Day 5 - Hard Work Beats Talent when Talent does not Work Hard
I read the above quote somewhere today , when I was taken far away into the mystical, Magical land of Hogwarts. The Jr. Cutlet woke up early morning, earlier than me , infact she woke me up almost as if it was time to leave. It was then I realised that today was her day of guaranteed fun . Not that she enjoyed the The Lords and Wimbeldon tours, however The Warner Bros tour was one place she had planned right at the time we decided to travel to London. That included surfing , reading and collecting a lot of information about the Studios . Therefore I was given a stern warning as soon as I woke that I needed to get ready as soon as possible and leave early even if it meant reaching the meeting point much before time. I didnt not resist any of her instructions today and handed her over the reins.
The breakfast was also planned by Jr. Cutlet next to the meeting point just to be on a safer side. We boarded the bus for The Warner Bros. studio tour from the Victoria Coach station. It was almost an hour drive from London to the Studio. They played a Harry Porter movie immediately as the bus started to build the tempo of the tour. Surprsingly against my expectations , there were a lot of adults and couples in the tour than just families with children. Since I have watched almost all Harry Porter movies , I started discussing characters and stories of the movie with the Jr. Cutlet. I could almost sense the enthusiasm and curiosity in her voice. This was probably the first time she was watching Behind the scenes of a movie and books that she had been reading since the last 2-3 years. As soon as we reached the studios we were given digital guides and maps to start our tour. As the tour progressed and the characters , sets and visual effects were explained from the conception stage to behind the scenes of the movies, we started falling in love with the stories and the characters all over again. Some of the moments were like a deja vu and some of them gave us goosebumps. Each movie required 8 months of filming and an equal amount of pre-production and post production work. There were almost 200 children that were shooting for one film at a time. What I liked about the rules was that since these children were very young and also shooting for a considerable amount of time away from their homes; the crew ensured they didnt miss the education. There were tutors and exams provided for all children on the sets. The children would shoort for only 4 hours everyday , then they used to study for 4 hours and the rest of the time was play and rest. This way they scheduled the education and shooting for 200 children in such a way that while one batch studied , the other shot and vive versa. The dedication , hard work and the habit of paying attention to the minutest details was full proof. A massive amount of the work was carried out by technicians like the set designers, custume designers, art designers, story writer and so many such people. It will be very difficult to write and capture the magnitude of this Legend in one single blog or one single picture. One thing I was happy about was that the Jr. Cutlet had a lot of memories to carry back and lot of information to ponder about and infact she even confessed that it is not as glamorous as we watch them on screen.
I read the above quote somewhere today , when I was taken far away into the mystical, Magical land of Hogwarts. The Jr. Cutlet woke up early morning, earlier than me , infact she woke me up almost as if it was time to leave. It was then I realised that today was her day of guaranteed fun . Not that she enjoyed the The Lords and Wimbeldon tours, however The Warner Bros tour was one place she had planned right at the time we decided to travel to London. That included surfing , reading and collecting a lot of information about the Studios . Therefore I was given a stern warning as soon as I woke that I needed to get ready as soon as possible and leave early even if it meant reaching the meeting point much before time. I didnt not resist any of her instructions today and handed her over the reins.
The breakfast was also planned by Jr. Cutlet next to the meeting point just to be on a safer side. We boarded the bus for The Warner Bros. studio tour from the Victoria Coach station. It was almost an hour drive from London to the Studio. They played a Harry Porter movie immediately as the bus started to build the tempo of the tour. Surprsingly against my expectations , there were a lot of adults and couples in the tour than just families with children. Since I have watched almost all Harry Porter movies , I started discussing characters and stories of the movie with the Jr. Cutlet. I could almost sense the enthusiasm and curiosity in her voice. This was probably the first time she was watching Behind the scenes of a movie and books that she had been reading since the last 2-3 years. As soon as we reached the studios we were given digital guides and maps to start our tour. As the tour progressed and the characters , sets and visual effects were explained from the conception stage to behind the scenes of the movies, we started falling in love with the stories and the characters all over again. Some of the moments were like a deja vu and some of them gave us goosebumps. Each movie required 8 months of filming and an equal amount of pre-production and post production work. There were almost 200 children that were shooting for one film at a time. What I liked about the rules was that since these children were very young and also shooting for a considerable amount of time away from their homes; the crew ensured they didnt miss the education. There were tutors and exams provided for all children on the sets. The children would shoort for only 4 hours everyday , then they used to study for 4 hours and the rest of the time was play and rest. This way they scheduled the education and shooting for 200 children in such a way that while one batch studied , the other shot and vive versa. The dedication , hard work and the habit of paying attention to the minutest details was full proof. A massive amount of the work was carried out by technicians like the set designers, custume designers, art designers, story writer and so many such people. It will be very difficult to write and capture the magnitude of this Legend in one single blog or one single picture. One thing I was happy about was that the Jr. Cutlet had a lot of memories to carry back and lot of information to ponder about and infact she even confessed that it is not as glamorous as we watch them on screen.
We finished by evening and decided to visit the Trafalgar Square for a short evening stroll. There the Jr. Cutlet planned a fun meeting with her bestie from India who was also here for holidays. The rest of the evening the Jr. Cutlet was at her happiest best jumping around, playing around with her bestie. We decided to have dinner together, where they were inseparable again. Finally , with no choice left we decided to go back to our respective hotels. While the walking app shows me 8 kms and 10000 steps , my body is giving me different signals.
There was one thought that I managed to read on one of the walls of the Studio . It was written by J.K Rowling and will apply to each one of us in some of our phases of life , " Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times , if only one remembers to turn on the light." I will leave you with that thought . Signing off for a brighter tomorrow.
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