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Old 02-24-2011, 02:04 AM
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Post Harry Potter VFX supervisor talks Deathly Hallows: Part II Hogwarts battle effects

In a new interview with Film & Video, visual effects supervisor Tim Burke, who was nominated this year for an Academy Award for his work on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I, discussed some of the elements put forth in creating the newly-destroyed Hogwarts for Deathly Hallows: Part II, the fact that more digital doubles were used in the last two films, and that Dobby as a character with a heart and soul was one of the most difficult to bring to life.



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What were the hardest shots to accomplish on Deathly Hallows, Part 1?
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I think the hardest things were the characters. The creatures and Dobby. People had to relate to Dobby, to empathize with Dobby to believe he would die. People are used to seeing good and bad CG characters. If Dobby didn’t look like he had a soul, we would have lost the emotional moment at the end of the film. I thought Dobby would be the hardest character, but with the skills of our brilliant animators at Framestore, he wasn’t that difficult to execute. And we had brilliant reference performances, which helped us nail the characters.


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How did the role of visual effects change in this film compared to earlier films?
We’re definitely doing more. The set design has become more expansive. The production scheduling and knowledge of how we could film on green screen using exterior partial sets on the backlot has changed. Especially on the last film. Because of the complications of scheduling two films, we had a lot of location work and couldn’t go on location. [Production designer] Stuart Craig has become familiar with us, so he created partial sets and we created digital sets. So, that’s something production has taken on board. And, because we’re able to do more rigid body dynamics and destruction work, we have no miniatures at all now.

For Part 2, we’ve done away with Hogwarts. It was such a major job to stage the battle of Hogwarts, and we had to do it in different stages of production. We had shots with complex linking camera moves from wide overviews, to flying into windows and interior spaces. So we took the plunge at the end of 2008 and started rebuilding the school digitally with Double Negative.

It’s taken two years – getting renders out, texturing every facet of the building, constructing interiors to see through windows, building a destruction version of the school. We can design shots with the knowledge that we have this brilliant digital miniature that we can do anything with. With a practical Hogwarts, we would have shot it last summer and been so tied down. Instead, as David Yates finds the flow and structure, we are able to handle new concepts and ideas.


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Have these changes affected your role as visual effects supervisor?
It’s dawning on me that supervisor is the wrong name. Given the level of what we do now, we’re directing the effects and to direct the effects, you have to understand what the director wants. It’s like composing music. David [Yates] uses words to describe things that are not visual. Ridley Scott draws sketches that I can almost hold up at the end of the day and say we did what he wanted.

David is more enigmatic. He would say, “The horcrux needs to be malevolent.” So you have to take a big leap. You have to get inside his head to know how to interpret that. Sometimes, you have to know how to interpret silence. Maybe silence isn’t a good thing. And I had three producers to interpret, too.
Burke recalled his final days at Leavesden studios this past December, for the last days of production for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II. He noted that the studios were already half-abandoned and repairs were beginning for the museum Warner Bros would build for a 2012 opening.

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You will finish the last Harry Potter film in a couple months. How does that feel?
It didn’t sink in until June last year, when I slowly started seeing different departments leave. We were in our offices working on Part 1, and the art department left, the construction department left, but we were working flat out. We were on our own in a building that was being knocked down because Warners is turning it into a film complex. We left just before Christmas.

I took a tour before the end. The sets were overgrown with weeds. I watched the diggers come in. The reality of leaving the studio where we made the films and seeing it knocked down was so sad.
The full interview can be read here.


The Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I Blu-ray and DVD sets, out on April 11, 2011 in the U.K. and April 15, 2011 in the U.S., can be pre-ordered on the WB Shop or Amazon. A list of international dates for the DVD's release can be found here.

US Deathly Hallows 1-disc DVD | US Deathly Hallows 1-disc Blu-ray | US Deathly Hallows 2-pack collector's set | US Deathly Hallows 2-disc DVD SE | US Deathly Hallows 3-disc Triple Play DVD/Blu-ray
UK Deathly Hallows 2-disc DVD | UK Deathly Hallows 3-disc Triple play DVD/Blu-ray | UK Deathly Hallows 3-disc Limited Edition Triple Play Steelbook
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Old 02-24-2011, 02:58 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Oh well, I still have to wait. HP5 to HP7, I was kind of disappointed cos they change a lot from the book after those great trailers. but they had a very good special effects and the OST. Deserve to be nominated for the special effects and OST.

I'm torn between Dobby from the CoS and DH which is better. They have differences
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omg i am soo excited! the special effects are amazing! <3, they always do such a great job! great job guys on all the movies!
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I loved Dobby in Deathly Hallows Part 1. He was sooo funny I can't wait until July 15! I mean, I can- but I can't. I don't want it to end
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They really outdo themselves with all the special effects. I'm thoroughly impressed. I can only imagine how amazing Part 2 will be...
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I absolutely loved dobby in DH part 1 I honestly think I'll when I realise there aren't any more HPs to look forward to seeing. I guess I'll have to make do with what I've got. It sounds like David has been putting so much effort into all of this, I'm happy

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I've always wondered how much they did with digital backdrops. Sounds like a lot more than they used to.
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oh i emphathized w/ Dobby alright.....! so sad.
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I keep forgetting that different departments would wrap at different times. That must have been emotional to watch This film is going to be fantastic!!
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Dobby was so cute in part one! They did an amazing job with him because I cried when he died!!

And I can't wait for part two!! WOO!! lol


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I can't wait :'D I think I'm getting more excited with every interview I read
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