The time has come!!!
I'm very excited to finally share a little bit more from my personal archive collection of The Daily Prophet!!
Also thrilled to dive into a different perspective from what I normally do in prop replica making with these.
So let's get started!
It's quite memorable to the wizarding world that certain day-to-day paper objects have an interactive magical element to them.
Whether it's a screaming letter, a biting book or a moving photograph.
That allows it for many different versions of the same prop to be created and featured in the movie.
In those cases, when I want something for myself, I normally chose to replicate the prop that was used on set.
A reproduction from the version that was printed during the making of the movie for the actors to interact with.
I’m always very keen on matching my replicas as close as possible to those production made items.
However, it's common for them to appear differently on screen or for some to be cut from the final movie.
Mostly because some of these are made during pre-production when actors have not yet filmed the scenes for the moving photographs.
But in some cases the director might decide to go for a different concept to contribute to the movie plot during post-production.
These kind of variations only really get me into looking even harder to find the unseen bits that were created by the graphic design team.
Because for me they really seem to make this magical universe even deeper, rich in detail and believable.
However, I wasn't able to prevent my obsession for these to extend even further.
So I have decided to also allow myself to move beyond the printed prop used on set and make replicas to feature a still version based on the final moving photos or headlines and pages that only appeared as VFX on screen in the final movie cut.
After all, one can never have too many of these in the collection! (-;
Comments and critics are always welcome.
Thanks for looking!
-nurmengart