1 00:00:10,699 --> 00:00:12,353 - "The Deathly Hallows"-- 2 00:00:12,436 --> 00:00:14,840 the conclusion to one of the greatest film franchises 3 00:00:14,873 --> 00:00:16,878 the world had ever seen. 4 00:00:16,911 --> 00:00:19,887 The production was as dramatic as the tale itself. 5 00:00:19,970 --> 00:00:23,964 - Everything about the world of wizards is at risk here. 6 00:00:24,047 --> 00:00:27,387 - A story split in two with no extra money to do it... 7 00:00:27,470 --> 00:00:30,075 - Here's a marathon you've never run before, guys. 8 00:00:30,130 --> 00:00:32,470 - ...causing budget and schedule overruns... 9 00:00:32,470 --> 00:00:33,770 - Well, my first thought was, 10 00:00:33,810 --> 00:00:35,587 "We're gonna be here a long time." 11 00:00:35,670 --> 00:00:38,668 - ...on-set infernos... - It got out of control. 12 00:00:38,670 --> 00:00:40,729 - It absolutely went up in flames. 13 00:00:40,729 --> 00:00:43,629 - ...infernal issues... - They took our phones. 14 00:00:43,630 --> 00:00:45,464 They don't normally do that. 15 00:00:45,464 --> 00:00:46,973 ...and crew meltdowns. 16 00:00:46,975 --> 00:00:48,567 - Clashes, personality conflicts. 17 00:00:48,650 --> 00:00:50,527 - All in the pursuit of perfection. 18 00:00:50,610 --> 00:00:53,683 - To go out and try and tell the story in a way 19 00:00:53,710 --> 00:00:56,127 that we hadn't done yet in a "Potter" film before. 20 00:00:56,210 --> 00:00:59,010 - But all of that would pale in comparison to an accident 21 00:00:59,010 --> 00:01:02,727 that would rock the lives of everyone involved forever. 22 00:01:02,810 --> 00:01:03,990 - We were pushing the boundaries 23 00:01:03,990 --> 00:01:07,706 and something was a mishap and went wrong. 24 00:01:07,790 --> 00:01:08,650 - "The Deathly Hallows" 25 00:01:08,650 --> 00:01:11,247 would quite literally come close to death. 26 00:01:11,330 --> 00:01:14,236 - Very devastated and, you know, kept hoping for the best. 27 00:01:47,598 --> 00:01:50,807 - As the "Harry Potter" franchise approached its final chapter, 28 00:01:50,890 --> 00:01:53,095 director David Yates was back for his third film 29 00:01:53,110 --> 00:01:56,190 in the series -- the most of any director in its history. 30 00:01:56,273 --> 00:02:01,233 - He's amazingly, amazingly dedicated to this world. 31 00:02:01,290 --> 00:02:06,224 He's so wedded to the series that he could really pilot it. 32 00:02:06,307 --> 00:02:09,407 - But now the question was, could he bring it in to land? 33 00:02:09,490 --> 00:02:12,070 - It was huge. This had to be the pinnacle. 34 00:02:12,153 --> 00:02:14,492 Everyone had worked so hard to get to this point. 35 00:02:14,530 --> 00:02:16,470 We really needed to delivery. 36 00:02:16,470 --> 00:02:18,990 Really raise the bar in terms of the quality of the work, 37 00:02:19,050 --> 00:02:21,187 the storytelling, the acting, 38 00:02:21,270 --> 00:02:24,450 be as creative as we possibly could. 39 00:02:24,510 --> 00:02:25,944 - Easier said than done. 40 00:02:26,026 --> 00:02:28,347 "The Deathly Hallows" was huge, 41 00:02:28,389 --> 00:02:31,187 and although not quite as big as "The Order of the Phoenix," 42 00:02:31,270 --> 00:02:33,030 it was still over twice the length 43 00:02:33,030 --> 00:02:35,730 of the comparatively puny first book, 44 00:02:35,730 --> 00:02:37,607 "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone." 45 00:02:37,690 --> 00:02:41,907 - I mean, it was just monumental. - Huge, that was. 46 00:02:41,990 --> 00:02:43,810 - And something didn't add up 47 00:02:43,810 --> 00:02:46,327 because that first puny book clocked in 48 00:02:46,410 --> 00:02:48,052 at 2 1/2 hours. 49 00:02:48,135 --> 00:02:50,806 - "Deathly Hallows," they realized pretty rapidly, 50 00:02:50,889 --> 00:02:52,250 "We can't do this in 2 1/2 hours. 51 00:02:52,250 --> 00:02:55,124 No, we probably can't do it in three hours." 52 00:02:55,207 --> 00:02:57,787 - But don't forget-- This wasn't the first time 53 00:02:57,870 --> 00:02:59,577 they'd grappled with duration issues... 54 00:02:59,578 --> 00:03:00,377 - 55 00:03:00,450 --> 00:03:01,910 - ...as Chris Rankin surely remembers 56 00:03:01,910 --> 00:03:04,964 when his character was cut from the fourth movie. 57 00:03:05,047 --> 00:03:07,967 - Does it matter to Harry's story? Yes or no? 58 00:03:08,050 --> 00:03:10,850 And if the answer is no, that's the stuff that gets cut first. 59 00:03:10,910 --> 00:03:11,847 - Gone. 60 00:03:11,930 --> 00:03:14,187 - But this time, there was more to it. 61 00:03:14,270 --> 00:03:15,987 - The filmmakers believed 62 00:03:16,070 --> 00:03:18,447 that they had to do justice to the final book 63 00:03:18,530 --> 00:03:21,270 because the books did have so many complex plotlines 64 00:03:21,270 --> 00:03:24,610 and multiplicity of characters to be reflected. 65 00:03:24,693 --> 00:03:26,809 - How on earth are we gonna do that? 66 00:03:26,810 --> 00:03:30,329 - There was only one way. - It had to be two movies. 67 00:03:30,329 --> 00:03:32,788 - But did it, though? - Yeah. 68 00:03:32,790 --> 00:03:36,146 That one, out of all of them, had to be two movies. 69 00:03:36,146 --> 00:03:38,150 - Well, logistically it did make sense 70 00:03:38,190 --> 00:03:40,595 if they made both movies together. 71 00:03:40,610 --> 00:03:42,990 - Time is money. If we stop and come back, 72 00:03:42,990 --> 00:03:44,964 we have the whole setup cost again. 73 00:03:45,047 --> 00:03:46,327 It's too complicated. 74 00:03:46,410 --> 00:03:47,770 The only way to make it work 75 00:03:47,770 --> 00:03:51,484 is to combine all the shooting at once. 76 00:03:51,567 --> 00:03:54,507 - Splitting the last book in a series is common now, 77 00:03:54,590 --> 00:03:57,307 but "The Deathly Hallows" was the very first to do it. 78 00:03:57,390 --> 00:03:58,670 - I'm not a huge fan of things 79 00:03:58,670 --> 00:04:01,030 being split into two films because it-- 80 00:04:01,090 --> 00:04:03,630 Maybe it just feels like a money grab to me. I don't know. 81 00:04:03,690 --> 00:04:06,094 It's not that I don't want more films in a franchise 82 00:04:06,150 --> 00:04:09,344 that I love. It's just that when they split it, 83 00:04:09,427 --> 00:04:11,007 it always feels off. 84 00:04:11,090 --> 00:04:12,726 I know I'm... 85 00:04:12,809 --> 00:04:14,647 Other people have different opinions on that. 86 00:04:14,730 --> 00:04:16,005 - Including Warner Bros., 87 00:04:16,089 --> 00:04:18,647 who were more than happy to make two movies... 88 00:04:18,730 --> 00:04:21,810 as long as they did it for the price of one. 89 00:04:21,892 --> 00:04:24,732 - The budgets for the films never grew because you looked 90 00:04:24,810 --> 00:04:26,250 to sort of take advantage of the efficiencies 91 00:04:26,250 --> 00:04:28,087 you're bound to have through all this work. 92 00:04:28,170 --> 00:04:29,903 - But even still... 93 00:04:29,986 --> 00:04:31,426 - It's gotta be better than it was before. 94 00:04:31,510 --> 00:04:32,987 It's gotta be bigger than it was before. 95 00:04:33,070 --> 00:04:34,070 We've gotta be able to do something 96 00:04:34,070 --> 00:04:35,330 that we've never done before. 97 00:04:35,330 --> 00:04:38,623 - The budget for the previous movie was $250 million, 98 00:04:38,707 --> 00:04:39,946 but in this case, 99 00:04:40,029 --> 00:04:41,950 each of the two "Deathly Hallows" films 100 00:04:41,950 --> 00:04:44,807 would clock in at the price of the very first movie-- 101 00:04:44,890 --> 00:04:46,503 "The Sorcerer's Stone." 102 00:04:46,587 --> 00:04:50,347 There was an element of, like, "Oh, right. Mm..." 103 00:04:50,430 --> 00:04:51,933 - Well, my first thought was, 104 00:04:51,950 --> 00:04:54,410 "We're gonna be here a long time," and we were. 105 00:04:54,450 --> 00:04:56,930 - I think it was an 18-month shooting schedule, 106 00:04:56,930 --> 00:04:58,446 so that was enormous. 107 00:04:58,529 --> 00:05:00,986 - But no challenge was too big 108 00:05:01,070 --> 00:05:04,330 or underbudgeted for these "Harry Potter" veterans. 109 00:05:04,330 --> 00:05:06,707 - A lot of this team have been together for 10 years. 110 00:05:06,790 --> 00:05:08,683 The producer's done a whole series. 111 00:05:08,767 --> 00:05:10,565 They've got a guy at the helm 112 00:05:10,650 --> 00:05:13,020 who really knows this stuff backwards. 113 00:05:13,029 --> 00:05:14,866 So it's not like turning around to them and saying, 114 00:05:14,930 --> 00:05:17,850 "Well, here's a marathon you've never run before, guys." 115 00:05:17,850 --> 00:05:20,110 This is, "Here's a marathon you've run. 116 00:05:20,110 --> 00:05:22,049 You've just gotta keep on running." 117 00:05:22,132 --> 00:05:23,969 David Yates, he's, like, the marathon man. 118 00:05:24,050 --> 00:05:24,950 You know, he's like, 119 00:05:24,950 --> 00:05:26,930 "You want me to run seven marathons or five, 120 00:05:26,990 --> 00:05:29,567 I'm gonna run them, and I'm gonna keep on going." 121 00:05:29,650 --> 00:05:32,063 - Usually best to have a break between marathons, 122 00:05:32,147 --> 00:05:33,787 but not in this case. 123 00:05:33,870 --> 00:05:36,923 The "Potter" team were running a sort of three-legged marathon. 124 00:05:37,005 --> 00:05:38,806 - We were overlapping three films. 125 00:05:38,890 --> 00:05:42,207 We were still delivering shots for the sixth film 126 00:05:42,290 --> 00:05:44,450 and previews and development work 127 00:05:44,450 --> 00:05:47,347 for the seventh film, part 1 and 2. 128 00:05:47,430 --> 00:05:49,250 - And although they would be shooting both movies 129 00:05:49,250 --> 00:05:51,322 simultaneously, working on anything 130 00:05:51,330 --> 00:05:54,166 to do with "Part 2" was a little bit tricky. 131 00:05:54,250 --> 00:05:56,830 - We didn't get a script for a long time 132 00:05:56,850 --> 00:05:59,488 and we actually had to start reading the book 133 00:05:59,529 --> 00:06:01,899 to figure out what was going on, 134 00:06:02,005 --> 00:06:03,347 and even start designing sequences 135 00:06:03,430 --> 00:06:05,433 that we thought would be in the second film 136 00:06:05,470 --> 00:06:08,367 based on what was in the book because we didn't have a script. 137 00:06:08,450 --> 00:06:12,039 - Surely that was not the best use of Tim's time. 138 00:06:12,123 --> 00:06:14,003 - Well, to be honest, I let my producer do most of the reading. 139 00:06:16,110 --> 00:06:20,287 She was paraphrasing things into sort of story beats for me. 140 00:06:20,370 --> 00:06:23,945 - And there was one story beat that everyone knew about... 