The Cathedral has been used twice before by Warner Brothers, for the filming of The Philosopher's Stone and The Chamber Of Secrets. In the past you haven't been able to get near the place, so I didn't know what to expect when I got there - but it was "access all areas"! Above is the garden that is enclosed by the Cloisters, now its turned over to scaffolding and staging.
There wasn't a great deal of activity at the Cathedral, but these guys were working on protecting the stone floor of the Cloisters in readiness for the camera tracks. Outside there was one security guard, from Movie Lot Security, on his mobile phone, stood in front of two vans. I acted all innocently as I walked by him, I got to the back of the vans (and out of his sight) and I pushed my camera through some security fencing without really looking, getting a snap of what I hoped was film cameras...
...but it turned out to be electric cables! When filming of The Half Blood Prince gets under way properly I'm going to head back to the Cathedral and try to at least take a photo of a camera. Maybe even a wizard or two! Watch this space...
7 comments:
What an interesting post! I just watched Order of the Phoenix last night (i know, i'm behind)... the cathedral is beautiful in your photos. I really love the ceiling and the detail in it.
What a wonderful post. This cathedral is magnificent . . . what one isn't ?? I will have to go back and look for this setting in the HP movies. I think it would be fascinating to see them filming.
ah yes I've poked my camera lens through fencing before now and sometimes got interesting pics as a result.
What a great post! Isn't is amazing where we poke our cameras? Nice view of the Cathedral. Can't wait to see how it goes and if you are able to get close enough to snap a shot! I am glad you liked my winter scene from yesterday.
I like the first a beautiful tunnel to visit
Wow!! This is cool..looking forward to your future post on the set.
The cathedral is beautiful.
The first photo looked like inside of an alien space ship. :-)
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