Here's my second post about the tour of The Making of Harry Potter at the Warner Brothers Studio in London. Last time, I posted some of the costumes I saw on the tour. This post will be dedicated to the props.I'll have a couple of points to make about these props -- aspects which impressed me as I saw them. But the most important part of the post is the photos.
Tom Riddle's Diary: All of the Horcruxes are on display. I chose to put this photo in, because I like the added detail of having the basilisk's fang right next to it.
Remembrall and Time-Turner: Perhaps my favorite magical item in the books and movies is the Time-Turner. And how many times have I wished I had a Remembrall to help me. Think young wizards need these? How about old programmers?
Golden Snitch: "Harry's First Golden Snitch" is on display. But, really, it's the one they used in the final film. Perhaps it is also the one they used in the first film, but that's not how they label it. Still, it's very pretty!
The Maurauder's Map: While all the props above certainly demonstrate the detailed construction of the props, this map was particularly impressive to me. Look at the sculptural element of the stairway. Cool!
O.W.L. Exam - Part 1: In the fifth movie, we get to see the student's take an exam which affects their future in Hogwart's. That exam is sitting on a desk in the Great Hall. Again, look at the interesting construction - it's not like a Muggle test!
O.W.L. Exam - part 2: But now let's look more closely at the exam. As you'll notice, (and you can see it even better if you click on the photo and then look at a very big version of it) the test is not just a bunch of nonsense letters. The filmmakers actually created "real" questions which might have been on an exam. This demonstrates another aspect of the props I saw -- even if they would never get any close up screen time, the details were there! As audience members, we would never see them, but the actors did, and the
Looney Noney comic: OK, to demonstrate the point above, I show you a close-up photo of a prop that I bet no one watching the movies every noticed. Here's a comic strip called Looney Noney v.s. Cornish Pixie. Where was it? Why was it there? See the next photo.
Gryffindor Common Room: That's the comic right there, next to the well-worn couch in the Gryffindor Common Room. Next time I post about this tour, I'll show some more photos of the sets.
Wizard's Chess Pieces: And finally, I just could not finish this post without a photo of the Wizard's Chess pieces from the end of the first movie.
Next time -- sets!
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