VDT Filming Wrap Party

Filming for The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is almost over! On his blog, Mirko Grillini talks about the wrap party Saturday night [November 21].

As we have come to an end, the last opportunity of being all together was on Saturday night. My first hollywood wrap party…. wow. I can certainly do another one. There was so many people that I didn’t even get the chance of say hi to at least 75% of them.

It was great to see cast, crew and extras all together as one team, plus partners. Everybody was talking to everybody (or trying to) people dancing, the food was constantly coming around on large trays, and everybody seem to be happy.

We had finished the shoot late afternoon, just enough time to go back to the hotel, shower and get changed. . . .

There were speeches from Mark Johnson, Michael Apted and the main cast, Ben wrapped it up with his amazing energy. I tell you what, he knows how to get the crowd going. He’s natural charm and portrayal are magnetic. Ben is not only a wonderful actor, he is a prince in real life, not because he’s from a royal family, but because he has an incredible good and friendly nature.

After the speeches, a very funny footage of bloopers was played on the screens and it caught everybody’s attention. . . .

You can read Grillini’s blog here. But filming hasn’t ended yet. How do we know? NarniaFans.com reports:

From this, it would seem that filming has indeed come to an end, but I have seen DVDs where they spoke about the wrap parties happening prior to the actual end of filming.  This is because it will be the last time that everyone is still there, and they can celebrate together for the last time that they’ll all be in the same place together.  After that, filming will continue for many, but not for all.  Not positive this is the case with Dawn Treader, but what does it matter at this point?  Either the filming is done, or they only have a few days, amounting to only a few moments of screen time, left to shoot.

Edit: Howard Berger just confirmed, “Almost done in Narnia, 1 week left, then off to Sydney for some R&R!!!!”

So, after next week, it’s on to post-production! Of course, NarniaFans.com notes, “It’s actually been in post-production since they started active production, as shooting digitally has allowed the editor to work while footage came in.  Somewhere out there the film has been pieced together since day one of the shoot.”