Emma Watson delays her education to finish Harry Potter
Today, she announced that she will be taking a break from her education to focus on her acting career, and to finish her work on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, which arrives this July.
Here is what she had to say.
"Hi everyone
As you know, I love Brown and I love studying pretty much more than anything but recently I've had so much to juggle that being a student AND fulfilling my other commitments has become a little impossible.
I've decided to take a bit of time off to completely finish my work on Harry Potter (the last one comes out this summer) and to focus on my other professional and acting projects. I will still be working towards my degree...it's just going to take me a semester or two longer than I thought : )
Hope you are all well! Thank you for all your continuing support.
Emma xx "
As you know, I love Brown and I love studying pretty much more than anything but recently I've had so much to juggle that being a student AND fulfilling my other commitments has become a little impossible.
I've decided to take a bit of time off to completely finish my work on Harry Potter (the last one comes out this summer) and to focus on my other professional and acting projects. I will still be working towards my degree...it's just going to take me a semester or two longer than I thought : )
Hope you are all well! Thank you for all your continuing support.
Emma xx "
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 was released July 15th, 2011 and stars Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Evanna Lynch, Domhnall Gleeson. The film is directed by David Yates.
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thedude-abides
I was once up 50-0 in a basketball game and took a 3 pointer at the end of the game. Was there any reason to do it? Not really. I had already won.
1 year agoby @thedude-abidesFlag
Dan
I can appreciate and respect someone wanting to go to college and finish it even though with the kind of money they make from their current profession, it isn't needed.
1 year agoby @dan1Flag
thedude-abides
@b-j-frank: To the overwhelming majority that's the end game, but not for everyone, I agree. I don't disagree with you on any of that. All I'm saying is, if it were me, I wouldn't feel the need to go to college, as I said from the beginning. Please don't misconstrue what I'm saying. I'm not saying if I were her; I'm saying if it were me.
1 year agoby @thedude-abidesFlag
B.j. Frank
@thedude-abides to YOU, the end result may be to get a degree to advance your career. but believe it or not, there are people who go to college to get an education. As a matter of fact, Brown is an excellent college. I went to trade school(not the same, I know) not to advance my career, but to enhance my knowledge of my craft. College is all about what you want to get out of it. And she seems to want to get an education.
1 year agoby @b-j-frankFlag
fanboy
@k-man Ok thank you very much, now it makes sense
1 year agoby @fanboyFlag
thedude-abides
@b-j-frank: All I'm sayin' is that if I were an actor, I wouldn't be going to college. The end game of college isn't to learn, as you say; it's to get a degree to help enable one to get a job. As a lover of film, I'd be hard pressed to find another line of work better than the one Watson is in. But again, that's just me.
1 year agoby @thedude-abidesFlag
K-Man
The following is kind of long, so please forgive that.....but I'm trying to answer a question as thoroughly as possible.
@fanboy - The audio they capture on set *is* professional. Its the best of the best.....but when other sounds can be heard they have to completely disregard the sound captured and go back and record in a studio. Like I said, the majority of the dialogue in films is re-recorded in a ADR booth.
When recording ADR (Additional Dialogue Replacement or Automated Dialogue Replacement) you have the actors come into a studio booth with the movie projected on the screen. The actors match the dialogue with new dialogue the best they can......then the sound recordist can take it from there, slightly adjusting it to make it seamless.
You have to understand that virtually everything you are looking at on screen, throughout 90% of the film (and this applies to all films but more so on "action films") has been recorded after the fact. Have you ever noticed how extras in restaurant scenes often look like they idiots with over-exaggerated movements while talking to someone? Its because they are not actually talking at all. On a set, when they are trying to capture *usable* audio the entire background has to be quiet so the actors can talk without interruption and/or other noises on the track. Then they add the "crowd noises" in later, usually by foley artists.
Foley artists do the following. For example, lets say a character wearing a leather jacket is running through a parking lot, breaks the glass window of a vehicle, jumps in, slams the door and starts the cars by rubbing the wires together.
A foley artist is the one that records the majority of those sounds you hear, from the running footsteps, the swishing of the leather jacket, the shattering of the glass, the sound of the door slamming, the sound of the wires electrically sparking together.....all that stuff. See, in order for the foley artist to record those sounds the artist may get a glass vase or a glass window from elsewhere and slam it with a hammer inside his/her studio to get the sound of the guy punching out the window and he'll record it in a studio right next to the mics for a clean sound. Same thing with all the other objects and scenes throughout the film. The thing about foley is that they are creating sounds you are used to hearing in ways that you wouldn't expect, with everyday objects they have at their disposal. Keep in mind that Foley is not responsible for EVERY sound you hear, their are numerous audio departments responsible for different sounds you hear. Another quick example would be a sound designer, who is responsible for actually creating sounds. For example, Ben Burtt was a sound designer from Star Wars and he was the guy who actually created the sounds of things like the lightsaber or the sound of space ships flying by, all that stuff.
Anyways, I'm not saying that they NEVER use sound from the set, just the majority is replaced.
If you have any other questions relating to anything about film, just post a question on my wall and I'll do my best to answer it for you.
1 year agoby @k-manFlag
DFILMCRITIC
Oh Wow! She's earning a couple extra million dollars and she's worried about missing school?!
1 year agoby @djdmoviesFlag
coast2coast
Professional sound equipment doesn't mean anything when you have loud actions going on in the scene. They'll record it for a "guide" but almost any action film goes through the ADR(Automated Dialogue Replacement) process at some point. Unless your going into post-production sound, knowing what ADR means is about all you will need to know.
1 year agoby @coast2coastFlag
B.j. Frank
@thedude-abides are you saying that she is going to school for the hell of it??? she has said in many of the special features that she loves studying and she's always studying on the set etc....
1 year agoby @b-j-frankFlag
fanboy
@k-man Yeah that's probably true, but I mean they have professional sound equipment and stuff so they should be able to capture good audio, but if they did re-record it in a studio wouldn't the lip sync be off? Any ways this is the sh*t I need to know if i want to make it to Hollywood someday (yes im serious!).
1 year agoby @fanboyFlag
JonSpidey07
there is such a thing as homeschooling
then again actors and actresses her age dont do that unless its junior high or high school
its understandable b/c she wants to pursue something after these movies are done
1 year agoby @jonspidey07Flag
K-Man
@fanboy - ADR most likely. Films like Harry Potter, which have a lot going on on set with pyro-technics and explosions, not to mention all the other potential noise makers, need the actors to come back and, in some cases, have them record around 90% of the film's dialogue because the audio captured on the day is not usable.
Also, this is the very last Harry Potter, so I'm sure they will be going out with a bang, which means I imagine the amount of press work the actors will be doing will be huge and very time consuming.
1 year agoby @k-manFlag
thedude-abides
I've never understood this. I won't question anyone else's priorities. All I'll say is, if I were an actor, I wouldn't be going to college essentially just for the hell of it. (cough) James Franco (cough, cough).
1 year agoby @thedude-abidesFlag
Bawnian©-Dexeus
Least she;s committed to her studies.
1 year agoby @bawnian-dexeusFlag
Daveactor7
@fanboy probably voiceovers or something.
1 year agoby @daveactor7Flag
fanboy
What would she need to do in post production? I mean shes just a actress and should only be needed in production. Unless im missing something
1 year agoby @fanboyFlag