Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Film Background

With their warning about Lord Voldemort’s return scoffed at, Harry and Dumbledore are targeted by the Wizard authorities as an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at Hogwarts.

In late 2005, Tim Burke, overall VFX Supervisor for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, (which opened in the US on 11th July, 2007) approached Double Negative to come on board as the lead VFX vendor for the film. Tim was keen to bring Double Negative on board as early as possible in the visual effects development process to get the maximum level of creative integration.

DNEG’s Shots

Double Negative’s shot list was divided up into four distinct geographical areas: Hogwarts, both inside and out; the Forbidden Forest, where Harry and his friends encounter Grawp, Hagrid’s teenage half-brother; the Hall of Prophecy, a mysterious and cavernous storage space in the Ministry of Magic and the Veil Room, which lies at the very heart of the wizarding world.