Warner Brothers Studio Tour in London

Today me and the rest of my Media class were fortunate to visit the Warner Brothers Studio Tour in London and have and insight into the making of Harry Potter. There we were able to interact and take pictures with various props from the film such as the flying vehicles and even try the fictional drink "Butterbeer".We also had the chance to enter the famous assemly hall from the film where various crops were displayed as well as the clothing worn by the actors in the film, here we were told that the flooring actually used the same stone floors used in castles rather than other materials because it was long lasting, since the that particular set needed to last 8 films and endure the large amount of people walking on it during those years.

 One of the most exciting aspects of the visit, was the fact that we had a chance to dress up like the characters in the film, get on a broom and have professional looking photo of us taken using green screens which placed us in various different locations in the film by changing the background.

 However the department that caught my attention the most was the art department. It was an amazing experience to see how much detail they placed on every architectual model for every different building and location for the film in order for it to enhance the realism of the story especially the large scale model of Hogwarts. Not only models of the buildings but also the different character models created, each with its own characteristic which portrayed each characters own personality making these fictional creatures look realistic and come to life.