The Great Hall and Hagrid's hut, is the 'Entrance Hall'. But it is really surprising that none of the films ever showed such a location. (Or did they? Did I miss it?)
My head cannon is that Hogwarts as a magical castle changes each year to suit the needs of that years students/teachers.
Hogwarts is magic. It changes for the needs of the wizards. I always looked at it as they rebuilt it on the off months when the students were at home.
My mental image of Hogwarts from the books was always much more blocky than the films. Hogwarts was one enormous building rather than a collection of towers separated by bridges. This was because of the way Rowling described the floors of the castle. At one point I read it had “seven floors” in line with her love of the number. Dumbledore warning students away from the third floor corridor in the first story is confusing in a castle with a dozen different towers. Be more specific Albus. Third floor of which tower?
Since the castle is full of magic I always figured the castle sometimes remolded itself before the start of the school year