HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ Cinematographer Says It’s ‘Brutal’ Working Around the Young Stars’ Strict Shooting Schedules: ‘Have to Pre-Shoot All the Scenes While They’re in Class’
Adriano Goldman, the cinematographer for HBO’s “Harry Potter” series, said in a recent interview with Andre Pilli that the filming conditions for the show...
Key points
- Adriano Goldman, the cinematographer for HBO’s “Harry Potter” series, said in a recent interview with Andre Pilli that the filming conditions for the show have been “brutal” because the camera team must work around the young cast’s strict shooting schedules.
- “You have to shoot really fast, and the faster you go, the more you compromise quality,” Goldman said.
- The kids’ screen time is really brutal.
- Popular on Variety “It’s really hard; you shoot everything out of order, right, because of that kind of scheduling,” Goldman said.
What happened
Adriano Goldman, the cinematographer for HBO’s “Harry Potter” series, said in a recent interview with Andre Pilli that the filming conditions for the show have been “brutal” because the camera team must work around the young cast’s strict shooting schedules. “You have to shoot really fast, and the faster you go, the more you compromise quality,” Goldman said. The kids’ screen time is really brutal. Popular on Variety “It’s really hard; you shoot everything out of order, right, because of that kind of scheduling,” Goldman said. Studios Leavesden, the production home for HBO‘s “Harry Potter,” built a temporary school for the show’s many young actors. It will operate on weekdays between 5:30 am and 8:30 pm so young actors can fit in their actual studies between night shoots, reshoots and location filming.” The “Harry Potter” series will debut on HBO and HBO Max on December 25, 2026.
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