The Marauders | THE WOODS

❝For the first time ever, I had friends, three great friends. Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, and James Potter. I was terrified they would desert me the moment they found out what I was. But of course, they worked out the truth... And they didn’t desert me at all.❞
- Remus Lupin (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)
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Oh, wow. It's actually done and up? Wow.
I started this video about three months ago and worked on it pretty consistently since. It was basically done a few weeks ago, and then yesterday I decided to tear it all apart and redo and add a bunch of things. I'm really happy with the adjustments I made but I'm not sure how to feel about the overall video. It's nothing and everything I've ever wanted at the same time.
This is truly a Marauders-focused video (Lily, Marlene, and Mary are honourary Marauders - but I didn't have the room in this video to add in my Mary). I was tempted to add in more of the extended universe, but I felt it was important to keep to the core four. Hence why there's not as much of Severus, Regulus, and even a bit lacking in Marlene. Even Harry is barely in there. I have been working on a bigger extended universe video, I promise.
I know these Marauders videos have a circlejerk of information (all we do is inspire each other, huh?), but I find it super utterly important to mention the people who really brought this video to life. Alyssa, of course, who I credit with breathing air into this fandom. Lili and Aleks, for constantly pushing the boundaries of what they can make with Aaron's three scenes. Aminah, for yelling at me until I finish things. And the rest of my wonderful Marauders' squad for always being around and keeping the love alive. Thank you all.
The storyline of this video, as well as most of my Marauders themed videos, is loosely based on my screenplay. Check it out here! riseofthephoen...
Footage is from Harry Potter & various.
Music is The Woods by Hollow Coves.
Colouring is mine.
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[@SunnyVids]

The storyline of this video, as well as most of my Marauders themed videos, is loosely based on my screenplay. Check it out here! riseofthephoenixscreenplay.com/ Update: A team of us are working to produce a Marauders' Era/First Wizarding War series! You can sponsor the project here: patreon.com/riseofthephoenixscreenplay

[@alaniebieska9665]

I cried so hard I love it

[@Bellsilili]

zoé ... I literally forgot how to write, I don't know where to begin, how perfect is this video

[@pooftarts]

“I have a husband and a son who need me!” Is just perfection. PERFECTION. You’ve created something so beautiful and wonderful and absolutely enchanting. I’ve always felt touched by your videos, and this one doesn’t fall far from that. Your talent and ways of story telling are magnificent and powerful, bravo! 👏🏼🔥

[@AnneSoshi]

ok but HOW do you keep coming up with these???? literally making up scenes and those dope ass manips outta thin air like its no big deal im truly baffled

[@maelle__maximoff8660]

Pppppppp

[@maelle__maximoff8660]

Mm

[@ChaseDetrick]

I...cannot...what the fuck. This is the best marauders edit I've ever seen. The minips....the flashbacks of them when they're younger...the voiceovers...the MOOD. This is *art.*

[@AnneSoshi]

3:49 i went FERAL

[@SunnyVids]

uwu

[@stillhotterthanyours]

THE GHOSTS SCENE OH MY HEART, my heart that manip... I am shattered in the best way possible. I love our circlejerk so much.

[@lostbirdx]

I- I CAN’T EVEN- THIS IS SO STUNNING 4 MINUTES OF PURE ART IS WHAT IT IS AND THESE MANIPS?? H O W I AM SO EMOTIONAL NOW, THIS IS SO PERFECT IN EVERY WAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MURDERING ME

[@Bootylicious1p1]

It’s so sad that Sirius found his friends dead and didn’t get to watch his godson grow up because he was sent to Azkaban for something he didn’t do. 3:08 is so heartbreaking

[@CM-oc8lt]

The fact the whole fandom just agrees on who we would cast as the marauders 💀

[@MsSweetSerialKiller]

okay firstly the way you used the tolkien quotes genius absolute genius perfectly done then the lily and james dancing scene that’s the exact moment I combusted like death it came to me then im a ghost and the remus sirius letter scene genius again also absolutely loved how you used marlenes war quote this is perfection literal perfection

[@njcg3658]

Ik. I hadnt seen Tolkien before watching this vid and I srsly thought that they were parts filmed on purpose for the vid THATS HOW GOOD THIS IS

[@jessicaminer9935]

The prequel to Harry Potter fascinates me immensely! Which is odd given there isn't one exactly...such a deep connection, a brotherhood bond the marauders shared all misfits in their own way. The writing of characters not even alive...J.K.Rowling these books are your legacy. Lily, a muggle-born girl who is kind and gentle despite all the prejudices against her. James, a pure-blood boy who, like his best mate Sirius, should have ended up in Voldemort's rank beside Severus BUT CHOSE not to. Remus, a clever half-blood boy cursed with lycanthropy was befriended and found a home amongst other misfits and because of their loyalty to each other, became the most popular boys at Hogwarts of their time. Even Peter and Severus, though both detestable characters in their own right, fascinate me. Their complexity. How each character had qualities of good and bad because they were human. It is as Sirius states, "The world isn't split into good people and death eaters. We have all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the power we chose to act upon. That is who we truly are." At my core, I do think each of these characters fit this (to varying degrees and timelines, of course).

