Alan Gilmore Answers Questions About the Wizarding World of Harry Potter

Alan Gilmore is the art director for the Harry Potter film series and the theme park. In a recent interview, he answered five questions about the WWoHP. He speaks about the challenges of tranlating the world of the film to the world of a theme park.

The film world is a very different challenge to the theme park world. In the film world the viewer is the camera. You know where your viewer is, and you can design to that viewer, composing the settings from one or two viewpoints. Whereas, with the theme park world, it has to work from every angle. We had to think about multiple angles, from a child's point-of-view, to a very tall person's point-of-view, and for everyone in between.

I think the castle is the primary example of being able to realize the visuals from the film on such a grand scale, it has never been built to this extent before. We made a very concerted effort to bring Hogwarts to life, making it really look impressive from every angle.

The theme park opens June 18th, and if you're planning to go, Alan Gilmore reccomends you start your journey at Hogsmeade.

I would want them to come through the entry arch at Hogsmeade and take a moment to just absorb the amazing spectacle in front of them. The viewpoint just beyond the arch beside the train looking toward the castle is the most encompassing view of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

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