LA Times Interviews the Costume Designer

Jany Temime, costume designer for "Deathly Hallows" (as well as "PoA," "GoF," "OotP," and "HBP") has spoken to the LA Times about the costumes in the wedding scene. Temime comments on the mood of that scene, and how it's the "last joyous moment in the franchise with all the battles, destruction and loss that follow":

“The film is so dark and the beginning of the really dark time, and it was the last opportunity to have something light and warm and funny and the last light tone before all the darkness,” Temime said. ”The terrible time follows. So it was very nice for us to give it the maximum. It’s like when you look at pictures of weddings right before the war. They look happy but there’s the edge to it, too. Like if you saw the film ‘The Deer Hunter’ and they had that wedding before everything got so dramatic. They are embracing life. When you are almost sure you are going to lose your life, you appreciate the moment and you live for the moment. That was my approach to that wedding scene of ours. Everyone is trying to get the maximum.”

Temime also discusses the design inspiration for Fleur's wedding dress:

“For the wedding dress, I wanted it to be a witch wedding dress but not a Halloween dress. The dress is white but it needed to have something fantastic to it. So there is the phoenix [motif], the bird, which is a symbol of love in a way because there is rebirth, love never dies, it is born again. So we have that in front of the dress to give a feeling of eternal love. It was the symbol of Dumbledore, too, but it is the symbol of love for the dress.”

Additionally, Temime comments on the overall aspects of creating costumes for witches and wizards:

“It’s a world parallel to us, it’s a secret society living next to the other world, our world. They have their way and their own culture but they cannot ignore the real world, they are next to it always. They constantly have access to it. So I looked at extreme cultures, or the fringe or the outsiders. Any parallel society, like the gypsies or political groups on the edge. They have their own way of doing things but they also live in 2010 and they cannot ignore what they see. So they have their pointed hats and their long robes and they have their couture, but they also have blue jeans. They have their traditions but they cannot ignore the modern world.”

LA Times Interviews the Costume Designer

I like this: Scholastic Interviews Dan & Emma

Scholastic has a new, very in-depth interview with Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) which covers a broad range of topics from the filming of "Deathly Hallows" to how they felt about the the film series coming to a conclusion. Both discuss the hardest action scene they had to film, and both mention scenes from "Deathly Hallows":

Q: In all the movies, there have been some amazing action sequences. What was the scariest stunt you had to do?
Emma: There's a scene where we're [trapped] in Gringott's Bank and Hermione has this crazy idea to jump on the back of a dragon. She's on this second story balcony and she jumps off the balcony onto the dragon's back and doing that stunt was terrifying because I essentially had to jump off—it was a mat that caught me—but just doing the jump and everything was pretty scary.

Q: Daniel, what was the hardest scene for you?
Daniel: To be honest, a lot of scenes I've completely forgotten about because you film something for 18 months, and if there's something in the trailer from the 1st month of filming, it's like, "Oh my God. I'd totally forgotten about the scene." I suppose getting beaten up by Ralph Fiennes [who plays Voldemort] in the 2nd part was physically quite demanding. What I love about that scene is that it's the moment that I've been wanting to happen for years. I've always wanted a moment when the magic is not enough and he just tries to kill Harry physically by beating him up. So that was a challenging scene, but I mean, there was a lot of physically challenging stuff in the film, but I love that. I love running up and down and falling over and getting hit around. I love all that.

Q: Who is your favorite character in this movie, other than Hermione?
Emma: I love Bellatrix. I think you will love Helena Bonham Carter [who plays Bellatrix] but just because she is so scary and crazy and evil and just the opposite of Hermione.

Both Watson and Radcliffe also discuss the make-up process for the Epilogue scene in "Deathly Hallows: Part 2":

Q: There is a lot of secrecy as to what your make-up looks like for the older versions of you. Can you tell us about what went into looking older?
Emma: It was a pretty lengthy process. I think it was like over 2 hours. But it was really subtle. They had like this thin film that they put on our faces which went into our wrinkles to make all of that happen. Really subtle details made a huge difference. I wore fake teeth and a wig, but it all looked really real, so it was cool.
Daniel: Obviously, I was concerned about the aging scene and I was concerned about how we were going to do it and everything, but I tell you the makeup looks fantastic. Particularly, I hate to say it, but I'm very pleased with my makeup. Harry ages much more flatteringly than Ron does. I think as soon as they presented Rupert with the fat suit he was like, "Make it bigger." We had great fun doing that scene and I think it turned out very well.


Q: What do you walk away with after 10 years, as an actor and as a person from the experience?
Daniel: As you said, 10 years, it's everything. I will never be able to watch one scene in any of these films without connecting it to the memory of that day on set or the memory of what was happening in my life. I walk away with a wealth of experience that actors would kill for in terms of the people I've been able to work with and watch and learn from, and the most amazing group of friends anybody could wish for, and I'm not just talking about the cast. So many of my best friends are in the crew, and these are people that I will know forever. I feel very, very lucky.

Q: Looking back, what one particular element would you redo?
Daniel: If I were young enough, I would probably go back and do the first 2 again. Because I still find those very embarrassing to watch. To be honest, I don't really look back on the films too much because I probably would just be sitting there going, "There is so much I want to change about what I've done."

Q: Do you have one standout memory from filming these movies?
Daniel: It's not necessarily my favorite memory because that would be too hard to choose, but one of the moments I had where I stepped back and thought, "No matter how long you act for in the rest of your career, you will probably never get something like this to happen again," was when I got to burst out of the water in the 6th film surrounded by a ring of fire. I think for a few years, I've taken for granted the fact that I get to play an action hero and it's very rare that actors get to do that and it's a lot of fun, so I'll miss that certainly.

Q: Emma wasn't able to change her hairstyle for 10 years because of filming so she cut off all of her hair after film wrap. Is there anything you weren't able to do because it conflicted with your character?
Daniel: Not particularly. I haven't really even cut my hair since we've finished filming to be honest. It's been growing and growing. I've always been. . . I was a lot less constricted than Emma has been probably in that respect.
Emma had sort of hinted that she was going to do that, so I wasn't as surprised as perhaps the rest of the world was, but I think she looks fantastic. It's a very, very cool haircut. But to be honest the girl could look pretty with a plastic bag over her head, you know. I mean, she's a beautiful girl, so any haircut I'm sure would look wonderful.

Q: Are there any souvenirs you took from the set?
Emma: Yeah, I took my wand, and I took my time turner, and I took a cloak, and that was about it really.