[@Nuclear_Whirlwind]

I can't. This is the best marauders edit ever. It's literally perfect. And right at the end, with James and Sirius when he says, "We'll meet again someday. Until then, Mischief Managed," *chef's kiss*

[@ghost.mp3944]

Muaraders are one of the best arcs of the Harry Potter series. R.I.P James Potter (Prongs) R.I.P Reamus Lupin (Moony) R.I.P Sirius Black (Padfoot) R.I.P Peter Pettigrew (Wormtail) I reckon you all are going to say Pettegrew was a traitor didn't deserver to rest in peace, but he spared Harry's life. He did something in the fight against Voldemort not only for himself.

[@jewel8482]

Tbh it was his arm that killed him, and that Voldemort gave him

[@tnsvoid9135]

I NEED A MARAUDERS FILM i love this btw

[@belovesick]

Zoé, what the hell??? I wasn’t ready. Love everything, especially the footage with them young, so good! 🤧💙

[@belovesick]

And the manip at the end, yup yup, kill me

[@stillhotterthanyours]

2:52 OMGGGG MY HEART SUCH A SMALL DETAIL BUT SO SO POWERFUL!!!

[@herzlak]

I solemnly swear that this is the best marauders era edit I've ever seen. You've outdone yourself once again!

[@Vivacious.rabbit]

I solemnly swear that no other video is upto that good. My god wow wow wow I can't even point out those special moments as they were so many. Ladies and gentlemen, this is what you call a masterpiece. I literally have no words. I'm just typing all that's coming to my mind. Extra perfect ending. And the most important thing is that the perfect sequences made it look so real.💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕 Please keep making these masterpieces .......................

[@dauntlessobrien]

THAT GHOST SCENE AND THE MANIPS OMG. SUCH PERFECTION. YET ANOTHER MASTERPIECE FROM ZOÉ

[@JustQuqi]

I was smiling until half way through the video then i started feeling sad and crying by the end. Thank you for the emotional damage.

[@MsSweetSerialKiller]

I CANT DO THIS???? THIS PERFECTION I LITERALLY COULD NOT MOVE MY HEAD AWAY FOR A WHOLE 4 MINUTES I CANNOT

[@lanijess9061]

i can confidently say that you’re carrying the marauders fandom on your back, and i wouldn’t love them as much as i do without all of your edits and writing

[@ch5635]

I love how this gives you a sense of their relationships and their bonds, but ALSO lets you see how dangerous their world was... all at the same time.

[@rosiez8058]

Whenever i see a marauders era fanvid with this fancast i know its going to be a work of art😩

[@Bellsilili]

and also appreciate how you included young marauders! i loved every second!

[@zuleymavalentin697]

this is literally the best editing i have seen about the marauders!!! Absolutely brilliant :)

[@moonchilde677]

It's been a while since a marauders edit or video hit me like that so thank you for reminding me how much they mean to me through this wonderful piece of art with beautifully put manips and emotions which leave you with an ache in your chest yet at the same nostalgically happy.

[@joyce-je6hr]

2:50 THAT SCENE WITH REGULUS OH MY GOD

[@HeartPhantom]

OH MY GOOOOOOD THE LAST MANIP AT THE END IN THE WOODS, IM DECEASED. damn all these manips. DAMN. YOU PULLED OUT ALL THE STOPS. GOD MY HEART. ITS FINE.

[@RekaCath]

This is absolutely amazing, I could feelt the goosebumps spreading over my body while watching this

[@Sinceritycloud]

I dont understand how a 4:07 minute long video could me feel emotions that i cannot even begin to describe... To say this is perfection, Zoe, would be understating it.

