Behind-the-Scenes Video: The Picture in the Bedroom

A new 10-minute behind-the-scenes video reveals how the filmmakers achieved the scene where Edmund, Lucy, and Eustace are drawn into Narnia through the picture in the bedroom.

It turns out they did not fill the room with water. Instead, they locked the camera down and sunk the entire set into the water… creating the illusion that the water was flooding out of the picture. Safety was a major concern of course; the actors all had to receive scuba lessons in order to film the scene.

Thanks to ‘Liberty Hoffman.’

242 Responses

  1. Gabby says:

    I live in the US and I cant see it. Its not just for people in the US.

  2. Queen Elizabeth says:

    I hate to leave out the 12 and under group (Don't worry you'll get there 🙂

    The only requirements is that you love Narnia and are a teen 🙂
    And love Skandar, but maybe not as much as Edmund's Queen and me lol 🙂

  3. Queen Elizabeth says:

    Yes I will still be friends with you Princess Jennifer lol
    My sister is only twelve and I am really good friends with a couple of her best friends, and they are only 12 and 13. Just be yourself, being young is nothing to be ashamed of lol 🙂

  4. Queen Elizabeth says:

    I know, it's crazy how much work went into one 20 second long scene. They used like three sets for all of this. WOW

  5. Queen Elizabeth says:

    yea I skipped the first 3 minutes, it was just a mash-up of clips and trailers that we have already seen.

  6. Princess Jennifer says:

    To Queen Elizabeth : How do you do that ?!? You really are like Aslan !!!!! I would believe it if Narnia was real !!!!! I was so wrong !!! I lied to you !!!! You amaze me !!! You show so much compassion !!! Well, I will never lie again, and everything else I said IS true !!!

  7. Fireflower says:

    THAT. WAS. AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!

  8. John Freeman says:

    Thanks liberty, that was awesome!!!

  9. Princess Jennifer says:

    Well in the book it says that he was so rude. So that is what he said. Instead of being Respectful and saying mother he said Alberta. He did other bad things too.

  10. Princess Jennifer says:

    Yeah !!! I"m dying to see the movie !!

  11. Princess Jennifer says:

    Yeah I know !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  12. Princess Jennifer says:

    To Queen Elizabeth: ( I just got the comment about the club..sorry ) Don"t worry about it !!! I would LOVE to join but I guess I will get there. I hope you have alot of fun and get Skandar items to collect !!!! I like all of the cast !!!! I think my favorite Pevensie is ………Peter…Peter or Edmond I love them both !!! But Lucy and Susan are cool too !!! Thanks for trying to include me !!! I hope you enjoy the club !!!!

  13. Skandar-the Great says:

    I want to join the Edmund club! I am 15 and I am sure I like Skandar as much as Queen Elizabeth and Edmunds Queen. Do you guys kiss his picture every morning and night?

  14. Michael says:

    I'm 13 soon to be 14 in twelve days. So I guess I can join. May I? Those who are not yet 13 should make a tween group. Just a suggestion.

  15. Queen Elizabeth says:

    Haha I guess anyone who is a teen cain join you don't really have to ask 🙂 Thanks Edmund's Queen! This was all your idea. 🙂

  16. Queen Elizabeth says:

    Um… I'm super glad you love Skandar too 🙂 But I can honestly said I have never kissed his picture. They do dominate one half of my bulliton board, but I am not that extreme lol I don't see how kissing his picture will bring us any closer lol

  17. EdmundPevensie says:

    Haha I'd love to join! Skandar is definitely my favoritestest! And I'm 16 too 🙂

  18. Cuppycakesrch says:

    VERY awesome

  19. WillowofNarnia says:

    Amazing!!! They're all so brave! 😀 😛

  20. Princess Jennifer says:

    Ewww!!!!!!!! Do you kiss his picture ? That is discusting !!!!! I may be a girl that is excited to move on to a teen…..but kissing is something that I do not look forward too !!!!

  21. yeswelovenarnia says:

    I do not know Jill….sorry 🙁

  22. Princess Jennifer says:

    Double Darn it !!!!

  23. Princess Jennifer says:

    Now I"ve got a question for anyone out there, two actually. Do you think I should start a blog ? I want too but if I did what would I write about ? I go in to start a blog, and leave because I don"t know what to write about !!! Any ideas ? To Queen Elizabeth I am still thinking…….

  24. Princess Jennifer says:

    To Queen Elizabeth: Maybe you could start a blog on your club !!!! It could be were you have your meetings and stuff. If you want, I won"t go in since I"m not a member yet.

  25. Queen Elizabeth says:

    You could write about fanatsy movies. Or your ideas in your book. Or your life in general, it sounds very interesting. since you are homeschooled and live far away from town 🙂

  26. Michelle says:

    that was so awesome

  27. Princess Jennifer says:

    Hey !!! I got an idea !!! If it wouldn"t be disrespectful, I was wondering if I could open a club too. A club to all the Skandar fans that are preteens !! But if I"m the only one, it, wouldn"t help. Hmmmmm

  28. Princess Jennifer says:

    To Queen Elizabeth: Really ? Thanks !!! I didn"t think it it really mattered until now !!! Thanks a bunch !!!

  29. HM Swanwhite says:

    I agree! I was really looking forward to watching this! The US gets everything! Ahh! Maybe it will become a special feature or someone will post it to YouTube…. 🙂

  30. Princess Jennifer says:

    You really encourage me all the time !!!! I thank you with me eternal respect.