Q: Wizarding World of Harry Potter just opened and you had a chance to visit it. What was your favorite attraction?
Daniel: The dragon challenge. That was the best part. I did it 5 times. It was awesome. I was convinced that I wouldn't start feeling nauseous and then I really, really did, but it was just the coolest thing. I went on the front; I went on the back; I went at night. It was amazing. The Phelps twins (who play Fred and George) were on the other dragon and we saw our faces sort of steaming towards each other at 60 miles an hour almost gliding and then veering away sharply at the last minute. It was great.
Emma: Just stepping inside, they've done it on a small scale, so the level of detail is just amazing and it feels very authentic, which I was really relieved and impressed by. I loved the sweet shop because I'm big into sweets, oh sorry candy. The dragon ride was amazing— it was so good. I went on it like four times back to back. And also the themed ride; I actually got really emotional. Out of everything I was expecting to feel, I was not expecting to feel emotional, but I got really choked up because there's a hologram of the three of us that looks like we're actually standing there talking to you, which is really bizarre. The whole ride is a big going through taking all the best parts out of all the movies so it brought back so many memories for me, so that was cool.

Q: Emma, how would you describe Daniel and Rupert when you first met them and at the end of the series?
Emma: It's funny. It started out that Dan and I were the shy ones and Rupert was the talkative one, and then we seemed to swap. Rupert hardly speaks. You're lucky to get anything out of him these days, and then Dan and I do a lot more of the talking. Dan is really intelligent and very sweet, and Rupert just has a wicked sense of humor and he's very eccentric and very unique in the way that he does things. He's like a big kid. I feel like he'll never grow up, which I love.

Q: Have you ever had a young fan think that you really know magic?
Emma: Yeah, I've had kids be scared of me because I think they thought I was going to do something, which is kind of cute, which I love. It's so, so sad when kids lose their imagination.

Q: Would you ever date a Harry Potter fan?
Daniel: I wouldn't date someone because she was a Harry Potter fan. That would be, I think, the height of egomania. But yeah, absolutely, if the person in question would be able to see me as something other than Harry Potter, then I would see no reason, because the truth is most people are Harry Potter fans. It's hard to avoid them. Even girls I've been out with in the past have liked the films and loved the books, but it's certainly never been the focus of a relationship.

Additionally, both actors discussed a party Watson held to celebrate the end of filming all the Harry Potter movies:

Q: Emma, you threw a party for the whole cast on the last day. Can tell us about the festivities?
Emma: I threw a dinner. I just bought a new apartment in London. I tried to make it look really nice. I bought tons of flowers. I lit candles everywhere and everyone had place settings and I made food for everyone to come and eat and also I put together . . . I made like a book for everyone and I had silly questions like who was your first crush on the set? What was your best memory? What was your worst memory? Who was your favorite director? . . stuff like that, that's just really fun. And everyone had a piece of paper to write it all down, but we all discussed our answers and went around and listened to people's stories and what they remembered. It was just a really nostalgic evening basically, just all of us sharing stories. It was a really nice evening and it was warm weather, so we sat outside as well, and I bought disposable cameras for the tables, so everyone could use those, and it was just fun. It was just chill.
Daniel: It was lovely. It was fantastic. Emma cooked and she was very impressive. She was very much the hostess with the mostest. I've never had a dinner party in my life—the idea terrifies me, so I would have been so intimidated by that, but yeah, she got sort of the core of the young cast members and we all went round to her house and it was great. It was really, really nice, very dripping with nostalgia, all reminiscing about early days and how young and cute and innocent we all were. Yeah, it was a really, really good night and we were all very grateful. 'Cause to be honest with you, if you talked to me or Rupert, neither of us would have had the wherewithal to put together a dinner party, so the fact that she did was really appreciated.

Also, they were asked what they would do if J. K. Rowling decided to write another Harry Potter book:

Q: If J.K. Rowling called you up tomorrow and said, "I’m writing another book. I decided to come out of retirement and write more Harry Potter, would you want to star in that next movie?"
Emma: Oh my goodness. No, I wouldn't. It feels so complete what we've done. It would just be weird. No. No way. It would just be really strange.
Daniel: No, probably not is the answer because 10 years is enough. I think the films have reached a rather perfect and wonderful conclusion, and I have had assurances from [Rowling] that she will not be doing that.

I like this: Scholastic Interviews Dan & Emma

DH OffiicIal Site ^~^

http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/harrypotterandthedeathlyhallows/

DH OffiicIal Site ^~^

"Deathly Hallows: Part 1" to Feature D-BOX Motion Effects

Prepare to be shaken by "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" as Canadian company D-BOX Technologies Inc. announced on Wednesday that selected cinemas will feature its motion effects system. During certain scenes of "Deathly Hallows: Part 1," filmgoers "will feel subtle motion effects directly from their seats that occur in perfect sync with the onscreen movie action."





Sadly, there's no such thing in Malaysia.....

"Deathly Hallows: Part 1" to Feature D-BOX Motion Effects

Fan Site Interview: Dan Radcliffe Speaks About "Deathly Hallows: Part One"

This August, a number of Harry Potter fan sites were able to participate in a group chat with Dan Radcliffe in which the young actor spoke about his experiences filming in the "Deathly Hallows" film, particularly the Seven Potters scene; how moviegoers will experience the first film; and much more. This interview included discussion regarding the second part of "Deathly Hallows" which we will release closer to its release.

Enjoy!

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Question: What was it like playing the other characters for the Seven Potters scene?

Dan Radcliffe: It was bizarre! Some [characters] were easier than others to kind of impersonate. The actor Andy, who plays Mundungus, was kind of the easiest because he has an idiosyncratic walk and way about him, so it was quite easy to imitate. But Rupert was very, very difficult because Rupert's got... you know, his walk. You wouldn't expect this about Rupert but you actually analyze it Rupert has a real wiggle in the hips when he walks. So he was one of the slightly unexpected. He was one of the slightly trickier ones, but it was great fun. I think it's gonna be a very funny - a very good scene as well, because normally when you see split screen stuff in films it's often the case that you can see the joint as it were, where its one actor playing two on screen at the same time... they don't really cross over in each other's space very often. Whereas, in this scene, the way we did it was very, very clever and brilliant so we could have everything overlapping. And, you know, it's an actor's dream there's seven of me on screen at one time. It's fantastic!

