Harry Potter discussion

Maybe the wand movement was a movement used for all spells, but I took the movement to be used only for Winguardium Leviosa. Even if it isn't, don't you think its unlikely that they don't come across a spell with a different wand movement? And even if it is the only spell with a specific wand movement, don't you think Flitwick would mention it?

I agree that Winguardium Leviosa probably isn't the only spell with wand movement. I think Rowling explained one of the first spells they learned in detail so we know that you need to make certain wand movements for spells to work. But taking that much time to explain all the spells that pop up in the book would take up too much space and would probably get boring and redundant because wand movement isn't important to the plot, characterization, etc...

Well you know how they learned how to make spells silent? They prob learned how to make spells without movement.

Well we don't really know if in the books they didn't use different movements, Rowling might just not have mentioned them. All we know is that in the MOVIES they didn't use movements, and the director might not have had the same thing in mind as J.K. Rowling.

@topbookreader... i think thats true. there werent other parts when it was important. in the books there are only so many spells they use. im sure in the thousands of spells that rnt mensioned there must be others

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix:
'"Silencio! SILENCIO!"
The raven cawed more loudly.
"It's the way you're moving your wand," said Hermione, watching Ron critically. "You don't want to wave it, it's more of a sharp jab."'(Rowling 375)
We often don't remember passages like these. That's probably why your question was formed. The movies didn't pay attention to the detail, much unlike Rowling who lavished her novels with detail.

expeliarmus requires wand waving and in order to cast crucio u need to move the wand away and expecto patronus demands the wand to circulate in order to cast it

Maybe it's like a musical baton, depending how fast or furious you want the spell to come out, that's how you wave your wand. Depending on the different complexities of music/spells, you have different movements. When you play a piece that is four four, it's easy going, and you only make four baton movements, when the music is two four, you make less baton movements and the piece is move serious and faster paced. That's what I sort of think, but other people have very good ideas too. :P