Filming Of Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the famous series have always made the news headlines whenever a new novel or movie is released. This year there is a great level of excitement about the movie: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. This movie is based on the sixth edition and promises its fan a great deal of thrill and action.

1. The plot of the film is quite full of tension and suspense, as the sixth edition is said to be the darkest amongst all series. David Yates has directed the film and Steve Kloves has written the screenplay.   The filming of the movie has been quite a difficult task and each series has a new director to its list. The filming of the movie began on 24September 2007. The photography sessions lasted until May 2008. The movie has been produced under the great name of Warner Brothers.

Most of the shooting has been done in England, United Kingdom like Cantax Hills in Wiltshire, Church Street, Farnham, The Angel in Wiltshire, and numerous locations in other parts of United Kingdom as well, like Scotland. The producers also shot various scenes out of United Kingdom, in New Zealand, and North Scotland because according to them, the locations chosen in new countries were quiet similar to the previous ones and won’t create much of a difference.

The famous cave scene in the film in which Dumbledore and Harry visit the mysterious place to finish off a part of Voldemort’s soul has been shot in a cave wrath. This cave is located in Scotland. Many new locations have been selected while keeping the landscape of previous movies in view in order to preserve the continuity and flow of the previous movies.

The Lacock Abbey and the village of Lacock were chosen for filming the scenes of Harry’s and professor Dumbledore’s visit to Slughorn’s house. In order to create the dark effect, the people of the surrounding were asked to blacken out their windows and create a dark scene.

The scene that is shot almost in all the movies of the series is of Harry’s boarding the famous Hogwarts Express. The shooting of this scene took place is the dewy ambience of fort William Scotland on 6th October 2007. The Millennium Bridge in London was also used for shooting various scenes.

The actors attended the shooting sessions at different months. Some joined in December while some in February. The film was wrapped up by the end of May. All the photography sessions and still posters were ready and now finally the movie is about to release.

The director has kept the dark features of the novel more prominent in the movie as well, which makes this movie all the more different. The movie has been notified to the websites as PG because it contains certain scenes of violence, sensuality, scary images, and weird language. Overall, the movie will be a great experience to watch.