[HPFGU-Movie] Re: My 2c on the DVD

[CLShannon at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/14/03 9:59:26 PM, kristen_tort at hotmail.com writes:

<< I reply:
I'd like to know about Quidditch. About how much the actors do themselves 
before they are CGI'ed. I would also love to hear about how they made Hagrid 
appear so tall. Did they use methods similar to LOTR? There are a million 
questions I would love to have answered. Maybe they will do better with 
future DVDs. >>

Exactly ;-)  I do seem to remember seeing a video clip somewhere of an 
interview with Dan R and when they asked him about how quidditch is filmed, 
he said something along the lines of 'I can't tell you.' 
However, there is that one small video clip that many have seen of Dan and 
Tom on  a soundstage in quidditch gear and Dan is putting on equipment or 
something. I knew they had to do the actors' parts in a studio, but it would 
have been nice to have a nice long behind the scenes feature on the DVD 
explaining and demonstrating moments during  the filming process, quidditch 
included ;-)
And I saw Robbie Coltrane reply in much the same way about how they made 
Hagrid appear so big. Perhaps they are afraid of revealing film and effects 
secrets because they think younger kids will have their sense of fantasy 
ruined <g> Sounds strange, I know, but you never how their minds work ;-) 
I would think that really young kids wouldn't be watching interviews on 
webpages and watching behind the scenes specials anyway, so why not throw a 
few bones to the millions of adult fans? 
Cindy