141 00:06:24,028 --> 00:06:24,827 roughly. 142 00:06:24,850 --> 00:06:26,770 - We were just basically taking a guess. 143 00:06:26,770 --> 00:06:29,726 We knew there'd be a huge battle at the end. 144 00:06:29,810 --> 00:06:31,310 - An almighty battle where Harry 145 00:06:31,310 --> 00:06:33,487 and the forces of good take on Voldemort 146 00:06:33,570 --> 00:06:35,110 and the forces of evil. 147 00:06:35,110 --> 00:06:37,640 And the background for this ultimate showdown? 148 00:06:37,724 --> 00:06:39,527 Hogwarts Castle, of course. 149 00:06:39,610 --> 00:06:42,281 - The thing about Hogwarts Castle was, it changed on every film. 150 00:06:42,330 --> 00:06:44,070 The joy was, at the beginning of every film, 151 00:06:44,070 --> 00:06:47,726 we would read the script and work out what was needed to add 152 00:06:47,810 --> 00:06:49,546 or change Hogwarts Castle. 153 00:06:49,630 --> 00:06:51,070 It's the only production I've ever been on 154 00:06:51,070 --> 00:06:54,347 where continuity can be taken with a bit of a pinch of salt, 155 00:06:54,430 --> 00:06:57,423 because you can say, "Well, it's magic. Of course it changes." 156 00:06:57,505 --> 00:07:00,407 - But this time, the transformation was different, 157 00:07:00,490 --> 00:07:02,483 thanks to the Battle of Hogwarts. 158 00:07:02,565 --> 00:07:06,287 - Nothing really compares with the Battle of Hogwarts. 159 00:07:06,370 --> 00:07:09,410 That was of just unimaginable scale. 160 00:07:09,410 --> 00:07:11,327 There was incredible pressure on that 161 00:07:11,410 --> 00:07:13,213 to both wrap everything up, 162 00:07:13,230 --> 00:07:15,735 but deliver a spectacle you've never seen. 163 00:07:15,770 --> 00:07:17,510 - To bring the spectacle to life, 164 00:07:17,510 --> 00:07:20,427 the fully digital Hogwarts they created off the model 165 00:07:20,510 --> 00:07:23,817 would now undergo its biggest renovation yet. 166 00:07:23,830 --> 00:07:25,450 - On the last film, it was important 167 00:07:25,450 --> 00:07:28,007 that the playing area for that final battle 168 00:07:28,090 --> 00:07:30,027 was in a much bigger courtyard. 169 00:07:30,110 --> 00:07:32,110 - The model being built in the computer 170 00:07:32,110 --> 00:07:34,190 took the best part of a year to do. 171 00:07:34,190 --> 00:07:36,567 We could then preview and design all of the sequences 172 00:07:36,650 --> 00:07:37,847 for the final battle. 173 00:07:37,930 --> 00:07:40,347 - The design of Hogwarts changed dramatically. 174 00:07:40,430 --> 00:07:43,530 The courtyard in front of the Great Hall doubled in size. 175 00:07:43,530 --> 00:07:46,187 The viaduct to that changed in size. 176 00:07:46,270 --> 00:07:48,367 That doubled or tripled in length. 177 00:07:48,450 --> 00:07:51,194 That was a big change. 178 00:07:51,277 --> 00:07:55,017 - The digital artists were artists, though, not builders. 179 00:07:55,100 --> 00:07:57,957 Practical effects wizards, the likes of Gary Tomkins, 180 00:07:58,040 --> 00:07:59,500 found themselves needing to teach 181 00:07:59,500 --> 00:08:01,353 the practicalities of model making. 182 00:08:01,437 --> 00:08:02,677 - Through no fault of their own, 183 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:05,137 last week they were probably working on dragon's feet 184 00:08:05,220 --> 00:08:07,140 or fairy wings or something, 185 00:08:07,140 --> 00:08:09,980 so I took up a lot of building construction books 186 00:08:09,980 --> 00:08:12,637 that I've got in my library, just showing them 187 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:16,694 how lintels work over doorways, rafters work, 188 00:08:16,777 --> 00:08:19,737 how tiles would be fixed to the tile battens. 189 00:08:19,820 --> 00:08:21,500 There are things that you can do with a built miniature 190 00:08:21,500 --> 00:08:23,604 that you can't do digitally. 191 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:24,880 When it was being built, 192 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:26,684 you might think, "Let's have a little bit more verdigris 193 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:29,440 on that drainpipe. Let's have some moss on that." 194 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:32,059 It's very tactile. It's like going on to a full-size set 195 00:08:32,059 --> 00:08:33,559 and just doing all the finishes. 196 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:35,117 When something is done completely digital, 197 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:36,160 you don't have that control 198 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:38,320 because it's done at a digital effects house, 199 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:40,391 which is away from the studio. 200 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:43,000 - For some, this meant giving up work on a set 201 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:46,240 they had been involved with for the better part of 10 years. 202 00:08:46,300 --> 00:08:49,497 - The last two films were done that way, so that kinda meant-- 203 00:08:49,580 --> 00:08:51,020 spelt the end for us. 204 00:08:51,020 --> 00:08:55,294 We didn't physically shoot after that on Hogwarts, sadly. 205 00:08:55,477 --> 00:08:56,497 But there you go. 206 00:08:56,580 --> 00:08:58,300 - Hogwarts was my baby 207 00:08:58,300 --> 00:09:00,660 that I looked after for all of those years, 208 00:09:00,660 --> 00:09:03,100 and every film, it would be something 209 00:09:03,100 --> 00:09:05,203 I would always look forward to -- going down, 210 00:09:05,260 --> 00:09:07,465 meeting up with José, discussing the new changes, 211 00:09:07,548 --> 00:09:08,607 what we were gonna build. 212 00:09:08,620 --> 00:09:10,297 Meeting up with the team of model makers, 213 00:09:10,380 --> 00:09:12,520 all of whom were, you know, incredibly talented 214 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:14,857 and they knew every inch of that model. 215 00:09:14,940 --> 00:09:16,290 They knew construction techniques. 216 00:09:16,340 --> 00:09:19,194 They knew what we were trying to achieve. 217 00:09:19,277 --> 00:09:23,197 - And if the Battle of Hogwarts was between CG and practical, 218 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:25,580 by now, there was absolutely no doubt 219 00:09:25,580 --> 00:09:28,774 which side had emerged victorious. 220 00:09:28,857 --> 00:09:32,497 - There were a lot of things that went more to the CGI world 221 00:09:32,580 --> 00:09:34,777 and that was the director's choice. 222 00:09:34,860 --> 00:09:38,636 I found that quite daunting at times 223 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:43,800 that David Yates was leaning more to CGI effects. 224 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:46,559 - Regardless, director David Yates knew one thing. 225 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:48,360 - It is the quality of one's convictions 226 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:49,817 that determines success. 227 00:09:49,900 --> 00:09:52,317 - With the legacy of the "Harry Potter" franchise riding 228 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:54,800 on the results of these last two films, 229 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:57,197 failure just wasn't an option. 230 00:09:57,280 --> 00:09:59,866 - You brave, brave man. 231 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:06,020 - Principal photography began 232 00:10:06,020 --> 00:10:10,520 on "The Deathly Hallows: Part 1" and "2" in February 2009. 233 00:10:10,718 --> 00:10:14,256 The shooting schedule had now been extended to over 260 days 234 00:10:14,340 --> 00:10:16,234 on the same budget, 235 00:10:16,317 --> 00:10:17,977 so every dollar counted 236 00:10:18,059 --> 00:10:20,766 and all the departments had to rely on each other. 237 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:22,357 - A good relationship is important 238 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:23,677 between the visual effects department 239 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:24,540 and the art department 240 00:10:24,540 --> 00:10:28,297 because they really can help you out of a scrape 241 00:10:28,380 --> 00:10:32,756 if you can't afford to build a set or whatever that might be. 242 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:34,160 - Right, Tim and his team 243 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:36,157 couldn't do everything digitally, 244 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:39,011 and even though Hogwarts was now digital, 245 00:10:39,059 --> 00:10:41,020 there were still plenty of hands-on action 246 00:10:41,020 --> 00:10:42,480 for Gary and the team. 247 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:45,017 There was a ton of work to be done building new sets, 248 00:10:45,100 --> 00:10:46,790 like Shell Cottage. 249 00:10:46,873 --> 00:10:48,449 - Shell Cottage on the outskirts of Tinworth. 250 00:10:48,532 --> 00:10:51,904 - That was a particularly lovely set to do. 251 00:10:51,904 --> 00:10:55,337 One of the references for the design of Shell Cottage 252 00:10:55,420 --> 00:10:58,020 was a place in Devon called A la Ronde. 253 00:10:58,020 --> 00:11:00,417 One of the things that this particular property had 254 00:11:00,500 --> 00:11:05,110 was triangular windows, which is obviously very unusual. 255 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:06,940 Shell Cottage was built very much 256 00:11:06,940 --> 00:11:08,780 like a traditional cottage would be made, 257 00:11:08,780 --> 00:11:12,597 but instead of using stones for the walls, they were big shells. 258 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:13,880 We then got the plastering department 259 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:16,217 to cast them off and make sheets of them, 260 00:11:16,300 --> 00:11:18,100 and the same with the roof. 261 00:11:18,100 --> 00:11:20,499 We built the set that they used in the studios, 262 00:11:20,500 --> 00:11:23,319 the entire thing was built, finished, painted, 263 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:25,999 and then it was dismantled, put onto trucks, 264 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:27,920 taken to Wales, and then built on the beach. 