[HPFGU-Movie] filming PoA

[GulPlum]

Richelle wrote:

>If you look at The Leaky Cauldron, they've got pictures of filming up, and a
>couple of pictures are of Dan, one when he's waiting for filming to 
>start.  In
>that one he also has a heavy coat on.  Which of course had to be taken off 
>for
>the "summer scenes" as soon as they started filming. I'm assuming the logic
>behind this is that sunset is earlier now than it would be if they waited and
>actually filmed this when it was warmer?  Is that it?  Ah, the glamour of 
>show
>business!

Not necessarily. Dusk won't get *really* late (i.e. after about 8pm) until 
mid-May, so there's no real reason for them to film the outdoor summer 
scenes right now in the freezing cold - they could still get in some 
quality filming time in the dark when it's a bit warmer than it is right 
now. By comparison, it's just gone 4pm and I can see the sun setting 
outside the window next to me (the temperature is about 2 degrees C). It'll 
be fully dark in about an hour (I'm about 70 miles north-west of 
Leavesden), and it'll be even colder.

(I wrote the above about half an hour ago; due to a screw-up my end, the 
message wasn't posted. It is now almost totally dark).

Besides, "day for night" filming is as old as film-making itself, and there 
is no need to wait for total darkness to film night scenes.

The main reason for filming that scene now is probably because the HP films 
are filmed pretty much in chronological order (at least to much larger 
degree than most film), and this *is* almost the first scene in the story. :-)