Palmers Green filming

[waterdogn]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, GulPlum <hp at p...> wrote:
> 
> What I'm most curious about is just what the Palmers Green location 
will be 
> "playing". I've never been to the area, so I have no idea what the 
> buildings are like. As they're doing it so soon into the start of 
filming, 
> I doubt it's Hogsmeade, as that doesn't come up until later in the 
plot. 
> Also, I'd assume they'd keep the winter setting, which means snow. 
They're 
> not likely to have any of that at the beginning of April, and 
spewing fake 
> snow all over a real London street seems a bit extreme (not to 
mention 
> uncontrolled and uncontrollable).
> 
> The only thing I can realistically imagine it might be is Diagon 
Alley. But 
> they've got a complete set of that over at Leavesden! I find it 
really, 
> really unlikely that WB would allow Cuaron to spend the small 
fortune 
> required for a location shoot under the circumstances.
> 
> All in all, I'm left here scratching my head and no wiser.

The Palmers Green article linked to by The Leaky Cauldron goes into 
quite a bit of detail about the filming plans. Among other things, 
its mentions that it will be at night, the Knight Bus will be there 
and that the street will be watered down to increase reflectivity (as 
Richard reported happened at the earlier filming). I wonder if this 
might be footage that they will link up to the filming already done 
at "The Leaky Cauldron". Maybe part of the drive up to that final 
destination?

By the way, your article was *wonderful* Richard!!

Robin Nicholls
Waterdogn @ aol.com
Southern California