265 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:30,520 - And such a unique design could only benefit 266 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:31,897 from a unique location. 267 00:11:31,980 --> 00:11:34,619 - Freshwater Bay in Pembrokeshire in Wales. 268 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:36,242 I think it worked particularly well. 269 00:11:36,325 --> 00:11:39,125 The colors that we chose to paint Shell Cottage 270 00:11:39,179 --> 00:11:41,237 were very much based on the colors of the sand 271 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:44,100 and the dunes that it was nestled in. 272 00:11:44,100 --> 00:11:45,720 It looked like it had been there forever. 273 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:47,697 - But by building out such a major set piece 274 00:11:47,780 --> 00:11:50,457 in a public space, it was only a matter of time 275 00:11:50,540 --> 00:11:52,117 before it attracted the attention 276 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:54,217 of ravenous "Potter" fans. 277 00:11:54,300 --> 00:11:55,837 Whereas normally on "Harry Potter" films, 278 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:56,944 they're cloaked in secrecy, 279 00:11:56,980 --> 00:11:58,297 and if you were shooting on location, 280 00:11:58,380 --> 00:12:00,880 there'd be barriers and cordons-- 281 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:03,057 For this, we made no attempt to hide it 282 00:12:03,140 --> 00:12:05,147 because you just couldn't. 283 00:12:05,230 --> 00:12:08,010 - The location would also feature the beloved house-elf, 284 00:12:08,010 --> 00:12:09,487 Dobby's, death scene. 285 00:12:09,570 --> 00:12:11,870 - Such a beautiful place. 286 00:12:11,990 --> 00:12:14,350 - I remember reading the book 287 00:12:14,350 --> 00:12:18,192 and just crying my eyes out when Dobby dies. 288 00:12:18,250 --> 00:12:21,867 - Dobby had been a CGI character since "The Chamber of Secrets," 289 00:12:21,950 --> 00:12:24,429 but his passing provided an economical opportunity 290 00:12:24,429 --> 00:12:26,587 to return to the original puppet. 291 00:12:26,670 --> 00:12:27,886 - For certain shots, 292 00:12:27,970 --> 00:12:30,690 particularly when he's being carried or being wrapped up, 293 00:12:30,773 --> 00:12:32,653 you can just use the puppet, and that's a, 294 00:12:32,654 --> 00:12:35,487 you know, few thousand pounds saved on the budget 295 00:12:35,570 --> 00:12:37,130 just by using something that's static. 296 00:12:37,130 --> 00:12:39,847 So, we just had our practical puppet that we used for that. 297 00:12:39,929 --> 00:12:42,347 - However, when it came to filming the emotional scene, 298 00:12:42,429 --> 00:12:45,010 the Freshwater Bay location saw it make the front page 299 00:12:45,010 --> 00:12:48,164 of the newspapers for all the wrong reasons. 300 00:12:48,247 --> 00:12:49,627 - Nick was famously photographed-- 301 00:12:49,710 --> 00:12:51,747 it was on the front of the newspaper-- 302 00:12:51,830 --> 00:12:53,900 holding Dobby in his arms. 303 00:12:53,982 --> 00:12:56,383 - It was literally just the corpse, 304 00:12:56,390 --> 00:12:59,490 which we did take up to the location in a box 305 00:12:59,490 --> 00:13:02,309 with "RIP, Dobby" written on the front. 306 00:13:02,309 --> 00:13:04,510 I remember horrifying people because they were saying, 307 00:13:04,510 --> 00:13:06,050 "Oh, God, it's Dobby! 308 00:13:06,050 --> 00:13:07,160 He's dead!" You know? 309 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:09,182 - Thankfully, that's where the trauma ended. 310 00:13:09,265 --> 00:13:11,785 - Anything walking or talking was digital. 311 00:13:11,809 --> 00:13:14,187 - And what the distraught fans didn't realize at the time 312 00:13:14,270 --> 00:13:16,804 was, he would be treated to one final makeover, 313 00:13:16,886 --> 00:13:18,927 ensuring he'd look his best. 314 00:13:19,010 --> 00:13:22,250 - We modified Dobby a little bit from his original design. 315 00:13:22,727 --> 00:13:24,727 - - He was so cartoony. 316 00:13:24,809 --> 00:13:26,607 We wanted to just reduce some of his features 317 00:13:26,690 --> 00:13:28,907 a little bit to give him a little bit more realism. 318 00:13:28,990 --> 00:13:30,650 - Of course, sir. I'm an elf. 319 00:13:30,650 --> 00:13:34,259 - I wasn't a big fan of facial capture. 320 00:13:34,342 --> 00:13:35,944 Toby Jones, playing Dobby-- 321 00:13:35,945 --> 00:13:38,479 His facial details were so different. 322 00:13:38,530 --> 00:13:41,232 I basically wanted to animate, 323 00:13:41,270 --> 00:13:43,741 so when we filmed, we had Toby come 324 00:13:43,770 --> 00:13:45,470 and deliver the lines on set, 325 00:13:45,470 --> 00:13:47,010 and then once we'd finished filming on set, 326 00:13:47,010 --> 00:13:49,350 we'd take him to a little side studio 327 00:13:49,350 --> 00:13:51,550 and we basically allowed him to repeat the whole performance 328 00:13:51,550 --> 00:13:54,670 with physical character, as well as facial character. 329 00:13:54,790 --> 00:13:56,027 Cut that material together, 330 00:13:56,110 --> 00:13:59,167 turned it over to the animators, who then interpreted designs 331 00:13:59,250 --> 00:14:02,567 that we'd done and came up with the animation. 332 00:14:02,650 --> 00:14:04,890 The nature of how it's filmed and the sort of-- 333 00:14:04,890 --> 00:14:07,747 the rawness of it, was, yeah, very, very real. 334 00:14:07,830 --> 00:14:09,530 And there are moments in there, absolutely, 335 00:14:09,530 --> 00:14:13,804 where you just believe he's a real character that's just died. 336 00:14:13,886 --> 00:14:17,927 - But for some, Dobby's death evoked unexpected emotions. 337 00:14:18,010 --> 00:14:21,727 For Gary, one of irritation. 338 00:14:21,810 --> 00:14:23,330 - Shell Cottage is seen just in the distance. 339 00:14:23,330 --> 00:14:25,507 And you can barely see any texture on it 340 00:14:25,590 --> 00:14:27,990 because everyone's concentrating on Dobby, 341 00:14:27,990 --> 00:14:29,950 and in the background, there's Shell Cottage there. 342 00:14:29,990 --> 00:14:31,370 Get out of the way. There's Shell Cottage. 343 00:14:31,370 --> 00:14:34,589 We put a lot of effort into that. 344 00:14:35,207 --> 00:14:36,847 - Dobby wasn't the only character 345 00:14:36,930 --> 00:14:39,210 who'd undergone a bit of an image change. 346 00:14:39,210 --> 00:14:42,984 - The producer came literally running into my department, 347 00:14:43,067 --> 00:14:45,547 saying, "We've just had Harry Melling in, 348 00:14:45,630 --> 00:14:46,970 and we've got a major problem." 349 00:14:46,970 --> 00:14:50,784 - Just look at him, Petunia. Our boy has gone yumpy! 350 00:14:50,867 --> 00:14:52,707 - He'd always been this totally chunky child 351 00:14:52,790 --> 00:14:58,090 and he's turned up and he's this very slim young man. 352 00:14:58,090 --> 00:14:59,847 - Nick promptly came in with a picture and says, 353 00:14:59,930 --> 00:15:02,490 "Have you seen Harry Melling?" 354 00:15:02,490 --> 00:15:05,150 It's like, "Oh, my God. Wow, he's lost loads of weight." 355 00:15:05,150 --> 00:15:07,727 And they want him to look exactly how he did, 356 00:15:07,810 --> 00:15:08,947 and it becomes, "Okay." 357 00:15:09,030 --> 00:15:11,455 Nothing massively had changed here. 358 00:15:11,538 --> 00:15:13,707 It was just really the weight in his face. 359 00:15:13,790 --> 00:15:16,367 - So, we had to make a full bodysuit for him, 360 00:15:16,450 --> 00:15:18,424 and hands, 361 00:15:18,507 --> 00:15:20,147 and face, the whole thing. 362 00:15:20,230 --> 00:15:22,701 - I don't think you're a waste of space. 363 00:15:22,710 --> 00:15:25,750 - And that was quite a tough number 364 00:15:25,770 --> 00:15:29,170 'cause it's one of those gags that nobody's meant to notice. 365 00:15:29,170 --> 00:15:31,127 You know, you're not doing it to attract attention. 366 00:15:31,210 --> 00:15:32,650 - At least it was that way 'round. 367 00:15:32,650 --> 00:15:34,229 If he'd put on loads of weight 368 00:15:34,229 --> 00:15:35,587 and we'd have had to shrink him down, 369 00:15:35,670 --> 00:15:37,310 that would not have been our world. 370 00:15:37,310 --> 00:15:39,490 That would've been a digital thing, for sure. 371 00:15:39,490 --> 00:15:43,250 - And issues with cast members persisted. 372 00:15:43,330 --> 00:15:45,327 Another actor, Jamie Waylett, 373 00:15:45,410 --> 00:15:47,470 portraying Malfoy's sidekick Vincent Crabbe... 374 00:15:47,470 --> 00:15:49,642 - What are you doing down-- 375 00:15:49,690 --> 00:15:51,629 - ...would find himself propelled into the spotlight 376 00:15:51,650 --> 00:15:53,388 for all the wrong reasons-- 377 00:15:53,430 --> 00:15:55,130 arrested on a drug charge. 378 00:15:55,130 --> 00:15:59,504 - I think it was discovered in a club or something outside. 379 00:15:59,587 --> 00:16:02,207 - He pled guilty to possession of cannabis 380 00:16:02,290 --> 00:16:05,730 and was ultimately let go from the "Harry Potter" franchise. 381 00:16:05,810 --> 00:16:08,281 - That was not good. Tragic, really. 382 00:16:08,310 --> 00:16:10,796 - But where there's smoke, there's fire, 383 00:16:10,879 --> 00:16:14,587 and before the end of shooting, there would be an inferno. 384 00:16:14,670 --> 00:16:15,990 But we'll get to that. 385 00:16:15,990 --> 00:16:17,787 For now, filming was in full swing 386 00:16:17,870 --> 00:16:20,170 on the final two "Harry Potter" films, 387 00:16:20,170 --> 00:16:23,550 and Tim Burke was now frequently by the director's side. 388 00:16:23,550 --> 00:16:26,130 - When he's directing, we were sort of quite close. 389 00:16:26,130 --> 00:16:28,647 There was so much to be done in post, basically. 390 00:16:28,730 --> 00:16:30,607 - But it wasn't all business as usual 391 00:16:30,690 --> 00:16:33,528 because these movies had some necessary exposition 392 00:16:33,530 --> 00:16:35,767 regarding the legendary Deathly Hallows 393 00:16:35,850 --> 00:16:37,010 and it was a backstory 394 00:16:37,010 --> 00:16:39,680 that didn't involve Harry Potter at all. 395 00:16:39,830 --> 00:16:42,027 - So you want kids to pay attention to this thing 396 00:16:42,110 --> 00:16:44,570 that doesn't have Harry in it, that doesn't have Hermione, 397 00:16:44,570 --> 00:16:45,470 it doesn't have Ron. 398 00:16:45,470 --> 00:16:47,047 In kids' movies, 399 00:16:47,130 --> 00:16:49,527 you have to have a reason to pay attention to stuff. 