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Goblet of Fire Set Report:
Nighttime dragon scene at Black Park
What's this? A 'new' location shoot for Goblet of Fire! Let's go!
Yes folks, WB have been hard at it again, keeping a tight lid on the filming of the Goblet of Fire.
What a set up this is! Forget Virginia Water, forget the massive security surrounding the Oxford University scenes filmed late last year. This is a set to beat all others and security to match. One small area that was overlooked by Warner Bros., though, were coach trips of tourists traveling all around the UK on specially organised Harry Potter location holidays! Oops!
So, if you want to see (possibly) any action, get down to Black Park, situated between Slough and Uxbridge today!
In the meantime, here's as much as we have been able to bring you over the past few days of filming and a gallery to boot! With all of the filming taking place at night, sometimes 3pm to 4am and the VERY impressive security arrangements (which would include night vision goggles - to keep us at bay), it was impossible to get new pictures of anyone in action. We do hope to get a few shots today from our own Jess who's there right now hoping to meet some of the cast during breaks and we'll keep you posted!
Thanks also to Kaye-Louise for giving us some of her own exclusive shots to use for this gallery.
From approaching Black Park, you are immediately hit full on with the scale of this shoot. There has to be 20 to 30 trailers taking up at least a third of the car park. These, of course, are for the actors, make up, refreshments, etc. The walk to set is simply 10 minutes away, but situated behind a green screen which surrounds the whole area to provide a simple yet very effective shield for photographers and intruders alike.
Filming right now (picture Hagrid asking Harry to meet him in his cabin for a surprise!) are night scenes with Hagrid, Harry, Bill, Madam Maxine & Co. Of course then, there are the dragons! Obviously, the dragons will be CGI based (and no doubt brilliant at that), but as with the award-winning Buckbeak scenes, there is the use of a prop dragon which we tried so darn hard to get a shot of, to no avail. We can confirm it's there and in one of the shots you can see part of it under wraps.
Other facts: The wall shot is the entrance to be used to the Dragon Enclosure. The film is being shot with more "darker tones" to the whole film. They HAVE been doing set up shots for Order of the Phoenix; not here, but at many of the studios, NOT actual filming yet. 1.5 million pounds for this location shoot, to get around 3 minutes of footage?
Report written by Ann, courtesy of HP4U.co.uk. February 19, 2005.
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