[@putrirahmadhani2572]

this is amazing 😭😭😭 I miss them so much this actually made me tear up so bad thank you for making my day better 😭😭💕

[@shatteredoutburst8694]

This is breathtaking. One of the best videos ever made. I just have no words besides that you got talent! This is perfect ✨

[@CrAZychicke]

Jeez Louise, that was flawless! I loved so much of this, I legit screamed when I saw aneurin, and the casting for regulus/peter omg. So many emotions rn, love, heartbreak, happiness in the face of darkness.. loved the parallels at the end.. the part with marlene and the key, marlene/sirius dancing, the manips, the mirror of erised, the quotes, the music was light and happy, but as soon as i saw james on the stairs, my heart always plummets to despair esp with sirius' reaction/quote - a masterpiece.

[@FlashakaViolet]

As usual, your marauder videos bewitch me. spectacular job. I smiled, I teared up, I intensely, vividly *felt* while watching this. And I'm pretty sure that's what art is supposed to do.

[@vibeswithhelena5759]

this is definitely my favorite marauders edit by far!! you really showed how they were just boys, just kids making jokes and memories and then the war took away their childhood and innocence. :(

[@earlwalker4668]

Excellent, now we just need a full length movie, like this!!!

[@Justalittlegirl23]

MY GOD!! This is probably one of the best Marauder videos I have ever seen! The editing, the manips, the scenes you chose! It was as if the clips truly belonged to the same movie/show. What more can I say? Amazing as always 🌠💕

[@Bellsilili]

You just made one of my favorites videos. So I think you know how I feel about this video. THANK YOU.

[@niamhmullarkey9367]

That was incredible. The best thing I've ever seen holy moly

[@cloisfan14]

THIS IS WAY TOO BEAUTIFUL ❤️❤️❤️

[@siriustqr]

my marauders obsession has made a comeback and remembered about this masterpiece

[@cirengranger]

this is so perfect oh my god??? also the way you edited FOUR MINUTES so flawlessly is just???? queen of vidders i think

[@MidnightPhenomenon]

That was spectacular! 👏 THANK you for blessing us with your talent those manips are insane

[@AlessaBelikov]

you are such a blessing😭😭 this video is FLAWLESS, all the manips are utterly incredible, I'm in awe

[@clairemintey8981]

i don’t think I’ve ever wanted a movie and a book more than the marauders

[@amnasalvatorexx]

ughh this is so so beautiful, i'm proud to say i made it 30 seconds without crying lol your amazing editing plus so many new manips, especially them as kids?? this whole video is just wow, p e r f e c t i o n

[@sigyn27]

Beautiful! And the colouring is gorgeous!

[@angelinakorsukova2164]

OH. MY. GOD... Just perfection!!! Honestly this is should be a movie! everything is so perfect!!! A+++ casting (I looove Sophie Skelton as Lily, the most perfect choice)

[@Estaaaas]

[@sunidhi9742]

It would be the trailer of the f**King movie we all wants so badly 🤧 #marauders ❤️

[@skaberchlyntarget1602]

THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL WORDS CANT EVEN BEGIN TO DESCRIBE IT

[@Georgia-xy2wl]

This was perfect timing and oh my goodness it was amazing. Crazy how characters that are barely described in the books and films can have such meaning in videos like this❤️

[@shortfilms8movies]

This is what i want the new harry potter hbp series to be about HANDS DOWN!!

[@CursebreakerYT]

this entire video broke me fully and then you had to throw in that last scene in the woods _i'mfine_

[@Lilylilie]

Wow!! Just wow!! Somehow every marauders video you make is better than the one before! I am mindblown by this work of art and craftsmanship!!! Well done!!!!!

[@drowinginoxygen]

So brilliant... I'm speechless. U did an incredible work!

I can't find enough words to describe this masterpiece... this is just amazing ! You're an inspiration to all of us and this video made me feel that this was all real, bravo !!!

[@Directioner168]

I'm shaking.. this one was epic. Truly epic. I'd love to see some more marauders videos. Thank you for this one❤

[@lxylx_y7412]

I swear this is so beautiful I’m crying now

[@delicatexmuse]

THAT WAS BRILLIANT. I'm absolutely floored by your skill with manips!

[@xosimplyvidsox]

It seems so legit, I'm shook! Your manips are brilliant and the editing is just gorgeous (as I probably said a dozen times before!) Amazing job👏

[@karlamachic3173]

I can’t even explain how perfect this is

[@laylaturk6345]

I can't.. this is the 6th time I've watched this IN A ROW..I think I fell in love with an edit now...THank you this is a MASTERPIECE

[@linbene5913]

every time i watch one of your marauders videos i have such a clear image on who they are and what they act like, what is their dynamice between each other, and i try to bury myself in ao3 fics, in search of the same atmosphere of laughter and mischief and dark academy and later hopelessness and misery and trauma of war that you have in your videos and nothing i read seems satisfying enough. which is why each and every single video of yours is both pleasure and torture for me -- pleasure because your style and imagination and craftsmanship embody everything i need from the marauders era, and torture because i am not able to dive deeper into this perfectly crafted universe via fics because i can't find anything character-driven, dark and realistic enough. thank you so much for these videos!

