HARRY POTTER: THE ARTIFACT VAULT

Throughout the making of the eight Harry Potter movies designers and craftspeople were tasked with creating fabulous chocolate-fantasy feasts flying brooms enchanted maps and much more in addition to numerous magical items necessary in a wizard’s everyday life—for example newspapers with moving photos vicious textbooks and Howlers. Harry Potter: the Artifact Vault chronicles the work of the graphics department in creating vibrant and imaginative labels for potions bottles brooms and candy; the creation of Quidditch Quaffles Bludgers and Golden Snitches lovingly crafted by the prop making team; and the stunning inventiveness used by the entire crew to create a rich bewitched filmic universe. Accompanying the captivating text are never-before-seen art and design concepts unit photography and other filmmaking secrets from the Warner Bros. archive. This striking full-color compendium includes two exclusive bonus inserts—Gilderoy Lockhart’s classroom questionnaire and a Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes catalog—as well as many more surprises.