However, it has never been a journalist's job to get to the bottom of the matter.

- Finding or creating news to attract the attention of readers.

So, Polly, who was puzzled, still sent the news out.

So, on that day, the whole of London knew the story of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" crew "sending letters with owls".

- Yes, Polly knew that wasn't the case, and that the owls were just decorations. But so what!?

That's what news readers love to watch!!

What's more, that strange crew would make such a show, in order to attract everyone's attention, right!?

In that case, Polly simply did as they wished.

INTERVIEWER When it comes to making news, their interests are actually the same.

Sure enough, as soon as this news came out, many readers who had been paying attention to the film adaptation of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" immediately exploded-

"Is there really a Hogwarts in this world?"

- A young female reporter even asked this kind of question at the crew's press conference.

In this regard, director Charlotte Booth's answer is humorous,

"I don't know about that. But you can go to the nine-and-four-quarter platform and try it - but if you get hurt, I won't be responsible. ”

“......”

Obviously, even if someone really believed in the existence of magic, it would not be a reporter who was there to try it at the Nine and a Quarter platform......

"That's pretty much it!"

Returning from the press conference, Charlotte couldn't help but sigh a little tiredly.

This made Alexis on the side a little puzzled,

"If you're really tired, don't deliberately make this kind of news out! With your current reputation, making movies doesn't have much impact without these means, right?"

"It's not big, indeed. ”

Charlotte nodded,

However, if the pre-publicity effect in the early stage is excellent, it can save much cost compared with large-scale publicity in the later stage. What's more, I didn't do it just for the promotion of the movie. ”

"Is there any purpose for this that has anything to do with spells?"

Alexis was a little surprised.

"Yes. ”

Charlotte said with a smile,

"The more I deliberately blur the lines between reality and fantasy, the more curious people become about Hogwarts. ”

"Intellectually, they don't believe it, but subconsciously, the image of Hogwarts is getting clearer and clearer. ”

"Does that make the movie more magical?"

Alexis asked.

"Yes. ”

Charlotte nodded,

"Because of the characteristics of the original fairy tale of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", there are not many horror elements in this movie. ”

"And the audience's fear is a favorite of ghosts and the biggest source of magic I absorb from movies. Now that I don't have the emotion of fear, I can only try to make up for it with the power of the audience's fantasy. ”

"And, do you think it's fun to do that!?"

“......”

- The last sentence is your real purpose, right!?

Alexis wanted to complain like this, but after all, the other party was her current boss, and Miss Valkyrie could only hold back......

In any case, in March 1998, the film "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" officially began filming.

This is the longest preparation time in Charlotte's film - it took half a year from the completion of casting to the start of filming.

Even more than the average Hollywood movie.

This is quite inconsistent with Charlotte's nicknames of "fast gunman" and "little money-saving expert".

However, after arriving at the filming site, whether it was the actors, some representatives of the investors, and David, who was sent by Warner to assist in the production, had to admit that the small half year was worth spending -

"This is what I think of as Hogwarts!"

Joanna Rowling let out a dreamlike sigh.

- As the original author, the opening ceremony of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" naturally invited Rowling to participate.

She originally wanted to discuss some plot details with Charlotte, but after seeing the studio that the crew had spent more than half a year building, the magical mother completely forgot her purpose.

She only felt that every plant and tree here was so in line with the ancient magic school she imagined.

- Even though it's just a huge sound stage, a lot of the rooms are just a show.

However, the most shocking thing is not Rowling, the original author, but a group of small actors, including Emma Watson.

"That's what I dreamed of when I dreamed of Hogwarts!"

Tom Felton exclaimed.

"Me too, but the Hogwarts of my dreams are prettier!"

Talking after Tom was Daniel Radcliffe.

Faced with this boy who was slightly younger than himself and got the role of Harry Potter, Tom couldn't help but snort.

- Isn't it just that I'm lucky to be the protagonist!

Tom didn't really like Daniel, but he didn't admit it was jealousy or anything.

"I'm trying to figure out the character - I play Draco Malfoy, I hate his Harry Potter in the first place!"

Tom muttered to himself,

"Didn't Mr. Alan Rickman say that a good actor should be a good actor, I just want to be a good actor......

Charlotte didn't know what was going on in the hearts of the young actors.

- Of course, even if he knew, he wouldn't care.

At this time, he was talking to a group of investor representatives, including David sent by Warner, to introduce the studio, which took half a year to build.

— or "Hogwarts Castle" isn't impossible.

"Our Hogwarts was designed after many of the buildings in Oxford and Cambridge. At the same time, it was originally a dilapidated castle, and we tried our best to preserve the style of the original castle while building a studio, which has formed the unique feeling it is now......"

"It's a very unique style, indeed!"

David looked around as he listened to Charlotte's story.

To be honest, he didn't expect Charlotte Booth to have the courage to do this-

The current "Hogwarts" is not so much a huge studio as a real fantasy castle.

Although this has increased the cost of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" in terms of scenes, overall, it does have a lot of benefits -

First of all, this can greatly reduce the cost of renting a space in the post-production, and most of the scenes can be shot in this "castle" studio;

Secondly, because there are many details in this "ancient castle", many pictures that originally needed to be made with computer special effects can be shot in real time.

Although it is still inevitable to use computer technology to retouch pictures, the workload and cost have been reduced a lot.

In this way, the extra cost of building the "ancient castle" has been basically flattened.

What's more, the castle can be reused.

- Remembering the initial plan that Charlotte had explained to him earlier, David couldn't help but get excited.

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