Surprising Green Screen Photos That Show How Hollywood Actually Works

2. Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix

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For die-hard fans, the reality of how the magical world of Harry Potter was produced is almost sad. These green screen hands in what ought to be the magical Hogwarts library questions everything we wanted to believe about the wizarding world. Seeing these behind-the-scenes pictures helps those of us still awaiting for Hogwarts acceptance letters—surely they just got lost when Voldemort destroyed the Ministry of Magic's records—like drawing back the curtain on our childhood aspirations. Although technically remarkable, the use of green screen technology by the production crew reminds us sharply that the magical world we observed on screen was created using movie magic rather than real magic. Those enigmatic green-screened appendages, which most likely evolved into magical creatures in post-production, seem more like uncomfortable props than the magical entities we envisioned living in the library. These fairly ordinary objects were turned into the amazing scenes that caught our imagination, so attesting to the power of CGI and the filmmakers' talent.