![]() Seale on set amidst the players on a life sized chess board. “There was, as always, with a film in pre-production, especially one of this nature, a lot of pre-production, talking and analyzing. Frames were made to hang outside of windows for gels and ND filters, since these were not allowed on the windows themselves. The normal equipment, like wall busters in the roof so you could hang lamps up there, with a pole across from wall to wall, wasn't available.” In order to light, Seale had to rely often on lighting from outside, just adding an eye light inside. ![]() “In some of the locations we were not allowed to touch the walls, even when filming inside. “A lot of our sets were real castles or real chapels around England,” he explains. The film posed many unique challenges for Seale. He'd say, ‘What do you think of that boy for Harry?’ and I'd have my opinion, as would everyone else. He was the perfect man for the immense job. “I helped with the shortlist when I got to England to put together the camera crew and lighting crew, but I have to hand it to Chris Columbus. “I think my admiration for Chris Columbus went through the roof, because they screen tested thousands of kids,” Seale remembers. ![]() While no one knew how successful the film would become, there was pressure from the beginning to pick the perfect child actor to play Harry Potter. Seale bought the book, read it non-stop on his flight, and called Henderson as soon as he landed to sign on to the project.
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