400 00:16:49,610 --> 00:16:53,385 - To solve this, a bold, unusual step was taken. 401 00:16:53,430 --> 00:16:57,403 - Try and tell this prophecy, this story in a way 402 00:16:57,450 --> 00:17:00,067 that we hadn't done yet in a "Potter" film before. 403 00:17:00,150 --> 00:17:03,790 This puppet film with almost a Balinese shadow puppet look. 404 00:17:03,873 --> 00:17:07,553 - The three brothers simply waved their wands and made a bridge. 405 00:17:07,570 --> 00:17:09,390 - Ben Hibon did this animated film for us. 406 00:17:09,390 --> 00:17:11,570 - He was an animation director. 407 00:17:11,570 --> 00:17:12,890 - Driven mad with hopeless longing, 408 00:17:12,890 --> 00:17:14,770 the second brother killed himself. 409 00:17:14,770 --> 00:17:17,683 - At this point, the franchise is operating with such confidence. 410 00:17:17,766 --> 00:17:19,226 "Let's give this a try." 411 00:17:19,310 --> 00:17:21,686 - To do something visually that was so different 412 00:17:21,770 --> 00:17:23,205 and so interesting, 413 00:17:23,290 --> 00:17:26,170 it was really effective because it kinda jolted you out. 414 00:17:26,170 --> 00:17:28,930 It made you pay attention to this story, 415 00:17:29,009 --> 00:17:31,847 especially little kids, sit up and go, "Ooh, what's happening?" 416 00:17:31,930 --> 00:17:33,967 - But for the cast and crew of Harry Potter, 417 00:17:34,050 --> 00:17:36,430 a dark event was on the horizon. 418 00:17:36,430 --> 00:17:39,067 "The Deathly Hallows" had a tragic plot twist 419 00:17:39,150 --> 00:17:41,621 and it was one that nobody saw coming. 420 00:17:45,516 --> 00:17:47,496 - As filming continued on "The Deathly Hallows," 421 00:17:47,580 --> 00:17:50,417 the challenges for Tim Burke and the team continued. 422 00:17:50,500 --> 00:17:52,200 - One of the big, complex sequences 423 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:54,859 was when they transform into the seven Harrys. 424 00:17:54,859 --> 00:17:57,633 - I believe you're familiar with this particular brew. 425 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:00,686 - Basically, we had to replicate Daniel seven times. 426 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:02,740 We started with each of the actors 427 00:18:02,740 --> 00:18:04,917 who were gonna turn into Harry. 428 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,960 Basically, we designed a single shot, a full 360. 429 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:12,223 By the time we got back, they'd turned into the seven Harrys. 430 00:18:12,306 --> 00:18:14,577 - Wow, we're identical. - Wow, we're identical. 431 00:18:14,660 --> 00:18:16,696 - David directed each of the actors, 432 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:19,940 so they had their own peculiar sort of little personalities 433 00:18:19,940 --> 00:18:21,817 about how they transformed. 434 00:18:21,900 --> 00:18:24,337 - Delivering the scene would require high-tech VFX, 435 00:18:24,420 --> 00:18:27,313 but also some straight-up quality acting. 436 00:18:27,397 --> 00:18:30,016 - [Fleur's voice] Bill, look away. I'm hideous. 437 00:18:30,100 --> 00:18:33,160 - Dan watched each of their performances 438 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:35,797 and learnt those performances and then sort of copied 439 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:37,380 and tried to emulate them. 440 00:18:37,380 --> 00:18:40,773 - But some actors, he'd been studying for years. 441 00:18:40,857 --> 00:18:43,117 - He did a very good Hermione. 442 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:46,119 - [Hermione's voice] Harry, your eyesight really is awful. 443 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:48,517 - Which he seemed to get a lot quicker than the others, 444 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:51,097 probably 'cause he's known her for a lot longer. 445 00:18:51,180 --> 00:18:51,760 - [George's voice] Haven't got anything 446 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:53,792 a bit more sporting, have you? 447 00:18:53,877 --> 00:18:55,317 - [Fred's voice] Yeah, I don't really fancy this color. 448 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,080 - We'd basically blended live action with CG 449 00:18:58,140 --> 00:18:59,936 and did the transformations. 450 00:19:00,020 --> 00:19:02,619 The final realization is startling 451 00:19:02,619 --> 00:19:04,936 and it's great storytelling at the end of the day. 452 00:19:05,020 --> 00:19:06,540 - Yes, it's all very touching. 453 00:19:06,540 --> 00:19:08,000 Let's go! 454 00:19:08,586 --> 00:19:09,847 Three! - And go they did, 455 00:19:09,930 --> 00:19:12,007 straight into a hell-for- leather chase sequence 456 00:19:12,090 --> 00:19:13,790 high over the streets of London. 457 00:19:13,790 --> 00:19:15,892 But prop master Barry Wilkinson 458 00:19:15,970 --> 00:19:17,210 felt that Mad-Eye Moody 459 00:19:17,210 --> 00:19:20,023 might be slightly out of place perched on a broom. 460 00:19:20,107 --> 00:19:23,526 - Mad-Eye Moody. Well, looking at the character in that coat 461 00:19:23,609 --> 00:19:25,590 and that, he looks a bit thuggish. 462 00:19:25,590 --> 00:19:28,744 He wouldn't be just sitting on a piddly little broom. 463 00:19:28,827 --> 00:19:31,167 Let's do him something good. 464 00:19:31,250 --> 00:19:33,583 I said, "Well, let's get a Harley seat, 465 00:19:33,667 --> 00:19:35,907 one of the old-fashioned type, leather ones, 466 00:19:35,990 --> 00:19:37,410 and a couple of pegs 467 00:19:37,410 --> 00:19:39,927 and put him so he can be at least looking 468 00:19:40,010 --> 00:19:42,148 as though he's riding a bike." 469 00:19:42,170 --> 00:19:45,209 So that's how his broom came about. 470 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:50,484 - Once the chase sequence touched down, 471 00:19:50,567 --> 00:19:53,847 literally every department on the film became involved. 472 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:56,016 - Stunts, the special effects, 473 00:19:56,100 --> 00:19:59,540 two different locations for the tunnels, CG environments. 474 00:19:59,540 --> 00:20:01,957 You know, we had riding upside down on the roof, 475 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:03,520 which we did with a rig. 476 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:05,736 We were doing a lot of air-to-air photography 477 00:20:05,820 --> 00:20:07,840 to make it very dynamic and visceral. 478 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:10,244 It was a very heavily involved sequence. 479 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:12,585 - Now, speaking of being heavily involved, 480 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:15,646 Chris Rankin had been patiently waiting by the phone 481 00:20:15,660 --> 00:20:17,900 to find out if his character, Percy Weasley... 482 00:20:17,983 --> 00:20:20,303 - I happen to be a school prefect. 483 00:20:20,340 --> 00:20:23,244 - ...would make the cut because he was in the book. 484 00:20:23,260 --> 00:20:25,936 - I do remember turning that page and gasping, 485 00:20:26,020 --> 00:20:27,923 and I was like, "Oh, he's there!" 486 00:20:28,006 --> 00:20:30,566 - Having gone to work for the Ministry of Magic, 487 00:20:30,619 --> 00:20:33,560 Percy returned to Hogwarts in time for the big battle 488 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:35,619 in which he would redeem himself. 489 00:20:35,703 --> 00:20:37,983 - In the book, if memory serves me, 490 00:20:37,984 --> 00:20:40,204 he gets called a Ministry-loving, 491 00:20:40,204 --> 00:20:44,593 family-disowning, power-hungry moron by Fred. 492 00:20:44,677 --> 00:20:46,677 - While reunited with his family, 493 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:49,833 Percy wouldn't be able to save brother Fred. 494 00:20:49,936 --> 00:20:52,137 - And then they go into battle together. 495 00:20:52,220 --> 00:20:55,480 Percy ends up dueling his boss and says, 496 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:58,320 "Oh, by the way, did I tell you I'm resigning?" 497 00:20:58,403 --> 00:21:01,442 And Fred says, "Percy's told a joke." 498 00:21:01,460 --> 00:21:04,298 And as he says that, he gets killed, and it's just horrible. 499 00:21:04,300 --> 00:21:07,077 - As heart-wrenching as this moment was in the book, 500 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:09,693 it was even worse news for Chris. 501 00:21:09,776 --> 00:21:13,715 - I remember having a call from David Heyman, which was unusual, 502 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:16,173 saying, "We're not gonna show Fred's death scene. 503 00:21:16,256 --> 00:21:17,157 It's not gonna work. 504 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:20,137 There's no way we can do this without ruining that moment. 505 00:21:20,220 --> 00:21:22,513 Some things are better left to the imagination. 506 00:21:22,597 --> 00:21:25,827 But please don't tell anybody 507 00:21:25,910 --> 00:21:28,186 because everybody wants to know what's gonna happen 508 00:21:28,270 --> 00:21:29,465 with Fred's death." 509 00:21:29,550 --> 00:21:32,367 - The killing off of Fred Weasley's death scene 510 00:21:32,450 --> 00:21:34,520 meant only one thing for Chris. 511 00:21:34,570 --> 00:21:36,505 - Percy's not in "Deathly Hallows" much, 512 00:21:36,530 --> 00:21:37,807 but he's there. 513 00:21:37,890 --> 00:21:40,350 - There! And there! 514 00:21:41,409 --> 00:21:43,509 - And that's what matters. 515 00:21:44,226 --> 00:21:46,746 - Someone who was there from the very beginning 516 00:21:46,830 --> 00:21:50,211 was stunt performer and "Harry Potter" double David Holmes. 517 00:21:50,294 --> 00:21:52,667 Having spent years working on the franchise, 518 00:21:52,750 --> 00:21:55,205 he was there day in, day out, 519 00:21:55,290 --> 00:21:57,210 but on one particular day, 520 00:21:57,210 --> 00:22:00,627 things went terribly wrong indeed. 521 00:22:00,710 --> 00:22:02,613 - The job that he was doing 522 00:22:02,613 --> 00:22:04,616 was pretty much similar to what we'd done before. 523 00:22:04,670 --> 00:22:06,809 Not a lot of difference, you know. 524 00:22:06,850 --> 00:22:09,747 - The shot was for a scene where snake and Horcrux Nagini 525 00:22:09,830 --> 00:22:11,506 violently attacks Harry. 