Q: How was it playing Hermione?

D: That was fun. The girls were very, very funny. I think the crew was slightly worried that I was walking around a little bit too confidently in those heels of Fleur's. [laughs] But it was very good fun.

Q: Entertainment Weekly announced the split point for Deathly Hallows [at the time of the interview], where Voldemort gains posession of the Elder Wand from Dumbledore's tomb. I just wanted to know how long you've known about this split point, why this was chosen, and what your opinion is of this scene being chosen as the end of Part One?

D: Well, to be honest with you, Entertainment Weekly had been a little bit pre-emptive because we don't actually know where the split is going to be yet. I haven't actually heard that as one of places that it might be. That would seem, you know, as an option... that would be very appropriate and a very good, suspenseful moment to have. At the moment it's sort of within... in and around... sort of a few scenes difference of where it could be. I won't say where it might be yet in case I am proved very, very wrong. So I hate to disappoint you on that one.

Q: There was a strong rumor that it might be right before Malfoy Manor. Is there some truth in that without saying too much?

D: There is, but it could be ten scenes earlier or it could be ten scenes later. We genuinely don't know at the moment, I'm afraid.

[Readers will recall that Leaky confirmed with DH:1 Producer David Baron that the split occurs right after Voldemort gains procession of the Elder Wand from Dumbledore's tomb.]

Q: You've had different looks... different hair... in the films. What is your favorite Harry look?

D: I would probably say the either the third film or the last one [Deathly Hallows]. I think those are the two which we've got the hair most right. And also, to be honest, my favorite time I ever look is when I'm covered in mud and blood and sweat. I think that's how I look best. It's obviously hard to achieve that look in day to day life, but it's certainly I think how I look sort of strongest. And I think with those kinds of scenes, it's weirdly helpful-- it does actually help you get into the character and get into the scene if you are covered in all that stuff. It's actually very helpful in terms of helping you in the performance.

Q: Some of us are looking at other interpretations - and Infinitus which just passed, there were some rather major fan films and musicals and so on. What would your reaction be to, you know, once the films are out and over, doing something like Harry Potter: The Musical for stage?

D: My reaction would be pretty negative to that. I think, you know, Harry Potter are books and there are films... and I mean, hey, a radio play could work. I don't know how it would be done as a musical. I'm ready to be proved wrong. But I think it's a bit of a long shot... and in my opinion it's not the kind of film that would make a good musical. I don't think it lends itself to those things, and I think it would be very hard to achieve a lot of hype. What am I trying to say here? Basically, if I'm being perfectly honest, I just don't think it would work and I don't think I would be particularly a big fan of that idea.

Q: What was the most challenging thing to film physically, and then the most challenging thing to film emotionally?

D: Overall in the films or in number seven?

Q: I would say number seven. Most fresh.

Dan: Physically? Well underwater stuff is always pretty tricky and in this case it was particularly tricky because there's a big fight scene and I'm going under in a frozen lake to get [the locket], and the Horcrux is fighting for its existence and it's trying to kill me. We do will be hopefully terrifying and sort of semi homage to "The Omen" where I'm dragged up against this bit of ice and sort of torn around by the locket. So that was pretty challenging. Other than that, the stuff actually in the Gringotts Bank... In the Lestrange vault where all the treasure is multiplying and multiplying. That was very hard because... the way we did it, we had moving platforms on the set. So that as the treasure multiplied, these platforms would move up and we'd have to struggle onto the next one and the next one. And, yeah, I don't think my calf muscles have ever worked quite so hard. So that was physically challenging scene.

Emotionally? I mean, all the stuff early on in the film. In the first part, with Rupert. I mean it's very hard-- as you all know-- to hate Rupert Grint in performance terms. So that was a challenge. But, hopefully, some really, really good scenes come out of it. Also all the scenes in Godric's Hollow where Harry sees his parent's tombstone. They were obviously big, emotional moments. And Harry being such a battle hardened, almost desensitized person at this stage, is dealing with emotion that he doesn't know how to show because he's buried emotion for so long and that's how he's managed to survive and keep his sanity. It is by sort of ignoring, a lot of the time... but to the back of his mind his tragic past and how he feels about it. So to combine the natural grief one would feel at that moment with stoicism that Harry has developed over the last few years, that was a challenge, but one I thoroughly enjoyed.

Q: We've heard that Part 1 is going to be more of a road movie and more different than the other Harry Potter films. Was it a different experience playing a different Harry?

D: Absolutely, it's a really different film... it's bizarre in a way. Funnily enough, I don't think we were aware how different it was at the time of filming. At the time, we were just doing scenes like we would do any other scene. We weren't really thinking about how different it was going to eventually seem. But then when I saw, for instance, the trailer and some of the extra footage I've seen, it just struck me how very different it's going to be because we've never seen these characters in this different context before. I think it's one of the things that makes the first film so exciting is you see these characters stripped of their comfortable, safe surroundings and suddenly just out in the wilderness together. The first one is being described as a road movie because they are being so exposed and it's such a different situation, you learn a lot more about how those characters function in that situation and it's a real exploration of the relationships between them. And the flaws in all their personalities, particularly Harry and Ron. I mean, Hermione as always is the voice of reason, but Harry and Ron do sort of fall apart to some degree. It has a very different feel to it and, I think hopefully people will be very excited by that.

Q: For people who haven't read the books, do you think the fans reaction will turn in the first half of the movie against Dumbledore because of Rita's book?

D: Good question. I hope so... that's kind of the intention. Because that for me is what the first film is about. It's about faith, it's about how far can faith be tested before you give in entirely. Harry's a Job figure in the first part. He hears so much about Dumbledore that is less than redeemable and he starts to really question why he is going on this insane, demanding mission which is costing him his friends and, potentially, will cost him his life... for someone he starts to question the values of. Hopefully at the end of the first film people should be very much wondering 'Well what is this? What was Dumbledore's real agenda?' And they should question it because it is ultimately what we want them to do. I also think-- while I'm on the topic of talking about faith-- it's also about, as Harry loses faith in Dumbledore and starts to fall apart, so do Ron and Hermione lose faith in Harry. Harry becomes... I was sort of comparing it to Harry becoming a Roman Emperor in the last days of the empire... just paranoid and isolated and cutting himself off from his friends. And I've always felt with Harry that there is an element of a kind of master complex in him. He doesn't want to reach out for help, he wants to be the sacrifice. He has a pride stroke arrogance which means he won't always reach out to other people when, in fact, he should. When in fact he's actually endangering his own chances of succeeding this mission and, therefore, the chances of saving the good of the magical world by not asking for help and not accepting help.