[@canadiandancer1019]

Whelp, just gonna have this on repeat for the rest of the day!!! You make honestly the most stunning Marauder videos ever! Someone needs to show this to one of the high-ups in the Harry Potter world!;)

[@everythingisblack]

Oh dear... I can't describe what I feel, because it's so much joy, excitement, inspiration, and pain at the same time. This masterpiece warms the soul! And it is so relevant in our time now, exactly what we all need to say "no" to war and endless killing, we need to fight and believe in something better and greater than us. I‘m impressed with this work. And manips incredible, as always. Thank you for such an amazing pleasure and a four-minute of adventure!

[@ophelia.2834]

I saw the preview and I was already screaming Just finished watching 4 minutes of this masterpiece and I'M SCREAMING EVEN LOUDER YOUR MARAUDERS VIDEOS ASDGHJHG I CANT HANDLE

[@agustinafurest8277]

Now I need a series with all of them!!! As always I'm totally in love with your edit 💕💕

[@kerryking2664]

This is absolutely brilliant! No words to describe how good this was 💕

[@sinosure7715]

THIS IS LITERALLY SO BRILLIANT!

[@carito24h28]

I can't believe I just found your talent! This is incredible!! Omg! I have Goosebumps all over. Suscribing NOW!

[@belle333black]

jfc how are you this good? Absolutely stunning.

[@AlixZouzou]

This song is so awesome it deserves nothing less than the Marauders ! Amazing work ❤️

[@knightlyss]

that was so stunning i burst into tears within seconds

[@mischiefmanaged5784]

This is the most amazing edit I have ever seen

[@georginanolla930]

I've never cried because of a video I'm sobbing.... 😢😭

[@antito7765]

i'm crying so much, i hate life so much. they didn't deserve so much pain in their lives

[@Mikurilla]

My heart literally stopped when I noticed that you had uploaded another masterpiece

[@naois]

how is this so perfect????? AAAAAAA

[@wren8423]

THIS IS SO FREAKING GOOD OMG I CANT-

[@thescarletfangirl9397]

Gorgeous!!!! Spectacular!!! Stunning!!! Magnificent!!!! Brilliant!!!! Breathtaking!!!!!! ♥️♥️♥️

[@Fandomcom]

This is so perfect, i can't even express how much i love it! I think i'm in a serious relationship with the replay button now

[@marketakucerova6949]

I am crying. They all died so so young...

[@AuroraGoddessOfDawn]

4 Minutes of absolut beauty. Thank you! This is what I needed right now especially from within the fandom, because I know (and I actually don’t really want to) that J.K. Rowling couldn’t give us this beauty anymore. Everything she does from this point on will just hurt my soul and I want to connect with the world of Harry Potter and not see her name next to it.. Thank you for creating this masterpiece and making me cry ugly but happy tears

[@RedWolf-bn9tk]

The end literally broke my heart. . .

[@neamisaofi]

THIS DESERVE MILION VIEWS

[@maybutnotaunt]

YOU'RE SO SO TALENTED I LOVE THIS SO MUCH WOW

[@helenmand]

Ooo wow... I'm out of words! Where do I start from? The manips? The storyline? I don't even know how to express myself with this masterpiece! Brilliant! You are so so talented!

[@danielaisabel4130]

This is the kind of quality, artistic, ingenious content I come to KZbin for

[@icupid123]

i just came across this and my jaw is DROPPED

[@saphywaphy9259]

I LOVE THIS SONG AND THIS VIDEO AHHHH

[@hannahfinch5213]

I cried out of happiness when I saw your choice of young Snape, Aneurin is perfect 🖤

[@joycevanoploo314]

How??? How did you manage to make something so stunning??? It looks so real I'm absolutely amazed

[@kaz2y548]

My spirits elevated then sank then elevated again in the span of four minutes

[@DJ_TamTam]

I swear I forgot how to breathe while watching this masterpiece❤

[@myself5941]

Wow... Just WOW... I'M SPEECHLESS

[@smilla_stn.8029]

I would literally sell my heart to watch the maurauders film

[@scarlettbunker355]

That was perfect. Pure perfection