Harry Potter Studio Tour Notes

Introduction

• Welcome to the Warner Brothers Harry Potter Studio Tour.
• Tour duration is expected to last all day.
• New additions to the tour since last visit.

Digital Guide

• Available but not needed due to having a Harry Potter expert accompanying.

Cafeteria Offerings

• Sweet treats like Butterbeer cake, Sorting Hat cake, chocolate frog box, Norbert egg cupcake.
• Sorting House tart shows one’s house color.

Tour Entrance Highlights

• Cupboard Under the Stairs: Original set design and construction details.
• Production Insights: Use of CGI for candles and stars.
• Voice Acting: Impersonations of characters, including a notable one from "Order of the Phoenix".

Set Details

• Great Hall:
  • Food props made of painted resin; some real baked items like Swiss Rolls.
  • Chocolate Phoenix cake made of chocolate, stored for over seven years.

Costume Design

• Characters Featured:
  • Luna Lovegood
  • Professor Umbridge, with emphasis on the excessive rules and decorative signs.

Set Mystery

• Discusses unidentified props potentially from "Honeydukes" or "Chamber of Secrets".

Tour Routes

• Leaky Cauldron: Designed with forced perspective to appear longer.
• Gryffindor Dormitory: Costumes from "Deathly Hallows Part Two".

Interactive Features

• Collect passports and stamps.
• Search for golden snitches; completing passport adds points to house teams.

Notable Props and Special Effects

• Hagrid's Hut: Use of props in different scales to alter perspective.
• Broomstick Ride: Opportunity to record a ride photograph.
• Doors and Props: Chamber of Secrets doors, Voldemort’s outfit.

Special and Visual Effects

• Definition and differentiation between special effects (on set) and visual effects (post-production).
• Example given with the feathers in "Wingardium Leviosa" spell scene.

Forbidden Forest

• Features animatronics like Aragog.
• Mention of the deerhound used for Patronus effects.

Merchandise

• Shop Offerings:
  • Butterbeer section.
  • Exclusive anime-themed merchandise from the Tokyo Studio Tour.
  • Prices of key rings and decorations.

Conclusion

• Encouragement to like and subscribe to the video.
• Mention of a part two covering the Hogwarts Express and more sets and models.
• Thank you for watching.