Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic

and then suddenly you hear this explosion of people outside 215 00:08:44,733 --> 00:08:46,109 <i>as the children run in.</i> 216 00:08:46,151 --> 00:08:47,652 <i>You're thinking about your work</i> <i>or whatever,</i> 217 00:08:47,694 --> 00:08:49,195 and they're just-- they've just got their own thing 218 00:08:49,237 --> 00:08:50,697 with whatever it is that's going on, 219 00:08:50,739 --> 00:08:52,365 the way children do, it's just-- 220 00:08:52,407 --> 00:08:53,867 it's a real energy. 221 00:08:53,908 --> 00:08:55,618 ♪♪ 222 00:08:55,660 --> 00:08:58,705 <i>Sometimes</i> <i>on a really tiring day,</i> 223 00:08:58,747 --> 00:09:01,374 I always go, "Close your eyes, open them again, 224 00:09:01,416 --> 00:09:03,835 and look around. Wow!" 225 00:09:03,877 --> 00:09:06,379 <i>You walk onto a set</i> <i>and you think, "Wow!"</i> 226 00:09:06,421 --> 00:09:08,048 <i>And it just ups your game.</i> 227 00:09:09,340 --> 00:09:11,468 'Cause it's all just so beautiful. 228 00:09:11,509 --> 00:09:12,677 Beautiful. 229 00:09:14,012 --> 00:09:16,264 [♪ intriguing music playing] 230 00:09:17,307 --> 00:09:19,309 [Mara] <i>In the initial conversations</i> <i>with Mark and Francesca</i> 231 00:09:19,309 --> 00:09:21,144 <i>about the core values</i> <i>of our show,</i> 232 00:09:21,186 --> 00:09:23,188 there was this kind of inherent desire 233 00:09:23,229 --> 00:09:25,648 to be rooted in naturalism. 234 00:09:25,690 --> 00:09:29,319 <i>Also, in this idea at the core</i> <i>of </i>Harry Potter, 235 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:32,030 <i>nature is the root of magic.</i> 236 00:09:32,072 --> 00:09:34,824 <i>And so, magical realism,</i> 237 00:09:34,866 --> 00:09:38,661 <i>rooting things in principles</i> <i>that we find in nature</i> 238 00:09:38,703 --> 00:09:41,164 <i>and the phenomenon</i> <i>of the natural world.</i> 239 00:09:41,206 --> 00:09:43,166 ♪♪ 240 00:09:43,208 --> 00:09:45,168 <i>If we could harness</i> <i>those things,</i> 241 00:09:45,210 --> 00:09:46,377 <i>that's what magic is.</i> 242 00:09:47,378 --> 00:09:49,923 <i>These ideas of naturalism</i> 243 00:09:49,964 --> 00:09:52,509 <i>being this core principle</i> <i>within the wizarding world,</i> 244 00:09:52,550 --> 00:09:54,052 <i>is something that</i> <i>we're integrating</i> 245 00:09:54,094 --> 00:09:55,595 <i>into a lot of our sets.</i> 246 00:09:55,637 --> 00:09:57,972 <i>We have to bring</i> <i>the natural world to them.</i> 247 00:09:58,723 --> 00:10:01,184 <i>And to think that</i> <i>I'm at the helm of this,</i> 248 00:10:01,226 --> 00:10:02,560 <i>it really is incredible.</i> 249 00:10:02,602 --> 00:10:05,230 [♪ mystical music playing] 250 00:10:05,271 --> 00:10:06,856 <i>This project is so exciting</i> 251 00:10:06,898 --> 00:10:08,441 <i>that there's so much overlap</i> 252 00:10:08,483 --> 00:10:10,026 <i>and play between</i> <i>different departments</i> 253 00:10:10,068 --> 00:10:12,278 <i>to really capture</i> <i>these concepts and themes</i> 254 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:14,781 <i>and express them</i> <i>on so many different levels.</i> 255 00:10:16,241 --> 00:10:19,577 <i>As we designed these practical</i> <i>and visual effects,</i> 256 00:10:19,619 --> 00:10:22,372 <i>we wanted there to be</i> <i>a deeply rooted logic</i> 257 00:10:22,413 --> 00:10:23,623 <i>to what was happening.</i> 258 00:10:23,665 --> 00:10:25,375 <i>Even though magic</i> <i>is not logical,</i> 259 00:10:25,416 --> 00:10:27,752 <i>for us, it's more of these,</i> <i>like, consequences of magic</i> 260 00:10:27,794 --> 00:10:29,087 <i>that we're interested in.</i> 261 00:10:30,004 --> 00:10:32,382 <i>For every</i> <i>expression of magic,</i> 262 00:10:32,382 --> 00:10:34,259 <i>we're trying to do</i> <i>that critical analysis</i> 263 00:10:34,300 --> 00:10:36,219 <i>of how does this</i> <i>tie back into</i> 264 00:10:36,261 --> 00:10:38,221 <i>what we're saying</i> <i>magic actually is.</i> 265 00:10:39,097 --> 00:10:41,432 <i>And we really wanted</i> <i>to celebrate it as a moment</i> 266 00:10:41,474 --> 00:10:43,101 to do things a little bit differently. 267 00:10:44,602 --> 00:10:46,563 [♪ mystical music playing] 268 00:10:46,563 --> 00:10:48,898 <i>This is one of the most</i> <i>exciting conversations</i> 269 00:10:48,940 --> 00:10:50,275 <i>I've had as a designer,</i> 270 00:10:50,316 --> 00:10:52,485 <i>diving into the science</i> <i>of something</i> 271 00:10:52,527 --> 00:10:54,362 <i>that should be unexplainable.</i> 272 00:10:55,697 --> 00:10:57,907 <i>The joy of working</i> <i>on a project like this</i> 273 00:10:57,949 --> 00:10:59,909 <i>is that we have so many</i> <i>really creative</i> 274 00:10:59,951 --> 00:11:02,162 <i>and exciting department heads.</i> 275 00:11:02,203 --> 00:11:04,080 <i>It really is such a pleasure</i> <i>to work</i> 276 00:11:04,122 --> 00:11:06,124 <i>with such high-level craftsmen</i> 277 00:11:06,166 --> 00:11:08,877 <i>who also are genuinely</i> <i>excited about this.</i> 278 00:11:09,711 --> 00:11:12,255 I-- I can proudly say