Making of VFX and Special Effects - The Harry Potter Movies

VFX and Special Effects

This is how just some of the effects are created.The rather emaciated Gringotts dragon was actually modelled on some photographs provided by the RCPCA of mistreated dogs.The rig is computer controlled to create the swooping and sweeping of a game of Quidditch and the resultant film is then transferred into the computer graphics environment to be edited into the finished film.The broomstick rig came into its own again which together with Plexiglass spheres with water squired over the top and inside created the effect of Voldement floating and spinning in a sphere of water.The memories are seen dropping into a liquid in the Pensieve (bowl) and this was created by taking painted pictures (the memories) and amalgamating them into specially created software which produced the look of the liquid and the pictures floating down into it.Part of the magic of the Harry Potter movies is the special effects; spells, flying on broomsticks, a flying car, disappearing in a fireplace, it all happens when Harry Potter is around, but how do the film makers create these special effects?When filming beneath the "ice", wax is used floating on the water.

The sphere of water produced by Dumbledore's spell to trap Voldemort.When the camera is filming from above the lake, the ice is created by thick sheets of Plexiglass covered in a frosty texturing.The idea was to capture a "hangdog" look such that viewers would feel sorry for it rather than repulsed but it still had to be frightening.A skeleton of the dragon was built and muscle geometry created which animated the skin to simulate movement.Actually there are several visual effects companies which collaborate, depending on their specific area of expertise.Dumbledore's memories being stored in the Pensieve.The ice covering the frozen lake from which Harry gets back the sword of Gryffindor.

Playing Quidditch on a broomstick.Apparently this is a well known technique in the movies.A blue screen is used as the "sky" background and the flyer is seated on a broomstick on a hydraulic rig.Once the concept was agreed, the dragon was sculpted and painted using a 3D computer program.The Gringotts dragon. Yantram 3D Character Animation studio provides 3D Character Animation, 3D Character Modeling, Character Animation studio, VFX and Special Effects, 3d Game Character Rigging, 3d Game Character Animation, Voices & Sound composition, 3D Game Models, 2D Character Modeling.

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