Q: Now that it's all over, have you kept any mementos from the series?

D: I've got two pairs of glasses... one from the seventh film, which were lenseless because we use two sets of glasses on films: lenses and lenseless. We use lenseless for when there's camera reflection and things like that. And also I have a lensed pair from the first film which just seem like these tiny, little things now. So it's very sweet and they both have quite a place in my home. And actually I'm probably going to get broken into now that I've told you that. [laughs] That was the only thing I wanted. I didn't want the wand, I certainly didn't want the broom, and so those were the only things I had my heart set on.

Q: If you had the chance to take the journey Harry takes in the movie in real life, would you and why?

D: I think I would. Very good question. I think I would because if I had the same responsibility that Harry had in this film, I'd love to think that I would be as selfless and as brave as he can be. I think I'd like to think that. And recognize the importance of what he has to do. And for the good of all those people that he loves and the people he has to help protect. So yes, I think I would although probably I don't think any of us are as brave as Harry.

Really good interview, as always with Dan. And there were some really good questions… probably because it was the fan sites asking him.
the glasses! that’s a good choice for a memento! I wonder what the others would choose

Fan Site Interview: Dan Radcliffe Speaks About "Deathly Hallows: Part One"

2 NEW TV Spots

There are two new, if not high quality, "Deathly Hallow: Part 1" TV spots online, featuring a look at Hermione shooting Harry in the face during the Snatchers scene, and Scabior commenting on it. The first TV spot has much more new footage such as Moody instructing everyone to take off during the Seven Potters scene, the seven Harrys getting dressed during the Seven Potters scene, the Trio in the tent, Hermione hitting Ron after he comes back, Harry (as Runcorn) entering the Ministry via the toilet, Harry and Hermione dancing, and Xenophilius and Luna dancing.

2 NEW TV Spots

DH Part 1 Soundtrack Lists

The track listing for the forthcoming "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One" film have been released via a Belgian music website. Comprising a total of twenty-six tracks, the album track listings are as follows:

1-1 Obliviate

1-2 Snape to Malfoy Manor

1-3 Polyjuice Potion

1-4 Sky Battle

1-5 At The Burrow

1-6 Harry and Ginny

1-7 The Will

1-8 Death Eaters

1-9 Dobby

1-10 Ministry of Magic

1-11 Detonators

1-12 The Locket

1-13 Fireplaces Escape

1-14 Ron Leaves

1-15 The Exodus

1-16 Godric's Hollow Graveyard

1-17 Bathilda Bagshot

1-18 Hermione's Parents

1-19 Destroying the Locket

1-20 Ron's Speech

1-21 Lovegood

1-22 The Deathly Hallows

1-23 Captured and Tortured

1-24 Rescuing Hermione

1-25 Farewell to Dobby

1-26 The Elder Wand

DH Part 1 Soundtrack Lists

"Deathly Hallows: Part 1" Will Be 147 Minutes Long

IMAX's website has revealed that "Deathly Hallows: Part 1" will 147 minutes (or 2 hours and 27 minutes) long. This makes it six minutes shorter than the last Harry Potter film that came out, "Half-Blood Prince."

"Deathly Hallows: Part 1" Will Be 147 Minutes Long

BTS ft. DH Part 1

Another behind the scenes feature on "Deathly Hallows: Part 1" has been released, this one focusing on how "Deathly Hallows" is the culmination of over ten years of effort. The video starts with a reflection on all the previous Harry Potter films, and then includes brief interviews with David Yates (director), David Barron (producer), David Heyman (producer), Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), and Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) on the tone and story of "Deathly Hallows: Part 1." It also includes some footage we haven't seen before including the Trio looking for a camping site, the Trio hiding in an abandoned building and watching Death Eaters pass overhead, an extended look at Harry and Hagrid on the motorbike dodging Death Eaters, and Neville and Ginny on the Hogwarts Express.

BTS ft. DH Part 1

Dan Radcliffe in Dazed and Confused Magazine

Dan Radcliffe in Dazed and Confused Magazine

8 new DH Part 1 TV Spots

-more 7 Potters scene
-Dobby's scene
-Harry & Hermione dance Scene



-The Twins!!
-"I wouldn't last two days without her - Don't tell her i said that" LMAO
-"mooorning~" XD



-"Look away. I'm hideous." that just cracks me up! HILARIOUS!!!



a huge bunch of Dementors.....

8 new DH Part 1 TV Spots

Emma Comments on Kissing Dan Radcliffe and Rupert Grint

Emma Watson has spoken about her kissing scenes with co-stars Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) and how it felt to have to kiss them after having known them for so long:

Speaking to Britain's SFX magazine about the scenes, she said: 'Getting into character to kiss Dan and Rupert was tough also. Forgetting all of our history, and our relationship.

'Putting all that aside and being in character was pretty bloody hard, it really was. That required a huge amount of professionalism. I really had to grit my teeth and be like: 'I am Hermione, this is Harry - stop thinking that it's Emma kissing Dan. It's not. It's all good.''

Emma Comments on Kissing Dan Radcliffe and Rupert Grint

Jo Receives Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award in Denmark

J. K. Rowling was on hand in Odense, Denmark today to be the first recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Literature prize. The BBC has video online from the event, which features Ms. Rowling receiving the award as well as her acceptance speech. J. K. Rowling's full speech can now be viewed via this link. (a marvelous & must-see speech!!)

Jo Receives Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award in Denmark

More Clips from the Ultimate Editions of "Prisoner of Azkaban" and "Goblet of Fire"

Sound Editting






Troll Tutu

Nicholas Cooper on The Kiss Scene

More Clips from the Ultimate Editions of "Prisoner of Azkaban" and "Goblet of Fire"

Commercial of The Simpsons Featuring Dan Radcliffe

Commercial of The Simpsons Featuring Dan Radcliffe

from Sina...

from Sina...

Picture of Wedding Set from DH Part1 Released

Picture of Wedding Set from DH Part1 Released

Emma Watson Discusses Additional Scene of DH Part 1

Hermione actress Emma Watson reveals in the new issue of SFX that a vital new scene – not in the original novel – has been added at the beginning of Harry Potter And The Daethly Hallows.

