[HPFGU-Movie] 3rd time's a charm- I've finally got some questions

[nicholas dean]

>Lauren said:-
>
>And to make a comment- I loved the second task, my only quibble with
>it is the "precious things" to be saved.  They looked a little scary,
>like they were dead or something.  I didn't even recognize Hermione,
>or Cho.  When I read the book, I imagined them to be sweetly sleeping-
>like, heads lolled to the side, gently bobbing in the currents,
>dribbles of bubbles escaping their mouths like itty snores.  (I think
>it was described pretty closely to that!) This scene gave me a bit of
>a jolt.

The recent 'Making of...' programme on British TV (one whole hour, 
amazingly!) dwelt at length upon the filming of this sequence. Dan 
Radcliffe actually  did all of the swimming that you saw Harry doing 
in the movie in short 15- to 20-second bursts, with scuba divers 
standing by to shove a regulator (breathing apparatus) into his mouth 
when needed. When it came to tying up the four hostages underwater, 
however, it was felt that it would be too dangerous; so they used 
dummies. Any diver will tell you, however, that shapes are distorted 
and colours are  bleached under water, and Caucasian skin looks 
lifeless. The 'hostages' did look odd, but not necessarily 
unrealistic.

Cheers,
Nicholas