A blogger called Movie Mazzupial got a sneak peak at the set of the film the Voyage of the Dawn Treader on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. She went along with a representative from AAP wire service and Channel Nine for the behind the scenes tour. Take a look for pictures of the Magician’s garden, from the set of the Dawn Treader. It looks beautiful however unclear the pictures are (they were taken on a phone).
This first pic is taken inside sound stage five and the terrible quality of my sneaky photo does not do this set justice. Basically, it’s an expansive garden set with an array of peculiar, somewhat creepy hedges. It gave off a very Alice in Wonderland feel and everything, EVERYTHING, was varying shades of green. It was designed by Francisco Blanc and took local craftsman eight weeks to put together. They will film on this particular set for only three days which is amazing considering the effort put into creating the garden wonderland which, might I add, was made by hand.
The Media Coordinator on the film, who flew in last week, said the craftsmanship behind the creation of the set had blown him away and was `just like anything you would see done in Hollywood’. Here he explains how the set will be incorporated into the movie; “This is the magicians garden in the story, Coriakin, and he has turned a society of people invisible and when the kids from Narnia sail to this island they need to find the spell that will bring these invisible people back to visibility. This set is case and point really, just look around you. This is built by locals, designed by an American, but that doesn’t make any difference. It was made by locals and it just goes to show the craftsmanship and magic exists here in Australia.”
You can read more about her visit to the set here.