  31. NextJillPole says:

    No, America definitely does NOT get everything. So what, we get one little clip of how they made a scene that everyone's already seen in the movie anyway. All the British people actually get the parts, and they filmed in Australia. America definetely does not get everything.

    P.S.: If you're not British or Australian, then sorry about this rant. It's just from an American who wants a role in the Narnia movies, and I'd soon as sprout wings as to get the role of Jill because I'm not British.

  32. ~DaughterOfEve~ says:

    Really? I enjoyed this transition more than the PC transition. The train station transition was brilliant but I always felt that the painting filling the room with water was much more exciting and I believe it was. Either way, both transition scenes in both films were amazing.

  33. Princess Jennifer says:

    I took your advice and did one on my house and life, but I can"t get it to show up !!!! Any advice ?

  34. Talvi says:

    ugh!! I live in the US but I can't view the video!!! :'( It won't load for me and I don't know why!!! 🙁

  35. Queen Elizabeth says:

    Try going to Hulu.com were the video is actually from. Maybe it will load from you there 🙂

  36. Michael says:

    Princess Jennifer, it's very good to just be yourself. It's like Lucy, she wanted to be like Susan, she didn't want to accept herself the way she was. It's an important lesson for us all to learn.

  37. Michael says:

    Good thinking! I'm sure there are others on here that are tweens/pre-teens.

  38. Princess Jennifer says:

    Thanks !!! Are you a preteen ? I also was wondering if you knew how to start a blog.

  39. Queen Elizabeth says:

    Very nice way to put it Michael 🙂 That is why I love the Chronicles of Narnia, they teach you so many lessons that you can relate to in everyday life.

  40. Queen Elizabeth says:

    Now next time I go to my family's cabin on the lake I'm going to run out, jump off the dock into the water, then be in Narnia!! ( haha I wish)
    Except without a bookshelf floating around there are colorful fish and shiny rocks. it's still beautiful. That is where I love the area where our cabin is…
    I call it my Narnia.

  41. Queen Elizabeth says:

    I love watching how they do the greenscreens and placing marks and setting up the scene. If I am not a director I totally want to work with the green screens and CGI. It would be so much fun! I would love coming up with landscapes too. 🙂

  42. Warrior 4 Jesus says:

    Grrr… I'm not happy about the restrictions either. Especially since VDT was filmed here in Australia! Hopefully it comes to YouTube very soon.

    Jill Pole HAS to be played by a British actress. No two ways about it.

  43. Yeah, call in Phineas and Ferb! They'll help you! Your parents will never know…

  44. Princess Jennifer says:

    Awesome !!!!! You have such a cool life !!! I always wanted to live in a cabin !!! Like I said earlier, I have some woods out back that I pretend is Narnia. And made of all these branches is a tunnel !!! It is so awesome !! I pretend that I transform into Narnia as I go through the tunnel. We also have a pond with tunnels and even…….beavers !!!! I"ve never seen them but trees always fall and there are all of these strange footprints !!! And beaver marks on the trees.

  45. Edmund's Queen says:

    Oh my gosh, I really started something here, haven't I? I just joined narniaweb this month too! Cool! I love all you fellow Skandar lovers! Oh, BTW, I thought of some more names in the car tpday: Skandsome, Skandelicious, Skandreamy, Skandamazing. Maybe it's overkill, but I can't help it. I just love Skandar! You know how there's t shirts that say "Team Jacob" and "Team Edward"? We need "Team Edmund" t's!

  46. Princess Jennifer says:

    I have a public Question. All Narnians !! How do you get to make a headline like the one were typing about ? The reviews don"t work and I can"t find anything else. Sorry everybody !!

  47. Princess Jennifer says:

    Geese !!! I need to go to bed !! I didn"t know it was getting so late !!! Sorry Queen Elizabeth !! There I go !! Being a pest again !! Sorry !! Well, Good night !!!

  48. Noogah says:

    Yeah? I'm sure you would've liked the scene more if it had more to do with Reepicheep and the longing for one's true home.

  49. Reepicheep says:

    That sucks, I can't watch it because I'm not in the United States!!!

  50. Warrior 4 Jesus says:

    I figured that he called his mum and dad by their Christian names because his parents wrongly treated him as an equal (adults should be respectful of children but not treat them that way). Also, maybe they were a very formal family and it was representative of their family dynamic being almost business-like, instead of a warm and loving community. Just my two cents.

  51. Warrior 4 Jesus says:

    *Snort* Sorry, your post is hilarious and a little sad. Narnia fans are welcome but the fan-girl activites should be kept to a minimum to respect the actors/actresses and so others of us don't have to put up with sillyness. Thanks

  52. Michael says:

    No, I'm 13 soon to be 14.

  53. headstrong says:

    finally the movie comes out this tuesday in argentina! 😀

  54. Princess Jennifer says:

    No, I actually DID read the book and that is what it said !!!

  55. Princess Jennifer says:

    You should start a blog on here about the club !!!! Maybe you would get more people !!!

  56. Princess Jennifer says:

    Were are you at Reepicheep ? I was telling my mom the other day that sometimes it is better to wait…..Sorry.

  57. Princess Jennifer says:

    Thanks !!! Are you going to join the teen Skandar club ?

  58. Princess Jennifer says:

    I was talking to Skandar the Great. And I didn"t mean anything disrespectful, I was just having fun. I am a Christian and I don"t think it"s nice to tease, but I was just having fun !!

  59. Princess Jennifer says:

    Double Darn it !!! I AM the youngest here !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  60. Michael says:

    Yes, I'm already part of it.