Last Sunday mum and I went to The Making of Harry Potter Studio Tour. We were lucky as it was all Hogwarts in the Snow ready for Christmas. It’s a place that’s better shown than described, so here’s ample photos:
Left to Right: Entrance outside; Entrance Inside with Christmas Tree; Gift shop; Collection of Wands in Gift shop; J.K. Rowling Quote; Cupboard Under The Stairs.
Left to Right: The Great Hall Entrance; Inside The Great Hall; Gryffindor uniforms; costumes for Hagrid and Flich; costumes for Mcgonagall, Dumbledoor and Snape; Sedway, Moody and Trelawny.
Left to Right: Cloke of Invisibility; Yule Ball costumes; Ron’s Yule Ball costume; More costumes; Harry Potter’s costumes; a flaming Christmas pudding.
Left to Right: Gryffindor door common room (top two); Gryffindor dormitories (bottom two).
Left to Right: clock; Wizard’s Chest piece; Wall of Decrees and long ladder; Various magical props; stairwell; Mirror of Erised.
Snape’s (and Later Slughorn’s) Potion class set.
Left: Portraits. Right: Animal Actors.
Dumbledoor’s Office.
Various Doors.
Left to Right: Quidditch display; Horcrux display; Room of Requirement Deatheater prop; Moody’s chest; Remus Suitcase.
Showing how the special effects were made.
Top: The Burrow (two photos). Bottom: Malfoy Manor and Umbridge’s Office.
Top: Might is Magic Statue and Ministry Entrance. Bottom: Ministry interior and Prophecy ball props.
Left to Right (Outside): Me in a Waterproof poncho; Potters’ Cottage; Hogwarts Bridge; The Night Bus.
Left to Right: Various Goblin heads; Fawkes the Phoenix (two photos); Greyback’s face; Werewolve; various props (including Dobby’s head).
Various Magical Creatures.
To scale Actor/Actress Models.
Diagon Alley 1.
Diagon Alley 2: The Weasley’s.
The level of detail for the films was incredible. Design sketches, paper models, product design – everything designed from scratch based on the books.
The Finale – Hogwarts Castle with Snow and a Quote from J.K. Rowling.
We had a great time with The Making of Harry Potter Studio Tour exceeding expectations. If you’re a fan of the films, I recommended you go. It shows you how the films were made, but somehow doesn’t mean that they loose their magic.
