My family and I have been Potter-heads for most of our lives. I have read all of the books back to back, and I have seen every film at least three times! I have owned many of the props since I was little, including Hermione's paris hotel las vegas wand , the Marauders map , a time-turner , and even a Hogwarts Robe of my own (which I have long since grown out of, but I still kept it until we left for Europe). The minute paris hotel las vegas that the Wizarding World of Harry Potter came out in Universal paris hotel las vegas Studios, we were there!
Recently, paris hotel las vegas something even more exciting paris hotel las vegas has opened! Now, just outside of London, they have opened the actual film-set for the Harry Potter films to the public! All the original props and pieces of set have been kept, and are now exhibited for all to see! It's at the Warner Brother's Studio Tour London.
Then you are let into a dark room with a group of about 15 other people, where you watch a short video about the history of Harry Potter . This video includes short interviews from a few people paris hotel las vegas who were involved in the making of Harry Potter . When the video is over, your tour guide comes in and introduces his or herself, and gives you a short summary on the magic you are about to witness.
The tour guide takes a few minutes to tell you about the Great Hall, how you are standing paris hotel las vegas in the exact set that was used in the films, how they did the special effects (i.e. the floating candles and the magic ceiling), and how the costumes displayed around paris hotel las vegas the edges were once worn by the actual actors.
Then he explains the rules of this tour (take as many pictures as you like, don't go past the boundary ropes, etc.), and finally he bids you good luck as he goes off to greet the next batch of people, for the rest of this tour is a go-at-your-own-speed sort of tour.
It was fascinating to see how they did all the special effects! Something very interesting that I noticed was that they used a lot of tricks in perspective. They would have something built very small, but when the whole frame was filled with the model, it looked full scale!
There were long corridors that looked really long, but just got very small very fast. It was really very interesting! paris hotel las vegas I especially loved seeing all these techniques, because I could figure out how to use them in my own videos!
They had props that were used by the actual actors in glass cases, and costumes that were once worn by the actors set up on mannequins. I was amused to find out how small the actors were in the first few movies!
I also found out a really interesting fact about the paintings throughout Hogwarts. Many of the paintings that weren't moving were based on some of the painters themselves! It was really interesting to see the pictures of some of the prop designers and crew next to the Hogwarts paintings of them, and how alike they were.
Inside this room were all the creatures. The making paris hotel las vegas of the creatures (like Dobby , the Gringotts Goblins, Aragog, and Buckbeak ) was all explained. There were so many amazing makeup effects, paris hotel las vegas materials, and hard work put into all these tiny little models.
Unfortunately, my camera ran out for one of the best bits… Diagon Alley ! It was all there in the flesh! It was an absolutely phenomenal piece of set. It was all there, the head on the Weasley's shop even tipped his hat! I was truly awed by this part of the tour, it was utterly astounding! I could've spent hours in this bit of the tour, it was too bad that we had to walk right through it. But it was nothing compared to what we saw next.
Last, but certainly not least, was the finale of the tour. Throughout the whole tour it was called "the surprise", and a surprise it was. It was the most spectacular thing I have ever seen. It was literally breath-taking, and I was completely awe-struck by it.
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