Harry Potter: 9 Filming Secrets Revealed

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The color of Voldemort’s costumes

When Lord Voldemort is at the height of his power, we notice that his costumes – a long robe – are a very dark green. As the Horcruxes are destroyed and he therefore loses power, his outfit becomes increasingly pale. A technique frequently used in cinema to express power.

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Dumbledore’s office portraits

In the office of the headmaster of Hogwarts, we can see animated portraits of his predecessors on the walls. At night, these characters sleep, but during the day, they are awake and can communicate. But the portraits used have their eyes closed, because it is easier to “wake them up” than to make them close their eyes.

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Filch’s Cats

Mrs Norris, Janitor Filch’s cat, is played by three different cats, because each one had a specialty: one who followed him, one who let himself be held in his arms, and one smarter than the others who might jump on his shoulder.

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Voldemort’s snake

Nagini, You-Know-Who’s faithful snake, is made in special effects. But it’s modeled following a real snake, Tikki, an articulated python that served as the model. Small orange pellets were stuck on his body to study his movements which were then translated into a digital snake.

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Hermione’s clothes

In JK Rowling’s books, Hermione is often dressed in blue. But in the movies, she wears purple and pink more often, because not only did these colors suit actress Emma Watson better, but above all, the film sets are in the blue palette, which did not make it stand out at all. his character better.

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Les bijoux de Luna Lovegood

Evanna Lynch dreamed of the character of Luna Lovegood. At the casting, the teenager appeared with costume jewelry of her own creation, because according to her, that’s what Luna would have done. Besides, she wears them in the movies, and you can see them in the studio.

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Hagrid’s cabin

Half-giant Hagrid was played by Robbie Coltrane. But to give the impression of gigantism, he had two cabins, a very large one, to shoot with the “normal” sized characters, and a small one, in which he turned, which made him appear very large.

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Hedwig’s letter

In the wizarding world, owls serve as postmen. These are the birds that deliver the mail every day. A difficult task on set since owls aren’t the smartest birds, and it took months to teach them how to hold a letter in their beak, and they didn’t understand when to drop it. The mail-trained owls for the first film were therefore used for each installment so as not to have to re-train new birds.

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Shade tiles

In the Ministry of Magic, we notice degraded tiles on the walls. The same ones from Professor Umbridge’s office at Hogwarts, to point out that the Ministry is infiltrating the school.

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Bellatrix Lestrange’s Safe

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