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16 WIZARD CHESS In the film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the last of three levels of security Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger had to get past to reach the Stone was a giant game of wizard chess.
HPPTS LE MovieMagic 080712 › images › G › ...WIZARD CHESS In the film ˜arry ˚otter and the ˛orcerer’s ˛tone, the last of three levels of security Harry Potter, Ron Weasley,
In the film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the last of
three levels of security Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione
Granger had to get past to reach the Stone was a giant game of
wizard chess.
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WIZARD CHESS
PAGE 15 Character development art by Dale Newton for “The Tale
of the Three Brothers” sequence in Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows – Part 2. Newton, the sequence’s supervisor, gave each
brother a distinctive shape.
OPPOSITE The life-sized wizard chess set constructed by the
special effects department for Sorcerer’s Stone.
ABOVE LEFT For the young actors working on the practical set,
the life-sized chess pieces were truly awe-inspiring. In this unit
photograph from Sorcerer’s Stone, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe),
playing the position of the black bishop, looks up at the
intimidating white queen.
LEFT Conceptual artwork by Cyrille Nomberg and Ravi Bansal for
the chess-set pieces.
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