““[Director] David Yates asked Steve Kloves to write this lovely scene at the beginning of the movie which is not in the book, but which I feel is very important for Hermione’s character. You see her wiping her parents’ memories in order for her to start off on the adventure with Ron and Harry. She knows that Voldemort could try to use her parents as a device to get to her in some way, which means they might be in harm’s way. So she wipes their memories so they forget she ever existed. All the photos of her around the house disappear. It’s a really tough way for the film to start but really important to see the sacrifices that she has to make.”

A major behind-the-scenes feature in the new SFX also reveals that Rupert Grint’s stubble was real (“They did experiment with sticking bits of hair on my face, but it didn’t really work…”), that Warwick Davies helped cast 60 goblins for a scene in Gringotts and that the final film makes more of the ultimate Harry/Voldemort confrontation than in the book.

Emma Watson Discusses Additional Scene of DH Part 1

2 new DH Part1 posters ft Dobby!

2 new DH Part1 posters ft Dobby!

Worldwide Release Dates for "DH Part 1" Released

Full listing of international release dates for the "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One"

Worldwide Release Dates for "DH Part 1" Released

Interview with Andy Linden (Mundungus Fletcher) on His Role in DH

Harry Potter Fan Zone has an exclusive interview with Andy Linden (Mundungus Fletcher), where Linden discusses a variety of things, among them the scenes Mundungus appears in:

HPFZ: When did you start filming Deathly Hallows?

AL: That would have been late February/early March 2009. I do believe mine was the very first scene [shot].

HPFZ: Was that the Seven Potters scene?

AL: No, that was later on. This was a scene in Diagon Alley. The scene is set where it's absolutely chucking it down. It's [raining] relentlessly. Needless to say, I was quite the big drip all day.

HPFZ: Could you talk about what other scenes Mundungus appears in? There's another scene in the book where he gets attacked by a house-elf.

AL: Yes, Dobby and Kreacher attack him in the kitchen. I do believe it's Kreacher that brings him back from Diagon Alley because he stole the [locket]. Eventually, he's questioned by the three of them regarding it. There are three very good scenes and it's a lovely little cameo. I had such a great time doing it.

HPFZ: Does Mundungus appear in Deathly Hallows: Part II at all?

AL: No, alas, Mundungus is not in Part II which is a shame really, but he's a joy to play.


Linden also goes on to discuss the technical aspects of the Seven Potters scene:

HPFZ: What was it like doing special effects scenes for example transforming into Harry?

AL: Time consuming [laughs]. It's all highly technical so consequently all the scenes are broken up if you know what I mean. You're kind of acting to nothing really. It's hundreds of little series of eye liners and pulling faces and trying to anticipate what's coming next.

HPFZ: Daniel Radcliffe mentioned that that sequence took ninety-five takes to film.

AL: Yes, and that really wasn't the inability of the actors. It was technical. It was [the crew] having so much coverage that they're spoiled for choice if you know what I mean.

HPFZ: Did you get to ride on a broom as well?

AL: Yes, I did [laughs] but in the guise of Harry Potter. By then everybody had taken the Polyjuice [Potion]. Consequently, we're all decoys. That particular scene took a long, long time simply because Daniel had to replicate all our different expressions and movements.

HPFZ: It sounds like it was a pretty intense process.

AL:

Yeah, somewhat elongated shall we say. But I had a great time on Harry Potter. I thought the cast were wonderful; the crew are fantastic as well. You've got a crew there that know exactly what they're doing. They've been doing it for ten years and you're in good hands.

from TLC

Interview with Andy Linden (Mundungus Fletcher) on His Role in DH

Exclusive DH Part 1 banners

WB has sent over a series of exclusive The Hunt Begins character banners for the upcoming "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One" film.

Exclusive DH Part 1 banners

First Look at Harry Being Captured by the Snatchers

Thanks to UniversHarryPotter we now have our first look at Harry, his face altered by Hermione's jinx, being captured by Scabior.

First Look at Harry Being Captured by the Snatchers

DH Part 1 images

There are also some new promotional images from SpoilerTV which can be seen here in our Image Galleries. The promos include several close-up of different characters as well as a look at Bill, and Fred and a bandaged George in their wedding robes

DH Part 1 images

WB: "DH Part 1" to be Released in 2D Formats, Not 3D

WB has issued a press release regarding the decision to release the "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" film in a 2D format for conventional and IMAX theaters. The first half of the final Harry Potter film was originally slated to be converted into 3D during post production, however, as the press release notes, "Despite everyone’s best efforts, we were unable to convert the film in its entirety and meet the highest standards of quality."

The full press release is as follows:

Warner Bros Pictures has made the decision to release “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1” in 2D, in both conventional and IMAX theaters, as we will not have a completed 3D version of the film within our release date window. Despite everyone’s best efforts, we were unable to convert the film in its entirety and meet the highest standards of quality. We do not want to disappoint fans who have long-anticipated the conclusion of this extraordinary journey, and to that end, we are releasing our film day-and-date on November 19, 2010 as planned. We, in alignment with our filmmakers, believe this is the best course to take in order to ensure that our audiences enjoy the consummate “Harry Potter” experience.

Producer David Heyman said, “For 10 years, we have worked alongside Alan Horn and the studio, whose priority has always been to preserve the integrity of Jo Rowling’s books as we have adapted them to the screen, and this decision reflects that commitment.”

Director David Yates continued, “This decision, which we completely support, underscores the fact that Warner Bros. has always put quality first.”

As scheduled, on July 15, 2011, we will deliver to conventional and IMAX theaters our final installment of the film franchise, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2,” in both 2D and 3D formats.

Not disappointing for me at all.
3D or no 3D, it's still Harry.

WB: "DH Part 1" to be Released in 2D Formats, Not 3D

Edward's DH set report!!

Last March, I was lucky enough to spend the day on the set of the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows film, and speak with a number of actors, the producers, director, costume designer, production designer and makeup effects designer for the final chapter of the epic series. During my twelve hours on set, the true nature of the magical Harry Potter world on film was revealed to me as countless actors and crewmembers worked tirelessly to bring J. K. Rowling s story to life. What follows here is a full account of my set visit for the first part of the final Harry Potter film. Enjoy!

Needless to say: spoilers abound!