526 00:22:11,590 --> 00:22:15,087 - I believe they'd done a test prior, done a successful one. 527 00:22:15,170 --> 00:22:16,330 - Director David Yates 528 00:22:16,350 --> 00:22:18,707 then asked for a little more power in the shot. 529 00:22:18,790 --> 00:22:21,427 - Changed the wiring. We rehearsed it a couple of times. 530 00:22:21,510 --> 00:22:24,281 We were building up, and then... 531 00:22:25,656 --> 00:22:27,116 - 532 00:22:28,667 --> 00:22:32,226 I would rather not reflect on the worst day of my life 533 00:22:32,310 --> 00:22:35,070 too much, but we were pushing the boundaries 534 00:22:35,070 --> 00:22:37,970 and something was a mishap and went wrong, 535 00:22:37,970 --> 00:22:41,303 and unfortunately I suffered a spinal cord injury. 536 00:22:41,387 --> 00:22:44,266 - I remember it happening and I remember, you know, 537 00:22:44,350 --> 00:22:46,320 the story coming up to the art department 538 00:22:46,350 --> 00:22:47,667 and obviously, you know, 539 00:22:47,750 --> 00:22:51,287 we had known David for many years prior to that 540 00:22:51,369 --> 00:22:54,290 and it was, you know, just very, very devastating. 541 00:22:54,290 --> 00:22:59,867 - I remember the shock and the upset that it caused. 542 00:23:00,810 --> 00:23:01,850 Dave is incredible. 543 00:23:01,850 --> 00:23:03,519 He's one of the really good guys. 544 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:08,290 You know, just such a genuinely great human. 545 00:23:08,290 --> 00:23:10,330 - I'm paralyzed from here down. 546 00:23:10,380 --> 00:23:12,318 Unfortunately since then, with a complication, 547 00:23:12,380 --> 00:23:14,220 I've lost the function of one arm. 548 00:23:14,220 --> 00:23:17,500 - For something like that to happen to anybody, 549 00:23:17,500 --> 00:23:21,953 but to a young, vibrant, energetic bunch of fun. 550 00:23:22,036 --> 00:23:27,417 He was absolutely diligent on safety first. 551 00:23:27,500 --> 00:23:30,776 - Unfortunate as, you know... 552 00:23:30,859 --> 00:23:32,760 Actually, it... 553 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:35,756 I'll just stand up for a minute, okay? 554 00:23:38,627 --> 00:23:42,827 - I think it was the speed of his impact and the point 555 00:23:42,910 --> 00:23:46,127 where he impacted that caused the damage. 556 00:23:46,210 --> 00:23:49,770 - They'll always say there's never any risk, 557 00:23:49,770 --> 00:23:52,750 but, of course, there is. 558 00:23:53,010 --> 00:23:54,683 - We wanted everyone to be safe, obviously. 559 00:23:54,766 --> 00:23:56,567 I don't think we'd done anything different. 560 00:23:56,650 --> 00:23:59,127 Yeah, he'd done it all for then, and that happened. 561 00:23:59,210 --> 00:24:01,006 - Second unit director Peter MacDonald, 562 00:24:01,090 --> 00:24:03,493 who left the franchise after "The Goblet of Fire" 563 00:24:03,576 --> 00:24:05,336 believes an accident like David's 564 00:24:05,410 --> 00:24:06,965 could have been avoided. 565 00:24:07,050 --> 00:24:08,770 - When you're making a film, 566 00:24:08,770 --> 00:24:11,867 you're not there to hurt or injure people, you know. 567 00:24:11,950 --> 00:24:13,650 Unfortunately people are. 568 00:24:13,650 --> 00:24:14,607 Sometimes, though, 569 00:24:14,690 --> 00:24:16,787 it is because people don't stand up and say, 570 00:24:16,869 --> 00:24:18,369 "No, we've got to do this properly. 571 00:24:18,369 --> 00:24:21,103 We've got to rewire. We've got to, you know..." 572 00:24:21,186 --> 00:24:23,465 And they say, "Oh, that's gonna take two hours." 573 00:24:23,550 --> 00:24:24,987 And that's, "Well, it takes two hours, 574 00:24:25,070 --> 00:24:27,570 it takes two hours," you know. 575 00:24:27,670 --> 00:24:29,230 You have to be fairly strong and be, you know, 576 00:24:29,230 --> 00:24:30,587 willing to be counted. 577 00:24:30,670 --> 00:24:32,950 - Just changed the whole dynamics of it, you know. 578 00:24:32,990 --> 00:24:34,026 It was just terrible. 579 00:24:34,109 --> 00:24:35,890 He's never gonna be the same. 580 00:24:35,890 --> 00:24:40,887 He's, you know -- And I was different after that, I think. 581 00:24:40,970 --> 00:24:42,330 It ruined "Potter" for me 582 00:24:42,330 --> 00:24:45,540 'cause the poor kid, he's ended up in a wheelchair. 583 00:24:45,623 --> 00:24:47,927 - David, though, holds no grudges. 584 00:24:48,010 --> 00:24:51,090 - I went into hospital and met real victims, 585 00:24:51,090 --> 00:24:53,410 and I went into hospital with a spinal injury 586 00:24:53,410 --> 00:24:54,790 whilst doing a risky job. 587 00:24:54,790 --> 00:24:58,763 In life, you can either be a victim or you can be a survivor. 588 00:24:58,847 --> 00:25:01,266 I choose to be a survivor from that incident. 589 00:25:01,350 --> 00:25:05,023 I'm still alive. I'm a person. I'm not just a disabled man. 590 00:25:05,108 --> 00:25:07,847 I'm not a victim and I still have hope, 591 00:25:07,930 --> 00:25:09,420 love, and joy in my heart. 592 00:25:15,380 --> 00:25:17,736 - After David's horrific accident, 593 00:25:17,820 --> 00:25:20,540 he was replaced by stunt double Marc Mailley. 594 00:25:20,540 --> 00:25:22,637 - You know, when we come to do that job with Mark, 595 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:24,276 everyone was watching it 596 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:26,400 and it really annoyed me, how they were watching it, 597 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:27,640 because they wanna see-- I don't know. 598 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:29,317 They're gonna watch it 599 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:31,380 because another accident might happen, you know? 600 00:25:31,380 --> 00:25:33,100 I was really annoyed at that then. 601 00:25:33,100 --> 00:25:34,337 It was like a freak show. 602 00:25:34,420 --> 00:25:36,140 I got really pissed off with that one. 603 00:25:36,140 --> 00:25:37,619 It was never the same. 604 00:25:37,619 --> 00:25:39,260 - Sadly, David's injury occurred 605 00:25:39,260 --> 00:25:42,036 with the climactic Battle of Hogwarts still to come. 606 00:25:42,119 --> 00:25:45,236 A battle he would've had major involvement in. 607 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:48,337 And it needed to be the franchise's crowning glory. 608 00:25:48,420 --> 00:25:50,740 Obviously it was the climax of the film itself 609 00:25:50,740 --> 00:25:52,897 and the whole series of books. 610 00:25:52,980 --> 00:25:55,840 Hogwarts was key to the whole story of Harry Potter. 611 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:57,680 For the characters, it was the thing 612 00:25:57,680 --> 00:25:59,660 that grounded all of their stories, it was their lives. 613 00:25:59,660 --> 00:26:02,436 I mean, everyone was so committed to making 614 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:04,723 the best possible end they could. 615 00:26:04,780 --> 00:26:07,640 - But what mattered most, at least to special effects guru 616 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:08,715 John Richardson... 617 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,496 - It was my one chance to talk David Yates 618 00:26:11,580 --> 00:26:14,220 into doing something really spectacular. 619 00:26:14,220 --> 00:26:18,016 - ...was a special effects bonanza at Hogwarts Castle. 620 00:26:18,100 --> 00:26:21,738 - To blow up a large part of the Hogwarts courtyard. 621 00:26:21,821 --> 00:26:25,196 - It was John's opportunity to leave the franchise with a bang. 622 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:26,800 - I think they built probably 100 foot 623 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:29,000 of practical set to blow up. 624 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,160 - It was a very complicated. 625 00:26:31,243 --> 00:26:34,082 Explosions going off that you had to make sure 626 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:37,417 were in the right place at the right time. 627 00:26:37,500 --> 00:26:38,960 - Of course, blowing up real bricks 628 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:41,097 would have been a health and safety nightmare. 629 00:26:41,180 --> 00:26:42,980 - Because the kids were gonna be running on it, 630 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:44,520 you couldn't use real stuff, 631 00:26:44,580 --> 00:26:46,140 because they would cut their legs. 632 00:26:46,140 --> 00:26:47,898 - The solution... - Polyjuice Potion. 633 00:26:47,981 --> 00:26:50,353 - Uh, not Polyjuice Potion. 634 00:26:50,436 --> 00:26:51,896 Polystyrene. 635 00:26:52,215 --> 00:26:54,756 - They started getting these lorry loads of polystyrene. 636 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:59,397 There was tons, so I had a conveyor system going 637 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:01,413 where they was chopping this stuff up. 638 00:27:01,496 --> 00:27:02,657 Each piece of that was made. 639 00:27:02,740 --> 00:27:04,959 - It was supposed to fireproof polystyrene. 640 00:27:06,940 --> 00:27:09,859 And as they set off all this explosive 641 00:27:09,859 --> 00:27:13,516 along the perimeter of the set, it got out of control. 642 00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:15,699 It just went up. 643 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:18,432 - It absolutely went up in flames. 644 00:27:18,515 --> 00:27:21,095 - But that's why you have firefighters on standby. 645 00:27:21,100 --> 00:27:23,859 Unfortunately... - Unfortunately, 646 00:27:24,196 --> 00:27:26,296 the fire brigade didn't have a long enough hose 647 00:27:26,379 --> 00:27:28,300 to put the fire out, 648 00:27:28,300 --> 00:27:30,516 even though they'd been standing there all day. 649 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:32,540 - ...the cast, crew, and firemen 650 00:27:32,540 --> 00:27:34,720 could only watch on from a safe distance 651 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,032 as the set went up in smoke. 652 00:27:37,117 --> 00:27:40,137 - The whole one side of the set was destroyed, really. 653 00:27:40,220 --> 00:27:43,112 To see it destroyed, it was shocking, to be honest. 654 00:27:43,196 --> 00:27:47,637 - The damage cost an estimated $150,000 to fix. 655 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:50,888 - Which I'm sure Warner Bros. wasn't really pleased about. 