London (with captions): The Studio of Secrets (Secrets will be revealed)

As you may know, a couple months ago, I tried go to Hogwarts via Platform 9 3/4. Sadly, my luggage got stuck halfway, and I wasn't able to attend the school for witchcraft and wizardry. Instead, a couple friends and I went to the Making of Harry Potter Tour. The tour was absolutely amazing! It was a tour of the ACTUAL sets, ACTUAL props, and ACTUAL costumes of the movie. It was so cool walking in the same areas and seeing the same costumes as the actors, actresses and set workers who brought a timeless book series to the big screen. There was tons to see. I even got to "fly" on a broomstick and "drive" the Weasley car!

One of the cool things that I saw was the concept art. These were the first initial images and models that were created that later on, became the movie sets, the creatures, the items. The tour had videos playing all around and the one here said that this department doesn't get enough credit for the work they do. It's by these people that the world of film is first visualized and then transformed into what we see on the screen. At the end of the tour, they had wand boxes with the names of everyone involved in the movie. There must have been over hundreds of them. It was a fantastic tour. I took a TON of photos, so choosing which ones to put up were difficult, because everything was so fantastic.

I've been teasing one more big trip left before I head back to the states. I'm SUPER excited about it. I'll be sure to post about it when I go. Till then, later!

(Do I need to do copyright stuff for all this? None of this is mine. Belongs to Harry Potter and Warner Bros. and J.K. Rowling and all the correct people.)