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Kissing Friends, 3D Snakes, and a New Shape for Hogwarts: Leaky's Deathly Hallows Set Report

by Edward Drogos

Part One: Getting It Right

Walking onto the set of the last Harry Potter films in the final weeks of production truly gives you a sense of how much work has been done over the past ten years. And how now it s all about to come down. Things aren t quite winding down just yet, but there is a sense of nostalgia in the chilly March air. Actors Richard Griffiths (Uncle Vernon), Fiona Shaw (Aunt Petunia), and Harry Melling (Dudley) had already wrapped the first of the original cast members to do so and Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) was set to do the same in little over two months. Production on the first part of the final Harry Potter film wrapped months previously, and editing had been taking place for over a year.

[T]he first film has to feel like a complete experience, says Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows director David Yates. That s the number one priority. Yates, who returns for his third and fourth term in the director s chair, is as excited as ever to return to the helm for It s too much fun to stop, honestly. It s just a great world to be working with. It s so rich and playful. And the things that you find, I mean& for example, at the beginning of Part One we ve got this car chase, it s a wizard car chase.

Yates is referencing the escape sequence in the much-anticipated Seven Potters scene, where Radcliffe is copied six times care of Polyjuice Potion so he may stealthily escape from Privet Drive. This scene, Radcliffe admits, was the most challenging to date. That was one of the most daunting scenes to do because it was a highly technical visual effects scene," recalls Radcliffe. "A lot of it is painstakingly slow then it is complex. There was one shot that was ninety-five takes because it was..."

[General noise of shock.]

"Yes, you may well recoil."

[Laughter.]

"Because, basically, if I'm here in the scene as the real Harry, then we filmed seven or eight takes of me, playing the scene as me. Then we keep the camera still-- it's a motion controlled camera so it's controlled by a computer so it can recreate exactly the same move at exactly the same time every time-- so I stand and we do the take, then the camera continues its move which was panning around just on empty space. Then we do the next take and the camera goes through the same move, except that I am standing here and pretending to be Fleur or whoever. Starting to take the drink and transform and the camera pans around us all. We filmed it each time in seven different places and that was half-assed explanation, but I think I got the point across.

This kind of imaginative and complex moment is something Yates believes draws him back to the films each time, and allows him to do something new each time. For Deathly Hallows, he says, these kids are on the road, they feel very small in this very big world. They re away from Hogwarts, this very, big and familiar comfort blanket that they ve grown up with. They feel quite surprisingly vulnerable and fragile in this big Muggle world. And I ve shot it in a very vérité way so it feels not as measured and it's not as conventional... with Half-Blood Prince I wanted it to be quite elegant, so [ Hallows ] feels a bit raw&"

An element of that rawness comes from the more mature performances from the Trio. In regards to the more emotional elements in the film, Yates explains:

Well, they ve gotten older and that means in their life experience they ve experienced more and any actor draws on that fundamentally. So you encourage them to bring a bit of what they ve learned from real world in their real lives into their performances. Inevitably, they gain nuances that they wouldn t have had in film Five or film Six. So, they become a bit more sophisticated in what they do. I m a big believer in giving them a bit more freedom to try things, so we might do a take where instead of going cut, we just do the take again. And we do the take again, so we never stop. So you can give them the opportunity to tune into the moment.

And one thing I often say to Dan is 'you got to tune into this experience.' It's a bit like a dial on a radio... here s a bit of static, here s a bit of sound but it isn t quite right, and here you actually you re in it, you re in that experience. So we re always saying let s try being in that experience... what does it feel like? And when you re in that experience you don t have to show it. It just happens to you. It just is. There was a moment with Emma... there's this torturing with Bellatrix and Emma was really keen to do this torturing scene. And I said, It ll be really great, but we ll have to be really careful how we do it. And she completely gave herself to the process.

What we did was we set up a couple of cameras and Helena got on top of Emma, basically, and was writing 'mudblood' on her arm. So she was scoring into her skin. We just let the whole thing roll for three or four minutes... and in those three or four minutes where were some good bits and some not-so-good bits, and there were one or two moments that were really powerful where Emma was just able to let go a little bit and forget, for a moment, that she was acting.

"I mean she s still acting... still performing... but she lost herself in this process for a moment. The screams were quite horrible to listen to. You could feel it on the stage, everyone felt uncomfortable, everyone just stepped back a bit. It was a very odd energy in the room, cause she was exploring, exorcising demons and serving the scene in doing that, and it was really interesting.
Even with those most intimate of acting moments, the enormity of it is is not lost on the actors. Warwick Davis, who portrays the characters of Griphook and Professor Flitwick, has had a thirty plus year career in film, yet still feels "that huge weight behind you" while working on these films. "It can be quite daunting," says Davis, "because you think 'I'm the one in front of the camera here and I'm the one representing this great machine that's behind me.'

"That can be quite a daunting thing. Especially, what's daunting about Potter for me is [the fact that] we've got millions of people around the work who have read these books and have an image of these characters and how they behave and how they interact with each other and how this whole thing unfolds. We're charged with that responsibility of representing that which is quite daunting as well. Not so much now as we're gaining confidence going through the films as actors, I suppose, you feel more comfortable with it and you feel it's more accepted.

"Initially that was one of the things that was difficult. You have to find a balance-- you think 'This is what I'd like to do, but I'm sure this is a bit closer to what is in people's minds,' so you find that balance. The support and very much the kind of family atmosphere that there is now, most of us have been together for close to ten years now, and it really is like going back to school each time we come back for another movie. We've had the summer holidays and we're back for a new term."

This term, it seems, will be a test in what can be achieved with the latest technologies, for this film will feature 3D elements which are set to be added in post production. Producer David Barron explains by saying, "We re not shooting it in 3D, it ll be post-production 3D. The intention [will be for the whole film to be in 3D]." When asked whether the decision to add a full 3D element to the final Potter films, Barron holds firm to the fact that "it's not because of a fad.

"Obviously, if we didn t think it was suitable for the film, we, as filmmakers, would have argued very strongly against it. The fact that it s now possible-- and it wasn t for the last film-- even if we wanted to do it, it just wasn't possible to do it. It was a post-production process. We re making the movies as we make the movies. The approach to the 3D-isation, or whatever you want to call it, will be tailored so it is the greatest benefit to the film."

Following the mindset of doing what is for the greatest benefit to the film, the "Deathly Hallows" producers and actors each feel a true sense of duty to hold true to the books. "Jo [Rowling] gives us the opportunities in what she has put together in Hallows to do things that I didn t do in "Half-Blood Prince" or "Order of the Phoenix," Yates explains. "She s so imaginative, so I never feel like I m making the same movie.

