![]() ![]() As the storylines began to develop a bit, a thin edge of the wedge starts to come in of the darker tones, thematically and visually. So, I decided to keep it sort of bright and breezy, more like the normal world, nothing really dark to start out with. The family where Harry started from, how he gets to Hogwarts, what happens when he gets to Hogwarts. “This is the first film and it’s going to introduce the entire series. Where will the look go in future films? How do we establish that?” There was, as always, with a film in pre-production, especially one of this nature, a lot of pre-production, talking and analyzing. He, too, had an enormous job to establish the look of what would become eight films. In working around the constraints of locations and creating the look of the magical world of Harry Potter, Seale credits his collaboration with production designer Stuart Craig: ”I'd worked with Craig previously on The English Patient and loved the way he worked. Seale on set amidst the players on a life sized chess board. “There was, as always, with a film in pre-production, especially one of this nature, a lot of pre-production, talking and analyzing. Frames were made to hang outside of windows for gels and ND filters, since these were not allowed on the windows themselves. The normal equipment, like wall busters in the roof so you could hang lamps up there, with a pole across from wall to wall, wasn't available.” In order to light, Seale had to rely often on lighting from outside, just adding an eye light inside. “In some of the locations we were not allowed to touch the walls, even when filming inside. “A lot of our sets were real castles or real chapels around England,” he explains. The film posed many unique challenges for Seale. He'd say, ‘What do you think of that boy for Harry?’ and I'd have my opinion, as would everyone else. He was the perfect man for the immense job. ![]() ![]() “I helped with the shortlist when I got to England to put together the camera crew and lighting crew, but I have to hand it to Chris Columbus. “I think my admiration for Chris Columbus went through the roof, because they screen tested thousands of kids,” Seale remembers. While no one knew how successful the film would become, there was pressure from the beginning to pick the perfect child actor to play Harry Potter. Seale bought the book, read it non-stop on his flight, and called Henderson as soon as he landed to sign on to the project. ![]()
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