During Wand Week Death Eaters will be returning to the Warner Bros Studio Tour to demonstrate wand moves to visitors.
Wand Week will take place from Saturday 16th to Sunday 24th February.
Head prop maker Pierre Bohanna’s team will be hand carving wands within the attraction and special effects supervisor John Richardson will be creating a display in Diagon Alley which will allow the Interactors to demonstrate the special effects behind spell casting.
Choreographer Paul Harris has created an installation for the attraction which will allow visitors to practise their own wand moves over Wand Week.
Discover first-hand how fight scenes were developed and the incredible amount of planning that went into each wand movement.
Original moulds, concept art and wand designs will be showcased in the attraction and, for the first time, Mr Ollivander’s costume will be on display at the entrance of his wand shop.
Wand secrets:
· In the first and second films, the wands looked quite plain. This was drastically changed in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban when the wands were given distinctive shapes and carvings, reflecting the owner’s personality.
· Once the look of each wand was decided, a master copy was made – which often involved a search for special materials such as precious woods with burrs or interesting shapes. A mould would then be made so that it could be replicated in resin. Duplicates were made in case a wand broke and rubber versions were made for stunt work.
· 17,000 hand-decorated and hand-labelled wand boxes filled the Ollivanders set during filming.
· Daniel Radcliffe, who played Harry Potter, wore out over 60 wands during the making of the film series.
How To Get There
Warner Bros. Studio Tour London
Studio Tour Drive
Leavesden
WD25 7LR
The nearest railway station is Watford Junction; there are direct trains from both London Euston (20 minute journey) and Birmingham New Street (1 hour journey). A shuttle bus will run from Watford Junction to the Studio Tour, with a journey time of around 15 minutes.
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