Chatty Hollywood

However, it has never been the responsibility of reporters to understand the truth of the matter.

——Finding or creating news to attract readers’ attention.

Therefore, Polly, who was completely puzzled, still sent the news out.

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

——Yes, Polly knew that was not the case, and those owls were actually just decorations. But so what! ?

This is the kind of news readers love to read! ! !

What's more, that strange crew would do this just to attract everyone's attention! ?

In this case, Polly might as well just do what they want.

——In terms of creating 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 went crazy——

"Does Hogwarts really exist in this world?"

——A young female reporter even asked this question at the crew’s press conference.

In this regard, director Charlotte Booth’s answer was quite humorous:

"I don't know about this either. But you can try it at platform nine and a quarter - but if you get hurt, I won't be responsible."

"..."

Obviously, even if someone really believed in the existence of magic and tried it at Platform Nine and a Quarter, it would not be the reporters present...

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"That's almost it!"

Coming back from the press conference, Charlotte couldn't help but sigh tiredly.

This made Alexis on the side a little puzzled.

"If you're really tired, don't deliberately create this kind of news! With your current reputation, filming a movie without these means won't have much impact, right?"

"It's really not big."

Charlotte nodded,

"However, if the pre-publicity effect is excellent, it will be much more cost-effective than large-scale publicity in the later stage. Besides, I am not doing this just to promote the movie."

"Is there any magic-related purpose here?"

Alexis was a little surprised.

"Yes."

Charlotte smiled and said,

"The more I deliberately blur the line between reality and fiction, the more curious people will be about Hogwarts."

"Although intellectually, they don't believe it, subconsciously, the image of Hogwarts will become clearer and clearer."

"Does this give the movie more magic?"

Alexis asked.

"Yes."

Charlotte nodded,

"Because of the nature of the original fairy tale in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, there are not too many horror elements that can be added to this movie."

"The audience's emotion of fear is the favorite of ghosts, and it is also the biggest source of magic that I absorb from movies. Now that there is no fear, I can only try to rely on the power of the audience's imagination to make up for it."

"And, do you think it would be fun to do this!?"

"..."

——The last sentence is your real purpose! ?

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

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In any case, in March 1998, filming of the movie "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" officially started.

This is the longest preparation time among Charlotte's movies - it took just 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 "quick gunner" and "saving money expert".

However, after arriving at the filming site, both the actors, some representatives of the investors, and David Heyman, who was sent by Warner to assist in the production, had to admit that this half a year was well spent——

"This is the Hogwarts in my mind!"

Joanna Rowling let out a dreamy sigh.

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

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

She just felt that every plant and tree here was so consistent with the ancient magic school she imagined.

- Even though it's just a huge studio, many rooms are just superficial.

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

"This is what Hogwarts looked like when I dreamed about it!"

cried Tom Felton.

"Me too, but the Hogwarts in my dream is more beautiful!"

The person who spoke after Tom was Daniel Radcliffe.

Facing this boy who was slightly younger than him and got the role of Harry Potter, Tom couldn't help but snorted.

——Isn’t it just luck that I became 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 - the Draco Malfoy I play actually hates the Harry Potter he plays!"

Tom said to himself,

"Didn't Mr. Alan Rickman say that a good actor should be able to combine the person and the actor? I just want to be a good actor..."

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Charlotte didn't know what the young actors were thinking.

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

At this time, he was eloquently introducing the studio that took less than half a year to build to a group of investor representatives, including David Heyman sent by Warner.

——Or "Hogwarts Castle" is not impossible.

"Our "Hogwarts" was designed with reference to many buildings in Oxford and Cambridge. At the same time, this place was originally a dilapidated castle. While building the studio, we also tried our best to retain the original castle. The style has formed this unique feeling now..."

"It is indeed a very unique style!"

David Heyman looked around while listening 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 it is a real fantasy castle.

Although doing so has increased the cost of the scenes for "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", overall, there are indeed many benefits -

First of all, this can significantly reduce the cost of renting the venue later, and most scenes can be shot in this "old castle" studio;

Secondly, because there are so many details in this "old castle", many of the scenes that originally required the use of computer special effects can be shot in real time.

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

In this way, the extra cost of building the "old castle" has been basically offset.

What's more important is that this "old castle" can be reused.

——Recalling the preliminary plan that Charlotte explained to him before, David Heyman couldn't help but get excited.

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