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.
Last weekend mum and I went on a coach trip to London. The Saturday we went shopping, I bought a few Christmas presents and tried on some silly hats:
A Collage of Me in Silly Hats (click for full size image)
Then we went to the hotel. It was a Holiday Inn and I was reasonably impressed. It was clean, had friendly staff and had everything we needed. Here are some photos:
A Collage of the Hotel (click for full size image)
The Sunday we were going to The Making of Harry Potter Studio Tour and were well excited about. I’ll blog about Harry Potter Studio Tour and share photos in my next post.
Mum and I are off to Harry Potter Studio Tour this weekend! So expect a Harry Potter Studio Tour-related blog post sometime next week with plenty of photos. Without realising when we booked the trip, we also get to see Hogwarts in the snow.
The coach trip includes: Harry Potter Studio Tour tomorrow, a stay in a hotel overnight and some time to shop in London on Sunday.
