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06-06-2004, 10:36 AM
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How Buckbeak gots his wings - Summary:
The spectacular effects Article:
Thanks to Wizardnews Quote: June 5, 2004 -- 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" is full of magical effects, but none is more spectacular - or adorable - than Buckbeak, the animated half-horse, half-eagle creature who takes Harry for the ride of his life.
You really believe it when Harry climbs on his back and flies high over Hogwarts.
But creating Buckbeak was harder than you'd think.
A real horse stood in for Buckbeak's first scene, when Hagrid introduces him to Harry and the rest of the Care of Magical Creatures class.
In other scenes, the filmmakers used a full-size Buckbeak robot, with hair, feathers and literally hundreds of movable parts.
"But that didn't really work," recalls Robbie Coltrane, who plays Hagrid, "so they had to make a computer-generated Buckbeak."
Computer imaging allowed filmmakers to give Buckbeak lots of charming details - the funny way that he chomps a ferret out of Hermione's hand, for example, or the affectionate way he nuzzles Harry.
According to "Azkaban" director Alfonso Cuaron, the hippogriff's personality "is a mixture of regal elegance, particularly when he is flying, and the clumsy and greedy creature that he becomes back on land."
Those quirks come from the fertile mind of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, of course, but she didn't make up the idea of a hippogriff all by herself.
Though they don't exist in the real world - as far as we know - hippogriffs have shown up in literature since early Persian poems. The Renaissance writer John Milton mentioned one in 1671's "Paradise Regained."
And, no, a hippogriff has nothing to do with a hippopotamus.
The name combines the Greek word for horse, "hippos," with the word "griffin," referring to the famous mythical beast with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion.
The griffin, of course, is the creature on the crest of Harry's house, Gryffindor.
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06-06-2004, 11:03 AM
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thats soo cool!! i saw in an interview that they used horses!! that would have been so cool to see | 
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06-06-2004, 12:25 PM
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Wow! That's amazing! | |
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06-06-2004, 12:34 PM
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06-06-2004, 02:07 PM
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Now that's some bit of information! thanks | |
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06-06-2004, 04:20 PM
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They did a fantastic job with the special effects; I think Buckbeak was one of the best aspects of the movie.
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06-06-2004, 04:23 PM
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I'll admit, buckbeak was incredibly realistic! Er- well, as realistic as an imginary mythical creature can be  | |
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06-06-2004, 05:17 PM
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yeah the effects were awsome..... really good work | |
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06-06-2004, 05:52 PM
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thas soo kool sorryt i saw tha third movie IT WAS AWSOME!!!! though they could hav putted it longer :/ tom looked beutifuk like gorgeous dan tom was really funny in this movie  | |
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06-06-2004, 06:09 PM
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that sound really cool! :flowersmile: | |
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06-06-2004, 06:46 PM
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I think it's amazing how film makers create these creatures, I loved Buckbeak's flight sequence!  | |
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06-08-2004, 08:23 AM
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Buckbeak sounds like a pirate name. Doesn't it? | |
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