656 00:27:52,557 --> 00:27:55,577 We couldn't do take two because it had already gone up in smoke, 657 00:27:55,660 --> 00:27:59,153 but everyone was safe, no one got hurt. 658 00:27:59,236 --> 00:28:02,776 - The rebuild cost was not only money, but time, as well. 659 00:28:02,859 --> 00:28:04,595 - We did have to stop while they rebuilt it. 660 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:07,700 - All had to go back exactly as it was. 661 00:28:07,700 --> 00:28:11,337 - But the end result was a remarkable sequence. 662 00:28:11,420 --> 00:28:15,677 - It was good stuff and I think it added a more spectacular end. 663 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:16,820 Destroying Hogwarts, 664 00:28:16,820 --> 00:28:20,016 I often tell people, was probably my favorite thing 665 00:28:20,100 --> 00:28:22,720 after being in it for 10 years. 666 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:24,557 - But there was still one last scene to film 667 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:27,160 before the crew could say goodbye to Hogwarts-- 668 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:29,965 the final showdown between Voldemort and Harry. 669 00:28:30,020 --> 00:28:32,516 - David wanted the fight between them 670 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:35,680 not to just be about blasting magic at each other, 671 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:37,980 to become very physical, because, you know, 672 00:28:37,980 --> 00:28:41,817 this kind of bond between them had grown to the point 673 00:28:41,900 --> 00:28:45,240 where he wanted them actually almost physically in contact. 674 00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:47,200 Which is why you'll see in some of the sequences 675 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:49,257 Voldemort is actually hitting Harry. 676 00:28:49,340 --> 00:28:52,014 He wanted it to be personal, basically, you know, 677 00:28:52,097 --> 00:28:54,877 with great hatred for each other, almost. 678 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:58,297 - The battle being literally one-sided some of the time. 679 00:28:58,380 --> 00:29:01,560 - We had to drop Ralph Fiennes from a green-screen shoot 680 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:03,830 into stuff we'd already shot earlier on 681 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:05,417 because he wasn't available at the time. 682 00:29:05,500 --> 00:29:07,503 - It was a battle for the ages. 683 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:09,717 But once the dust settled, 684 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:11,600 David Yates had a little bit of business 685 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:13,817 for old Filch to attend to. 686 00:29:13,900 --> 00:29:16,360 - When Hogwarts Hall was demolished 687 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:19,533 and it was rubble and dust everywhere, 688 00:29:19,580 --> 00:29:21,777 there was a scene that wasn't in the script. 689 00:29:21,860 --> 00:29:24,600 He just handed me a broom and said, 690 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:27,957 "Here, David, just do something totally useless." 691 00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:30,077 So I just did a bit of brushing, 692 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:32,640 but, bless him, he kept it in. 693 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:34,500 Amazing how many people come up and say, 694 00:29:34,500 --> 00:29:35,737 "Oh, I love your last bit 695 00:29:35,820 --> 00:29:37,140 where you're just doing something 696 00:29:37,140 --> 00:29:38,360 that's totally pointless." 697 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:41,233 Signing off for Filch, if you like. 698 00:29:41,316 --> 00:29:44,497 - Not that David was aware at the time that he was signing off. 699 00:29:44,580 --> 00:29:48,060 - All of a sudden, everybody was applauding. 700 00:29:48,060 --> 00:29:50,696 I thought, "Why are they applauding? I've just... 701 00:29:50,820 --> 00:29:51,804 I wasn't that good." 702 00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:55,036 And they were applauding me because it was my last scene, 703 00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:58,477 and I thought I had another scene to do. 704 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:00,180 - David was one of a number of actors 705 00:30:00,180 --> 00:30:02,517 for whom the battle would spell the end of their time 706 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:03,657 on the franchise. 707 00:30:03,740 --> 00:30:05,340 - That whole time was quite poignant 708 00:30:05,340 --> 00:30:08,577 because every single day would be somebody else's 709 00:30:08,660 --> 00:30:10,397 final day of filming. 710 00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:11,560 Every time, you were like, 711 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:13,757 "Oh, that's another person I've been working with for 10 years 712 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:15,340 who's not coming back tomorrow." 713 00:30:15,340 --> 00:30:16,597 It was weirdly emotional. 714 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:17,740 Even for somebody like me 715 00:30:17,740 --> 00:30:20,377 who was kind of a bit of a part-timer really. 716 00:30:20,460 --> 00:30:22,557 But I had been there pretty much from the start. 717 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:24,879 Like, gosh, this is the end of an era. 718 00:30:24,900 --> 00:30:26,977 It was a sad time. 719 00:30:27,060 --> 00:30:28,960 - But for Daniel, Emma, and Rupert, 720 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:32,620 the job wasn't over yet with the epilogue still to come, 721 00:30:32,620 --> 00:30:35,777 and turning the three into middle-aged parents 722 00:30:35,860 --> 00:30:37,600 turned into a major headache. 723 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:41,920 - We did a practical attempt and that really didn't work. 724 00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:45,492 Aging makeups are very difficult, and on kids, 725 00:30:45,500 --> 00:30:49,200 the point where you tip over into caricature 726 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:51,960 is very difficult to find. 727 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:54,457 - It's not old enough to really do anything wrinkly 728 00:30:54,540 --> 00:30:55,540 and it doesn't really work. 729 00:30:55,540 --> 00:30:57,360 You've just gotta be really subtle with it. 730 00:30:57,361 --> 00:30:59,861 - The sequence was originally shot on location 731 00:30:59,861 --> 00:31:03,354 at King's Cross Station, which created more issues. 732 00:31:03,437 --> 00:31:06,017 - There was also some lighting issues in the real station. 733 00:31:06,100 --> 00:31:09,260 They decided to reshoot that sequence. 734 00:31:09,260 --> 00:31:11,960 - The decision to relocate the scene to Leavesden Studios 735 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:14,217 was yet another delay and a cost 736 00:31:14,300 --> 00:31:16,120 the production could've done without. 737 00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:17,320 - They had to bring the whole train. 738 00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:19,417 They had to bring the locomotive and a carriage, 739 00:31:19,500 --> 00:31:20,900 I think it was, all the way to Leavesden, 740 00:31:20,900 --> 00:31:24,474 which was, like, a massive, massive structural thing to do. 741 00:31:24,557 --> 00:31:26,417 - However, the benefits were immediate. 742 00:31:26,500 --> 00:31:28,800 - It gave them a controlled environment to shoot it on, 743 00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:30,800 and that also gave them a chance to just rework 744 00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:33,897 the makeups a little bit. - We did a series of pieces 745 00:31:33,980 --> 00:31:36,540 which were more delicate than we'd done. 746 00:31:36,540 --> 00:31:38,677 - Which were then enhanced with visual effects. 747 00:31:38,740 --> 00:31:42,060 - They did a digital thing where they enhanced them, 748 00:31:42,060 --> 00:31:44,257 and I must admit, it was the right thing to do. 749 00:31:44,340 --> 00:31:46,278 - And when the final cut was called, 750 00:31:46,300 --> 00:31:48,805 it was more than just another scene in the can. 751 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:53,290 - That was a wrap, and I found that very powerful. 752 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:55,100 Everyone was -- You know, people were in tears, 753 00:31:55,100 --> 00:31:58,036 and sort of everyone was hugging everybody. 754 00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:00,256 - Celebrations were soon under way. 755 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:02,080 - We stopped in this wine bar 756 00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:03,920 and there was other people, public in there. 757 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:06,777 All of a sudden, Dan walks in, and I'll never forget-- 758 00:32:06,860 --> 00:32:09,360 There was a kid there, he had his birthday party there. 759 00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:11,080 Dan went over there and, you know, 760 00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:12,680 they started saying, "Harry Potter! Harry Potter!" 761 00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:14,477 He went over there and introduced himself 762 00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:16,060 and said hello to everyone. 763 00:32:16,060 --> 00:32:18,037 I mean, what a birthday for that kid. 764 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:20,600 - Dan is the nicest person. 765 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:23,960 I think he is who everybody wants Harry Potter to be 766 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:26,755 because he is such a lovely, lovely guy. 767 00:32:26,838 --> 00:32:29,577 I have nothing but good memories of him. 768 00:32:29,660 --> 00:32:31,913 - But as it is with most parties, 769 00:32:31,997 --> 00:32:33,011 there's always a cleanup. 770 00:32:33,094 --> 00:32:37,114 - 10 years of accumulated stuff took quite a lot of clearing up. 771 00:32:38,250 --> 00:32:40,050 Lots and lots of books, and, you know, 772 00:32:40,050 --> 00:32:42,987 the walls were covered with drawings and sketches 773 00:32:43,070 --> 00:32:44,410 and various bits and pieces. 