Barron reiterates, and speaks to the news that actor Jason Isaacs was able to craft a unique ending for his character at the end of the "Deathly Hallows" by saying, "Obviously, we discuss with the principal cast; they all are intelligent people, they all have views on what their character would or wouldn t do or say. Especially having been in for such a very long time, they really know their characters. But, equally, we are servicing the book and so our objective is to make proper filming rendition of the book and we wouldn t stray too far-- it's nuances, really-- we wouldn t stray very far from what Jo has written because she has given the characters what she felt... if they needed an ending, she s given them an ending.

"And we are aware that this is the final film and there are certain people that we love, who have-- actors like Matthew [Lewis], who plays Neville, and he s probably got slightly more to do in the film then he had in the book, but it s just the way it s panned out. We haven t sat down and had a big forum with the cast and said Okay, what would you like to do? Because we d still be here next year and the year after probably. We re out to make a film rendition of the book, so that takes us, to a large degree, how these things work out.

"We re not inventing anything that s not in the books. Other than where trying to compress... to present the idea of several episodes that we don t have room to show every single item, just the same as we always have done. She s given us the map, and we re aiming to follow it to the end."
To that end, David Yates made comments regarding the condensing of story lines, as well as makes mention of a new and emotional scene between Harry and Hermione. He explains:
"We ve added on a couple of things. Just for jeopardy, we ve added a scene where the Snatchers chase Harry, Ron, and Hermione, so it s this moment where they re pursued in the forest. We ve added this very tender scene, I mentioned earlier, where they dance. Harry and Hermoione dance. It s a really beautiful moment. But, there is so much in the book that it s crazy adding things when we always get criticized when we leave things out. The adaptive process is really hard because you have to invent one or two things to help the structure."

The crew was tight lipped, however, on the Silver Doe scene, where Ron faces the horcrux of Voldemort taunting him while images of topless Harry and Hermione visions embracing and kissing flash before him. Dan maintains this is not a nude scene.

"I've done a nude scene and this wasn't a nude scene! [Laughter.] There is a fair amount of stripping off and things, but it's all down to underpants, really. At the very most, I think. There is one scene where... I have to jump into this icy pool and, obviously, I have to be in my pants for that. With the locket and jump in... the locket tries to kill me and then Ron saves me at the last minute. And I dress in a hurry. It really doesn't worry me anymore, particularly. This time around, they even heated the water which was really, really nice. You're quite cold out of the water but when you're in it it's very nice."
Filming two epic movies back to back has been a challenge too. "It s crazy, it s absolutly crazy," Yates relates. "I m editing things now that we shot about a year ago and it feels very strange. I m looking at Dan a year younger than he is now. It s just a big marathon, it s a huge shoot. And go through ups and we go through downs and there are great weeks and there are weeks that are challenging. But we re coming to the end of it now so it s really odd coming to the end, it s really strange."
Dan Radcliffe, the boy-- now a man-- who has grown up as Harry Potter, believes "It ll be very, very odd&" Coming to the end, is "a very real propspect. The fact that one day I m going to come in here in a few weeks and I m going to the makeup rooms for the last time. That will be a moving, emotional day. And I ll be saying goodbye to a lot of people. But, I mean, it ll exciting to go on to other things and see what s out there and that will be great. But, equally, I will miss the crew and the sense of family that we have here will be very difficult to recreate on other films."

What's next for the actor who played Harry Potter? "There are loads of stuff I'm thinking about," Radcliffe says, "but nothing confirmed." To whether the long-rumored Dan Eldon project, he says "I'm still very much attached to that, but that's not happening in the next little while, unfortunately... That one we're going to have to wait for. But, I'm fortunately, with that one, we do have a little bit of time play with as I'm still a few years younger than Dan was, so we've got a little bit of leeway there. Which is very, very nice."

Whenever that may be, we still have two Harry Potter films to go. We're no where near done yet.

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Part Two: The Ministry, Privet Drive, and the Gentleman s Loo

At long last, we were able to make our way around the sprawling factory space that now houses Leavesden Studios, the production center of the Harry Potter films. The production has set up camp there for over ten years, and seems to have the run of the place. We leave our tent yes, a tent and begin to weave through spaces and stages across the lot. As you make your way through the sets, you catch glimpses of props and backdrops from previous films. Both the Privet Drive set and Weasley House are constructed not too far way from the studio structure, and fill you with a slight sense of thrill and magic when you see them.

Inside, we step into the courtroom where Professor Umbridge interrogates Mary Cattermole. The sickeningly sweet feeling of Dolores presence abounds in this room, for it is filled with pink and purple file folders of documents of information on her detainees. Each bound lilac folder contains a shuffle of papers, each created on site for the specific purpose of being stuffed into a file folder.

Our tour moved onto elements of the Ministry of Magic set, which was designed with the Victorian-built London Underground system in mind. As our guide said, if a Muggle got lost in the tunnels of the tube, they could very well find their way into the Ministry if they re not careful. The same gleaming bricks were in place, along with construction crews working on various elements of the sets as we continued on tour. It was also while walking through the Ministry that we first learned of the new statue that would replace the previous Ministry statue that was destroyed in Dumbledore s battle with Lord Voldemort.

This statue takes a number of influences from Stalin-istic art and design, a theme that was studied and molded from statues created in the Soviet Union during the early to mid 1900s. Even while the statue was being molded, it was obvious a new reign had taken over the Ministry. Muggles were now crushed together while holding up their magical superiors. Literally.

From there, we got our first glimpse of filming as the Second Unit shot footage for what they refer to as the "Gentleman s Toilet Scene." About a half-dozen men in varying forms of wizard wear line up to take their place walking into bathroom stalls which, in the magical world, will flush them into the Ministry of Magic.

Our tour then leads us to the Great Hall, the longest standing set of the Harry Potter films production. One of the most curious things of the visit happened during this time, for I walked into the Great Hall to see a shimmering white peacock observing me carefully from its place in the corner of the set. This is the everyday life for the cast and crew working on the film, but an extraordinary occurrence for me. The animal, I later came to find out, was being acclimated to the set for its split second role in the Malfoy Manor sequence during the film s opening.

Magic was truly around every corner during this set visit, and presented itself in the most interesting of ways.

