On the 7th of October, my Media class, some of the year 13's Media class and other students that either took Art or Performing arts all went on a trip to London- Watford; to go on the Warner Bros (Harry Potter) Studio tour. The reason why we went was to learn how a film was created, how they used different techniques, such as; green screen, use of camera shots and different angles etc. Also to learn how to market a film, such as advertising, posters and so on.
When we arrived at the Studios, we walked into the main entrance, where there were portraits of different characters placed around the room, there was also the flying car hanging down from the ceiling in the corner of the room. It was truly amazing. After having a five minute toilet break, we were all given these orange key ring things to put around our neck, just to show that we were all in the same group/school, she then handed us a ticket each, and a small passport, so when we walked around, we could collect stamps. Once we had all got organised, we all excitedly stood in a que, ready to start the tour.The first part of our tour started with us all going into a rather dark room, where one of the staff members explained to us all what we were going to do that day, and how the Harry Potter films started, and how they were published. After the talk, we went into a huge cinema room, where the actual tour started. On the screen, we had a talk from the main characters from the Harry Potter films, Daniel Radcliff, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint. Once they had finished, the cinema screen rolled up, to reveal the doors of the great hall; we all slowly entered the doors, where we were greeted by another staff member, who told us to explore the great hall, and explained that the costumes and everything else that was in that room, were the actual costumes that were worn by the characters. There was so much detail in the room, most of which you wouldn't notice in the films, it was incredible. After taking a few pictures, we then entered another huge room which contained most of the stuff that you would remember from the Harry Potter films, such as; costumes, props used in the film- wants, doors, trophies, etc.
We were told that everything that was in this studio, were the actual sets that were used in the Harry Potter films. We were told we could go and explore the place, until the rest of our group came back and had a look around, and then we had to meet by the gates to Hogwarts (only the gates, because obviously Hogwarts; sadly.. Isn't a real place) So we could go and do a workshop with another staff member, who was quite bubbly. He told us that we were going to make up a basic plot for a film, and wrote it all out on a white board, and he explained what movie marketing was. He also told us that they were filming a movie across the road, and explained that Chris Hemsworth and Russel Crowe were the actors that were being filmed, so as you can imagine, most of us girls were a bit over whelmed. After the workshop had finished, we were allowed to tour the studios in our groups for another hour or so, and then we would meet and go outside to eat our food. Outside, there were more Harry Potter memorabilia outside such as; Tom Riddle's grave, The Hogwarts wooden bridge and the purple bus (that was for wizards that were out on the streets, as shown in the last Harry Potter film). After we had our lunch, we went into the second part of the tour, where we walked fown Diagon Alley and saw more props, and models, such as; Dobby, The worf, Buck Beak, and a few others. We then walked into another part of that room, which was the final part of our tour, where there was a huge model of Hogwarts, it was absolutely incredible, there was so much detail! I'd love to go again
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