774 00:32:44,410 --> 00:32:46,210 - And then a couple of weeks later, 775 00:32:46,210 --> 00:32:47,987 when we'd packed everything, 776 00:32:48,070 --> 00:32:52,427 and the place was empty, I was the very last person to leave. 777 00:32:52,510 --> 00:32:56,667 But before I drove away, I went 'round every single room 778 00:32:56,750 --> 00:32:58,970 and just quietly said, "Thank you." 779 00:32:58,970 --> 00:33:01,490 This building was gonna be destroyed 780 00:33:01,490 --> 00:33:04,630 after we left as part of the redevelopment of Leavesden. 781 00:33:04,630 --> 00:33:07,334 Where our workshop was is now a car park. 782 00:33:07,417 --> 00:33:09,797 That was 10 years of my life. 783 00:33:09,850 --> 00:33:11,532 It was really tough. 784 00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:16,580 - As the November 2010 release date for "Part 1" 785 00:33:16,580 --> 00:33:19,217 of "The Deathly Hallows" beared down on production, 786 00:33:19,300 --> 00:33:20,500 one of the biggest challenges 787 00:33:20,500 --> 00:33:23,577 was dealing with the vast amount of visual effects work. 788 00:33:23,660 --> 00:33:25,860 - Any of the characters and digital objects 789 00:33:25,860 --> 00:33:27,557 had been generated by a variety 790 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:29,277 of different visual effects companies, 791 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:31,740 so we had to bring them all into a single pipeline. 792 00:33:31,740 --> 00:33:35,482 - We were having to share... what we call "share shots," 793 00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:37,240 which is not something you particularly like to do, 794 00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:39,820 but because one company was doing one character, 795 00:33:39,820 --> 00:33:41,653 like the Dementors, 796 00:33:41,737 --> 00:33:43,217 another company was doing the backgrounds, 797 00:33:43,300 --> 00:33:47,113 we ended up having to mix all these different shots together, 798 00:33:47,197 --> 00:33:49,817 which made it very complicated logistically 799 00:33:49,900 --> 00:33:54,036 to actually achieve these shots, you know, in the time we had. 800 00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:55,680 - But through sheer hard work, 801 00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:57,877 the visual effects for "Part 1" were completed in time 802 00:33:57,960 --> 00:33:59,217 for its test screenings. 803 00:33:59,300 --> 00:34:02,737 The question now was, how would audiences respond? 804 00:34:02,820 --> 00:34:04,240 - What you're relying on all the time 805 00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:05,677 with something like this is the audience. 806 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:07,360 You have to make a good movie. 807 00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:09,163 There's no getting around that. 808 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:11,446 It doesn't matter how great the property is 809 00:34:11,500 --> 00:34:13,060 or how popular it is. 810 00:34:13,060 --> 00:34:15,317 - Warner Bros.' biggest concern, though, seemed to be keeping 811 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:18,154 where the film finished a secret. 812 00:34:18,237 --> 00:34:21,517 - We went in for the screening for the seventh movie. 813 00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:23,116 They took our phones. 814 00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:24,617 They don't normally do that 815 00:34:24,700 --> 00:34:25,960 unless it's, like, a Marvel movie 816 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:27,580 or something that's gonna be all spoilers. 817 00:34:27,580 --> 00:34:29,880 And I remember asking the security guard, like, 818 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:32,100 "Why are you taking our phones?" 819 00:34:32,100 --> 00:34:35,056 And he told me it was because they wanted to make sure 820 00:34:35,140 --> 00:34:38,340 that we did not leak where it cut off, 821 00:34:38,340 --> 00:34:42,594 and they didn't want anybody to know what that moment was. 822 00:34:42,677 --> 00:34:45,096 - It seemed, though, fans were just fine with the ending. 823 00:34:45,180 --> 00:34:47,517 In fact, they loved the entire film. 824 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:49,391 Released in November 2010, 825 00:34:49,474 --> 00:34:53,234 it went on to gross $960 million-- 826 00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:55,219 the third highest-grossing film of the year 827 00:34:55,219 --> 00:34:59,127 and second only to "Sorcerer's Stone" in the franchise. 828 00:34:59,337 --> 00:35:01,576 - The audience didn't mind it was in two parts, 829 00:35:01,660 --> 00:35:03,580 as long as they got the whole story 830 00:35:03,580 --> 00:35:07,197 and the whole story was delivered in the way 831 00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:10,520 that only that group of filmmakers 832 00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:12,180 could deliver it, and they did. 833 00:35:12,180 --> 00:35:15,886 They didn't just deliver-- They knocked it out of the park. 834 00:35:16,650 --> 00:35:19,154 - Now the focus shifted to finishing "Part 2," 835 00:35:19,237 --> 00:35:21,417 especially the large amount of visual effects. 836 00:35:21,450 --> 00:35:24,570 Sequences like the Gringotts Bank break-in. 837 00:35:24,570 --> 00:35:28,111 - For the cave and the way that the cart travels, 838 00:35:28,130 --> 00:35:30,170 David wanted this to be like a white-knuckle ride, 839 00:35:30,170 --> 00:35:33,067 just really exciting, like on a roller coaster. 840 00:35:33,150 --> 00:35:34,247 - The problem was... 841 00:35:34,330 --> 00:35:35,947 - You know, we'd got into this routine 842 00:35:36,030 --> 00:35:36,910 from in the early films, it's like we felt 843 00:35:36,910 --> 00:35:40,030 like we were reinventing the wheel all the time. 844 00:35:40,330 --> 00:35:43,027 - So, to come up with something fresh and exciting, 845 00:35:43,110 --> 00:35:44,150 the team drew inspiration 846 00:35:44,150 --> 00:35:46,346 from another iconic film series-- 847 00:35:46,430 --> 00:35:47,866 Indiana Jones. 848 00:35:47,950 --> 00:35:49,806 - There's one of the Indiana Jones films 849 00:35:49,890 --> 00:35:51,370 where they're in a cart. 850 00:35:51,370 --> 00:35:54,886 We had a look at that to see how they'd done that. 851 00:35:54,969 --> 00:35:56,663 It was fun. 852 00:35:56,747 --> 00:35:59,267 - But CG thrills will only get you so far. 853 00:35:59,350 --> 00:36:01,810 They were also employed to convey emotion. 854 00:36:01,810 --> 00:36:03,850 In this scene, it was to do with the dragon 855 00:36:03,850 --> 00:36:06,027 protecting the Gringotts gold. 856 00:36:06,110 --> 00:36:09,010 - David's take on things is he wants everything to have 857 00:36:09,010 --> 00:36:11,850 a character and a personality and a backstory. 858 00:36:11,850 --> 00:36:15,803 So, this dragon, he wanted it to be emaciated, 859 00:36:15,886 --> 00:36:18,386 to be badly treaten, or to come across that way 860 00:36:18,469 --> 00:36:22,207 so that we would empathize with it. 861 00:36:22,290 --> 00:36:23,547 - Bloody hell. 862 00:36:23,630 --> 00:36:25,866 - To actually feel sorry for it 863 00:36:25,950 --> 00:36:27,850 rather than it being this horrible big, 864 00:36:27,850 --> 00:36:29,007 horrible mythical creature. 865 00:36:29,090 --> 00:36:32,450 - It's been trained to expect pain when it hears a noise. 866 00:36:32,450 --> 00:36:35,310 - Our reference became sort of, you know, badly treated dogs. 867 00:36:35,330 --> 00:36:38,610 Dogs that you get in shelters that have been starved. 868 00:36:38,610 --> 00:36:40,947 Looking at how their body behavior is 869 00:36:41,030 --> 00:36:42,150 and how frightened they are 870 00:36:42,150 --> 00:36:44,924 which is what gives the personality of the dragon, 871 00:36:45,007 --> 00:36:47,355 and then makes you wanna help it get free. 872 00:36:47,438 --> 00:36:49,633 - Reducto! 873 00:36:49,716 --> 00:36:51,176 - Hold on! 874 00:36:51,940 --> 00:36:54,612 - But in the preview screenings for Part 2, 875 00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:56,640 one scene proved to need another look. 876 00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:59,578 - Harry basically drives the spell back to Voldemort. 877 00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:01,142 As it was originally designed, 878 00:37:01,180 --> 00:37:03,986 Voldemort died without any effects on him, 879 00:37:04,020 --> 00:37:06,077 and people were looking at it and going, 880 00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:08,198 "Don't we need a slightly bigger ending, 881 00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:11,988 given that this is the end of the biggest franchise 882 00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:14,040 that's ever been created to date?" 883 00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:15,239 They were saying, "What do we do? 884 00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:17,393 We need to make this more dramatic." 885 00:37:17,477 --> 00:37:20,737 And this was really the 11th hour, and we just, 886 00:37:20,820 --> 00:37:23,723 you know, we thought about the idea of ash. 887 00:37:25,324 --> 00:37:27,027 Voldemort turns into ash. 888 00:37:27,110 --> 00:37:28,730 The lifeblood has been sucked out of him, 889 00:37:28,730 --> 00:37:30,390 so that as the skin dries out, 890 00:37:30,390 --> 00:37:32,406 basically sort of decays and disintegrates, 891 00:37:32,489 --> 00:37:34,610 then it could start to shed and come off. 892 00:37:34,610 --> 00:37:36,783 It all floats up to the camera. 893 00:37:36,866 --> 00:37:39,206 It became quite poetic in the end, 894 00:37:39,230 --> 00:37:42,607 and we kind of pulled it all together in a couple of weeks. 895 00:37:42,690 --> 00:37:44,790 - Part 2 was released in July 2011 896 00:37:44,790 --> 00:37:46,890 to rapturous applause. 897 00:37:47,350 --> 00:37:49,367 - I loved the second even more than the first. 898 00:37:49,450 --> 00:37:51,790 It's the ultimate end of the storyline. 899 00:37:51,790 --> 00:37:54,743 - The film grossed $1.3 billion, 900 00:37:54,826 --> 00:37:57,927 the highest-earning film in the franchise's history. 