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Part Three: Creatures, Statues, and Props

If one experience could be chosen as a highlight of the entire experience, it would have to be the hour or so spent with Nick Dudman, the Special Makeup Designer for the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows film. However, he d more readily call himself someone who likes to make toys. His Creature Effects realm on set is expansive and covers everything from design of the Magic is Might statue at the center of the Ministry of Magic to the application of thousands of individual hairs onto the eyebrow of one prosthetic application for an actor. He does not do this all himself; at one point his crew encompassed a total of 158 people, each putting the oftentimes unseen and underappreciated details onto the countless makeup and prop effects seen in the movie.

Touring around his workspace, remnants of props greet you everywhere. The eyes of the gigantic Weasleys Wizard Wheezes head stares at you from the corner of one space, while hallways and alcoves are packed with boxes and trinkets set dressings only glimpsed for a moment in the films. Then, you come across an industrial shelving unit with the life-size prosthetic recreation of Hagrid s head sitting there as if it were a teacup& or, tankard, I should say. Beneath that lies a life-size dummy of Albus Dumbledore stretched out across a bottom shelf, looking far too creepy to be allowed. It speaks to the kind of care and detail put into these objects that for a while afterwards, the creepiness of what you saw lingers.

However, the life-size dummy of Dumbledore was nothing compared to the writhing and moving animatronics mannequin used in place of the real actress as Charity Burbage in the opening sequence of the Harry Potter film. (Revealed to us with her knickers showing. Not on purpose, of course.) As Mr. Dudman explained, it would have been impossible to suspend the actress playing the role of Charity Burbage above the Death Eater meeting for the whole duration of the filming that dialogue-heavy scene. Instead this life-size mannequin whose skin felt as real as my own was used instead.

What is particularly jarring was how, if you didn t know these were props, they could have been so easily mistaken for real people. This level of reality is due to the time and labor-intensive process with which each dummy and, additionally each silicone makeup piece goes through before it is used on camera.

And, yes, we did take a moment to mourn the dummy of Dobby as we passed his place in the workshop.

Past Neville s cactus plant and Harry s broomstick, we move into the design studio where the aforementioned Ministry statue is being constructed. The collection of intertwined Muggles was sculptured based off of sketches, using the Stalinist design cues, and molded together to form a platform on which the statue of the all-powerful wizard and witch stand. The witch and wizard, however, will be added as a digital set extension and not actually sculpted and put into place.

The relationship between the digital special effects (CGI) and actual prop making is combining, Dudman believes. He says, I think we are hitting the middle ground. CG came along and it bulldozed everything for a period of years. And went into areas where it doesn t work as some traditional methods. That is now settling back; it s like the tide is going back out, for which I am eternally grateful. But, it s also changed how we do things, because we use computers and digital stuff a lot to achieve something practically& All of it is a brilliant aid in doing something practical.

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Part Four: Weddings and Settings

An exciting part of the visit was getting an early look at some of the production stills and artwork from the film. Among them, Fleur s dress, which Jany Temime, costume designer for the films, calls witch princess dress.

Fleur is French so the idea was to have a wedding with a little French tone. Not a Weasley wedding, which would have been tragically bad taste, but a French wedding with style. Fleur has always been, especially in the book-- it's actually much more described in the book than it is in the script-- that Fleur is really liking her clothes and completely anti-Hermione, anti-every single girl in Potter. She really believes in clothes and being beautiful and all that. I wanted to design for her a real witch princess dress. But I also wanted to find a very witchy thematic [for the wedding]. So, I thought of the Phoenix; the Phoenix being a bird, maybe not of love but of rebirth and because love is eternal, so is the Phoenix.

Also among the photos were images of the different locations and sets used in the film. Stuart Craig, who has been the film s production designer since day one, spoke at some length about the evolution of the style, look, and feeling of the series as it has progressed.

Q: You've been on from the beginning; can you talk about the evolution of the look of the films over the course of the seven movies?

Stuart Craig: Following the seriousness and the emotional content of the movies, they have got darker and the sets have literally got darker. That rather attractive honey color that you saw in the early movies, we've gone and painted out, not completely, but made them significantly darker in the recent films. That very much has happened. Also, when we started them there were just two novels and they've come out sequentially since then, so not everything was known. We didn't know of the Room of Requirement, so we had to change& certain changes have been forced upon us. The Astronomy Tower has had to pop up in the middle of the whole complex and the forecourt in front of it has had to get bigger and bigger to accommodate the battle at the end, particularly. The viaduct that joins you to the courtyard that takes you into the Entrance Hall and the Great Hall that relationship has shifted around. Then there are other of improvements that are just there because they look better. We had a chance to improve it, so we've improved the silhouette of the castle.

Q: Has the silhouette has been able to stay similar? Do you think it is still recognizable from One to Seven?

SC: I think that's a good question (laughter), and I'm not sure... No, I think the iconic, identifiable bit is the Great Hall and that big tower just to the side of it-- which is Dumbledore's Tower, with the conical roof and those three little things, they've been there forever-- and then the big facade to the right of that has been there from the very beginning. I think we've messed around with the silhouette, but those key bits have stayed permanent.

Q: How often do you end up going back to the book as a source for ideas and inspiration, as opposed to just sticking with the script? Do you comb through the Seventh Book to find inspiration?

SC: We do look through the books all the time. And very recently looked at Godric's Hollow again and looked at what the book had to say, look at what Jo Rowling had to say about the state of the Potter house in Godric's Hollow. We'd built it for the first film, we built it once again for the seventh film, then had to rebuild a bit-- to do with Alan Rickman's availability and so on-- there was a continuity issue there and we refer to the book. But, it is typical; we do all the time. It is so specific and precise. Everything is grounded in the book, I think. I know the scale is sometimes increased enormously; there are lots and lots of omissions because there have to be. You're making a movie out of a novel, certainly, a very long novel. But, nonetheless, I think everything is grounded in the book in the spirit of it, at least, if not in the letter of it and the reference is constant.

Q: What's it like coming to each film with a new director, being there as the guy who has been there since day one?

SC: I have very carefully and deliberately said to every one of them, "You don't have to have me." (laughter) I can see that there is a perception that you do have to have me because I know what's continuity, I know what we did before and how to rebuild it, and so on. But it isn't as necessary as it appears. I did very deliberately, as I say, say that to every one of them. I think the changes of director have been exciting and stimulating, entirely good for the whole project, really. And even the changes in cameramen too, the different look, the different mood, the different style... and I think, frankly, a change in designer would have produced similarly interesting results.

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One" will arrive in theaters on November 19th.

Edward's DH set report!!