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Glossary

craftsmanship — the skill of making things with your hands
a ceiling — the top of a room
a stencil — a thin piece of metal or card in which a design has been cut which can be reproduced on another surface
a forehead — the upper part of your face above your eyes
a scar — a permanent mark on the skin after an injury
a desire — the feeling of wanting something very much
a cart — an open vehicle for goods pulled by a horse
treasures — valuable things, such as gold, silver, etc.

Before I worked as a tour interactor, I worked as an extra on the Harry Potter films, and that was absolutely incredible for me, because I've always been a massive Harry Potter fan, and I've grown up around the area and I would always drive past the studios and see the big studio lights and I'd see the tips of the sets, and I was just dying to to get in there and have a look around. We've basically opened our doors to show the thousands of Harry Potter fans around the world that the amount of detail and craftsmanship that has gone into the films. If you look up that's the real great hall ceiling there. And that's something that people get to see when they come here. The most important piece of makeup on the Harry Potter films, there you go, you can see Harry's lightning bolt there, and that will have to be applied to him every single morning using this, up here this is a stencil of his foreheadso they can put on and make sure the scar was in the exact same place every single day.This is the Mirror of Erised, and across the top it just looks like Latin or some kind of ancient language but actually if you read it backwards it says "I show not your face but your heart's desire".London has quite a lot of connections with Harry Potter itself, for example Kings Cross, obviously that's where they go and board the train to Hogwarts, and it does feel really magical when you're there, now they've even got a little cart in the wall as well. Diagon Alley for me really remindsme of some the older markets in London, like in Camden, you've got the vintage markets and you can spend hours just walking around there looking for little treasures and trinkets and stuff. I've got a huge passion for the film industry, so the thing I love about London is walking through the streets and recognising all those really iconic locations from famous films and it is like being in a movie, it's like starring in your own little film.
The speaker knows the details about the shooting of the Harry Potter films because

  • he is a big fan of these films.
  • he used to work at the studio.

The speaker had always wanted to get into the studio because

  • he was a fan of Harry Potter film.
  • he is very interested about such places in London.

For the speaker, London is associated with the Harry Potter films because

  • many places shown in the film remind him of real places in London.
  • he read all Harry Potter books when he lived in London as a child.

The speaker mentioned connections to

  • Paris at night.
  • Kings Cross and Hogwarts.