Hey everyone. Happy to say that I am almost done with my semester! Only two more weeks left for academics then two months of traveling :) So ecstatic that I will soon explore Belfast and Dublin in Ireland, Barcelona in Spain, Oslo in Norway, Stockholm in Sweden, as well as Edinburgh and the Highlands in Scotland. I'm extremely thankful to have this opportunity and cannot wait for my family to join me early in June to travel to even more places.
As the semester is coming to a close, I am surprisingly excited to work on my final film studies essays and editing my audiovisual critical film! This Wednesday I began to bring together my "Femme Fatale" project in which I will experimentally edit together the audio and visual components from some of George
Méliès' films, mainly comprising of witchcraft, and
Morocco (1930). I am using Marlene Dietrich, an iconic Hollywood femme fatale actress starring in
Morocco, as my main figure. I'm very excited to see where my project will go! I also got back my
Dracula (1931) essay in which I analyzed the folkloric and literary conventions of the vampire in the film's rendition of the novel. My paper received an A mark! Hopefully the rest of my courses end in the same result.
Thursday:
I went on my last Social Programme trip this evening, which was the Rock 'n' Roll Tour. Do not understand why it was at 7pm, but I was still able to see some interesting sights. Only disappointment is that we did not go to Abbey Road… How can you have a Rock 'n' Roll without going to this iconic place…. beats me -_-
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BBC Studios
The building to the left is also where U2 played their famous rooftop concert |
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| The London Palladium on Argyll St |
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Bag O' Nails pub where Paul McCartney met Linda Eastman
and also first heard Jimmi Hendrix play |
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Awesome Gremlins merchandise at a pub
Hate that Justin Bieber's stupid ad ruined my photo :'( |
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| Spirit of Soho mural on Broadwick St |
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Abby and I somewhat reenacting the Oasis album cover for (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
on the same street, Berwick St, that the photo was taken
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| Trident Studios |
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Listed here are some of the artists such as The Beatles, Elton John,
David Bowie, Black Sabbath, The Rolling Stones, and Queen.
Famous song recorded here include "Hey Jude", "I Want You (She's So Heavy)",
"Your Song", "Rocket Man", "Crocodile Rock", "Candle in the Wind", "Changes",
"Space Oddity", "The Rebel", "Sticky Fingers", and "Bohemian Rhapsody"!! |
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Site of the Marquee Club that Keith Moon,
drummer for The Who, performed at in the 1960s |
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The Crobar in Soho
Love that they are sporting Iron Maiden's Eddie as the Trooper :) |
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Denmark Street
where many of England's famous musicians purchased their instruments |
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Regent Sounds Studio where
The Rolling Stones recorded their first album.
The Who, Black Sabbath, and the Sex Pistols also recorded here. |
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| Delicious Japanese in Soho at the Taro Restaurant |
Friday:
Went back to the Camden Markets again! Have a feeling that I will return several more times haha LOVE this area!!
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Tried some Malaysian cuisine!
This was a coconut and lemongrass curry with chicken and potatoes. YUM |
Found some awesome comics at a store. Was hard to walk away without purchasing one of these!
Sunday:
Had an extraordinary, magical day seeing some London film locations and the Warner Bros Studio for the Harry Potter films! There was so much to see and I'm glad that I will go back when Matt finally gets here :)
Film Locations in London
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| Entrance to the Leaky Cauldron in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |
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Leadenhall Market
Diagon Alley in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |
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Millenium Bridge
The bridge destroyed by the Death Eaters in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |
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| View of Tower Bridge from the Millennium Bridge |
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| Gum art on the bridge |
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Secret Entrance to Diagon Alley at Borough Market
Harry is dropped off here by the Knight Bus in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
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| King's Cross Station where Platform 9 3/4 is located |
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| The Studio! |
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| Wizard's Chess Pieces |
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| The entrance |
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| The Dursley family photos |
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| Harry's cupboard under the stairs |
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| Entrance to the Great Hall |
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| The Great Hall set |
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| Mad-eye Moody :) |
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| Professor Trelawney |
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| Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall |
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| Filch |
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| Hogwarts House points |
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| Gryffindor uniforms |
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| Great Hall Model |
Props for the Yule Ball in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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| Ron's dressrobes |
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| Hogwarts entrance gates |
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| Gryffindor Boy's Dormitory |
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| The Fat Lady painting to enter the Gryffindor House dormitory |
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| The Mirror of Erised |
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| Wands used in the films |
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| Lockhart's dragon skeleton in The Chamber of Secrets |
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| Snape's outfit when he appeared as Neville's bogart |
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| Photo projector used by Snape in his lecture about werewolves in The Prisoner of Azkaban |