901 00:37:58,010 --> 00:37:59,967 Collectively, the eight films grossed 902 00:38:00,050 --> 00:38:01,895 almost $8 billion, 903 00:38:01,979 --> 00:38:05,687 making J. K. Rowling richer than the King of England, 904 00:38:05,770 --> 00:38:06,763 literally, 905 00:38:06,846 --> 00:38:10,326 and Warner Bros. equally wealthy. 906 00:38:10,410 --> 00:38:12,227 For the man that green-lit the series, Bill Gerber, 907 00:38:12,310 --> 00:38:14,381 it was the ultimate satisfaction. 908 00:38:14,464 --> 00:38:16,944 - I can say without any hesitation, 909 00:38:17,010 --> 00:38:18,678 I had no idea how huge it was gonna be, 910 00:38:18,690 --> 00:38:21,628 and it blew up fast and huge. 911 00:38:21,710 --> 00:38:23,271 If I had known what it was gonna be, 912 00:38:23,290 --> 00:38:25,261 I would've quit my job and gone 913 00:38:25,290 --> 00:38:27,410 and produced it with David Heyman. 914 00:38:27,410 --> 00:38:29,690 - "The Deathly Hallows" proved to be the crowning glory 915 00:38:29,690 --> 00:38:31,587 of the Harry Potter film franchise. 916 00:38:31,670 --> 00:38:33,910 But what is it about the series as a whole 917 00:38:33,910 --> 00:38:36,444 that made it so successful? 918 00:38:40,110 --> 00:38:41,346 - Harry Potter-- 919 00:38:41,430 --> 00:38:43,450 more than 3,000 pages of gripping story 920 00:38:43,450 --> 00:38:45,770 spanning seven books... 921 00:38:46,106 --> 00:38:46,906 - Blimey. 922 00:38:46,989 --> 00:38:50,330 - ...adapted into over 19 1/2 hours of cinema. 923 00:38:50,330 --> 00:38:52,067 - You keep your concentration. 924 00:38:52,150 --> 00:38:53,489 - Being a Harry Potter fan 925 00:38:53,489 --> 00:38:55,607 has turned out to be quite the journey. 926 00:38:55,690 --> 00:38:57,786 - Not for the faint-hearted. 927 00:38:57,870 --> 00:38:59,710 - So, just what is it about this tale 928 00:38:59,710 --> 00:39:02,942 that's cast a spell over the world for more than 20 years? 929 00:39:03,026 --> 00:39:07,167 - It's about imagination and fantasy. 930 00:39:07,250 --> 00:39:10,420 We all need a bit of magic in our lives. 931 00:39:10,846 --> 00:39:11,647 - I love magic. 932 00:39:11,730 --> 00:39:13,783 - But does it go deeper than that? 933 00:39:13,866 --> 00:39:19,467 - This story guides a child into becoming a late teenager, 934 00:39:19,550 --> 00:39:21,186 but even the themes and the things 935 00:39:21,230 --> 00:39:23,847 you learn along the way help you in your adulthood. 936 00:39:23,930 --> 00:39:27,076 - We've all encountered bullies, 937 00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:28,536 relationships, 938 00:39:28,620 --> 00:39:30,018 first girlfriends, 939 00:39:30,101 --> 00:39:31,837 and we can all relate. 940 00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:33,300 - Everybody who has-- 941 00:39:33,300 --> 00:39:34,937 whether it's a terrible childhood 942 00:39:35,020 --> 00:39:38,177 or a small hurt that feels big as a kid, 943 00:39:38,260 --> 00:39:39,060 Harry Potter helps. 944 00:39:39,060 --> 00:39:42,381 You feel like, "This does not define my life." 945 00:39:42,464 --> 00:39:44,569 - But its impact goes even further. 946 00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:49,100 - I have yet to recall a book series that had the power 947 00:39:49,100 --> 00:39:50,478 that Harry Potter had, 948 00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:53,399 where kids, they wanna be reading. 949 00:39:53,482 --> 00:39:56,802 - And that's thanks to one woman, J.K. Rowling. 950 00:39:56,880 --> 00:40:00,620 - Every character is so beautifully drawn and so rich. 951 00:40:00,703 --> 00:40:02,743 - But she thanks the movie franchise. 952 00:40:02,780 --> 00:40:04,100 - I just feel they got it right. 953 00:40:04,100 --> 00:40:06,760 They cast British, they used amazing British talent. 954 00:40:06,820 --> 00:40:08,856 They built beautiful sets, and most importantly, 955 00:40:08,900 --> 00:40:11,206 they assembled the best team I've ever seen. 956 00:40:11,289 --> 00:40:14,489 - From the directors and the cinematographer magicians, 957 00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:16,424 to the talismanic stunt performers, 958 00:40:16,507 --> 00:40:19,317 model-making and practical-effects wizards, 959 00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:23,420 to the acting alchemists and the postproduction sorcerers, 960 00:40:23,420 --> 00:40:26,056 collectively they made magic. 961 00:40:26,140 --> 00:40:28,140 - The amount of time and care that was taken 962 00:40:28,140 --> 00:40:29,944 to every creature, to every shot. 963 00:40:30,027 --> 00:40:32,067 - Every day, we never stopped. 964 00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:33,280 - Not everyone wants to get up 965 00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:35,560 at 5:30 every morning and go to set. 966 00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:37,277 - And that was something that we accepted. 967 00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:38,960 - Over and over and over again. 968 00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:41,366 - It just got bigger and better. 969 00:40:41,449 --> 00:40:43,809 - I'm incredibly thankful. I'm incredibly proud of it. 970 00:40:43,820 --> 00:40:47,728 - One of the great experiences you can have in your career. 971 00:40:47,739 --> 00:40:50,837 - But it's this trio of young actors 972 00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:54,800 whose shoulders held aloft this most remarkable responsibility. 973 00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:56,760 - They started off 10-year-old kids, 974 00:40:56,760 --> 00:40:59,116 never done any acting before, really. 975 00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:01,420 - For Dan, there was so much responsibility 976 00:41:01,420 --> 00:41:05,217 to take on a character that was so loved. 977 00:41:05,300 --> 00:41:08,154 - Being able to work with them over the years, 978 00:41:08,237 --> 00:41:10,217 watch their physicality grow. 979 00:41:10,300 --> 00:41:12,719 - Working on Harry Potter wasn't a job. 980 00:41:12,719 --> 00:41:14,257 It was where we grew up. 981 00:41:14,340 --> 00:41:16,940 - The family unit that we created on Potter. 982 00:41:16,940 --> 00:41:19,997 - The production team had such a wonderful way 983 00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:21,860 of looking out for us. 984 00:41:21,860 --> 00:41:24,797 - Something that no doubt has helped set the trio up for life 985 00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:26,277 after Harry Potter. 986 00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:30,056 - To have been able to maintain careers past something 987 00:41:30,140 --> 00:41:32,700 that could've had them typecast the rest of their lives, 988 00:41:32,700 --> 00:41:34,160 it's extraordinary. 989 00:41:35,107 --> 00:41:37,747 - But Harry Potter hasn't just changed lives. 990 00:41:37,830 --> 00:41:40,935 It helped to reinvigorate the entire UK film industry. 991 00:41:41,010 --> 00:41:43,489 - It really established the UK talent. 992 00:41:43,489 --> 00:41:46,570 - To the point where the whole of the UK industry had grown 993 00:41:46,570 --> 00:41:48,547 and developed to the same skill set 994 00:41:48,630 --> 00:41:50,227 that the American industry had. 995 00:41:50,310 --> 00:41:52,050 - And as for Leavesden Studios, 996 00:41:52,050 --> 00:41:54,219 which had left a lot to be desired... 997 00:41:54,230 --> 00:41:57,590 - It was diabolical. - Leavesden was awful. 998 00:41:57,590 --> 00:41:59,827 - ...Warner Bros. went all in with the redevelopment 999 00:41:59,910 --> 00:42:02,750 of the spiritual home of Harry Potter. 1000 00:42:02,750 --> 00:42:05,530 - Warner Bros. are going to now build the first 1001 00:42:05,530 --> 00:42:11,074 new studio space in the UK for 25 years. 1002 00:42:11,130 --> 00:42:13,590 - It was nothing more than four enormous walls 1003 00:42:13,590 --> 00:42:15,267 and a very leaky roof. 1004 00:42:15,350 --> 00:42:17,050 - Now it's quadrupled in size 1005 00:42:17,050 --> 00:42:20,417 because of all the productions that are coming to the UK. 1006 00:42:20,500 --> 00:42:23,806 - It reminds you of one of the big Hollywood studios, you know. 1007 00:42:23,890 --> 00:42:25,967 - The legacy of the Harry Potter films is there 1008 00:42:26,050 --> 00:42:27,906 for everybody to see. 1009 00:42:27,989 --> 00:42:33,107 Merchandise, fan events, stage shows and theme parks. 1010 00:42:33,190 --> 00:42:36,964 - Got the video games as well that continue the stories. 1011 00:42:37,047 --> 00:42:39,667 - Now Quidditch is an actual sport. 1012 00:42:39,750 --> 00:42:42,906 - But maybe the ultimate tribute to Harry Potter's success 1013 00:42:42,989 --> 00:42:45,930 is the studio tour attached to Leavesden Studios, 1014 00:42:45,969 --> 00:42:49,610 meaning Hogwarts Castle has lived to fight another day. 1015 00:42:49,610 --> 00:42:52,489 - We snow it up every year for Christmas. 1016 00:42:52,489 --> 00:42:54,450 - But Harry Potter isn't done yet, 1017 00:42:54,450 --> 00:42:57,422 and for this beloved character and his wizarding world, 1018 00:42:57,469 --> 00:42:59,786 it seems that there is much more to come. 1019 00:42:59,870 --> 00:43:02,370 - The series that's gonna come out will be really interesting 1020 00:43:02,370 --> 00:43:05,887 because it's one of those worlds that's so big 1021 00:43:05,969 --> 00:43:08,030 and it can continue growing. 1022 00:43:08,030 --> 00:43:12,247 I can't see the appeal of it dying out anytime soon. 1023 00:43:12,330 --> 00:43:13,810 - I've been in hospital, in bed, 1024 00:43:13,810 --> 00:43:15,670 looking at a projector on a ceiling 1025 00:43:15,670 --> 00:43:17,510 and I've watched my favorite films 1026 00:43:17,510 --> 00:43:19,286 that have got me through those times. 1027 00:43:19,370 --> 00:43:21,241 I know Harry Potter is doing that for a lot 1028 00:43:21,310 --> 00:43:23,050 of people around the world right now. 1029 00:43:23,050 --> 00:43:24,890 Kids in conflict zones all around the world 1030 00:43:24,890 --> 00:43:26,650 watching Harry Potter on iPhones, 1031 00:43:26,650 --> 00:43:27,930 and it's making them feel safe 1032 00:43:27,930 --> 00:43:30,007 and taking them through a tough time. 1033 00:43:30,090 --> 00:43:31,406 It's just exceptional. 1034 00:43:31,489 --> 00:43:35,190 - In fact, you might even say it's magic.