Potions Classroom
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| Felix Felicis |
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| The Goblet of Fire |
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| The Golden Snitch! |
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| Hermione's Time Turner in The Prisoner of Azkaban |
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| Azkaban Prison Number |
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| The Sorcerer's Stone |
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The Crystal Goblet Dumbledore uses to drink the Drink of Despair in the cave
in Half-Blood Prince to reach Voldemort's horcrux |
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| Slughorn's timer |
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| Triwizard Cup |
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Golden Egg that Harry stole from the protective Hungarian Horntail in the
first challenge of the Triwizard Tournament in The Goblet of Fire
It provided the clue to Harry's second task in which he could
only hear when opened under water |
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| The Clock in the Clock Tower in The Prisoner of Azkaban |
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| Entrance to Dumbledore's Office |
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| Gryffindor Dormitory Commonroom |
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| The Invisibility Cloak |
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| Sirius Black's costume in The Prisoner of Azkaban |
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| Clock Tower |
Dumbledore's Office
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| The Sword of Gryffindor |
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| The Sorting Hat |
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| The Pensive in the corner (hard to see) |
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| Entrance to the Chamber of Secrets!!! |
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| Gringotts Vault Door lock to Vault 713, which held the Sorcerer's Stone |
Hagrid's Hut
The Burrow (the Weasley's home)
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| Nimbus 2000 and the Firebolt broomsticks |
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| Green screen effects :) |
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| Trunk where the real Mad-eye Moody was held prisoner in The Goblet of Fire |
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| Hagrid's motorcycle |
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| Moving Staircase of Hogwarts |
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| Gringotts Mine Cart |
Quidditch Props
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Skele-Gro used to grow back Harry's arm bone
after a Quidditch match in The Chamber of Secrets |
Voldemort's Seven Horcuxes
Borgin and Burkes
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| Creepy enchanted hand that always scared me in The Chamber of Secrets |
Deathly Hallows Part I Scene
(Voldemort and Deatheaters meeting to torture Hogwart's Muggle Studies Professor)
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| The Riddle family grave in The Goblet of Fire |
Ministry of Magic Fireplaces
Ministry of Magic Atrium
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| Prophecy Orbs |
Dolores Umbridge's Office
Magic is Might Statue in the Ministry of Magic
Umbridge's Proclamations in
The Order of the Phoenix
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| Deatheater Masks |
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| Mechanical Deatheater Dummy used by Dumbledore's Army in The Order of the Phoenix |
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| Of course I had to get a Butterbeer |
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| The Knight Bus in The Prisoner of Azkaban |
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| Potter's Cottage in Godric's Hollow |
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| Hogwarts Bridge |
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4 Privet Drive
The Dursley's House |
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| Potter's Cottage |
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| More Wizard's Chess Pieces from The Sorcerer's Stone |
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| Mr. Weasley's flying car from The Chamber of Secrets |
CREATURES AND ANIMATRONICS!!!
(My favorite part :D)
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| Fawkes :) |
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| Mermaids in the Great Lake from The Goblet of Fire |
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| Dementor |
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| Thestral from The Order of the Phoenix |
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| Hungarian Horntail from The Goblet of Fire |
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| Dobby! |
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| Monster Book of Mosters |
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| Mandrake |
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| Voldemort's fetal state from The Deathly Hallows Part II |
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Lupin as a werewolf in The Prisoner of Azkaban
One of my favorite creature designs |
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| Basilisk skeleton in The Deathly Hallows Part II |
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| Aragog from the Forbidden Forest in The Chamber of Secrets |
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| The Basilisk from The Chamber of Secrets |
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| Full model of the Hungarian Horntail in The Goblet of Fire |
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| Buckbeak the Hippogriff from The Prisoner of Azkaban |
Film Props, Sets, and Models
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| Gringotts entrance |
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| The Daily Prophet |
Diagon Alley!
(My jaw dropped in amazement when I turned the corner)
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| Hogsmeade White-Card Models |
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| Daily Prophets |
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| Conceptual designs |
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| Architect of Hogwarts statue |
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| Hogwarts White-card Model |
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| The Whomping WIllow |
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| Durmstrang Institute ship from The Goblet of Fire |
Large Scale Full Hogwarts Model
Must say the Harry Potter Studio Tour was one of my top favorite experiences so far on my trip. Almost competitive with Disney World to make me feel like a giddy kid again. There is no better feeling.
Only 3 weeks till my first trip outside of England! Ireland cannot come soon enough.
Miss you all back in the States <3
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