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. Michael says:

    I can easily make t-shirts, but i'm not sure if my parents would let me go along with distributing them out to a bunch of people i don't really know that well.

  2. Michael says:

    I am a Christian, and I'm homeschooled. I hope to play the role of Shasta if they make HAHB. That would be my main opportunity to share the gospel. I've always wanted to talk to some of my favorite actors about Jesus, and share the gospel with them.

  3. Princess Jennifer says:

    OMG !!! There are a LOT of Christians on here !!

    To Edmond"s Queen: It is so cool that you are homeschooled too !!!! That is so awesome !! I still can"t imagine how much you,me and Queen Elizabeth have in common !!!

    To Queen Elizabeth : Public schools are cool !! And since there aren"t too many , it"s sort of like homeschool !! Sorry, I"m not very bright in words. Merry Christmas !!

    Merry Christmas !!!!

  4. Queen Elizabeth says:

    I'm glad we are all getting to know each other in a (isk safe and secure way) lol
    Here are some random facts about me so you know me better 🙂
    My favorite characters are Lucy, Edmund, and Aravis
    My favortie color is lime green and medium blue
    I love swimming (even in our not so clean lake lol)
    I'm scared of any bug bigger than a wasp
    and my #1 thing on my Christmas list is the VDT movie poster
    Enjoy! 🙂

  5. Queen Elizabeth says:

    Yea I like to use random words sometimes. It's fun and keeps me going 🙂 I try to live a happy life, not a dull one lol I use odd, anywho, yup, SKANDERLOUS! And other random words throughout the day to keep things interesting lol "Cause I'm cool like that." – Skandar Keynes (set interview)

  6. Princess Jennifer says:

    Thanks Queen Elizabeth !!! I like getting to know you too !! I"m sorry if before I was kind of creepy.
    Here are some random facts on me.
    My favorite characters are : Aravis, Polly,Caspian, and Edmond
    My favorite color is Pink, or any kind of blue !!
    I also LOVE horses and enjoy riding them in pastures, pretending I am in Narnia. I also like hiking !!

  7. Princess Jennifer says:

    Oh, And the best thing I want for Christmas is 6 tickets to a 2D movie theater with the voyage of the Dawn treader !!!lol !!!

  8. Edmund the Just says:

    My sister knows someone that is good friends with Skander himself!

  9. Edmund the Just says:

    I love the Lord of the Rings!

  10. Princess Jennifer says:

    What do you want For Christmas Edmund"s Queen ? What ever it is, I really hope you get it !!!! I hope you get your poster too Queen Elizabeth !!! Merry Christmas !!! Long Live Narnia !!! Happy Christmas eve !! LOL !!!

  11. Edmund's Queen says:

    ME TOO! They are some of the best books and movies of all time! Who's your favorite? I like Legolas and Eowyn and Frodo.

  12. Edmund's Queen says:

    Wow, that's cool! Have your sister tell that person she knows to tell Skandar I said hello and he's amazing! Have you ever met him?

  13. Edmund's Queen says:

    Okay my wonderful sisters, here's some facts on me:

    I want the extended edition of Lord of the Rings REAlly bad for Christmas.
    Edmund, Aslan, and Glimfeather are a few of my Narnian favs.
    My favorite color is royal purple right now, but it changes a lot, lol.
    I love to write stories snd songs, draw and paint, and act.
    "The Call" is my favorite song.
    I love peanut m and ms.
    I play the guitar, mandolin, and piano.

    Well, there's a start. Queen Elizabeth, when I went to the treater to see VDT, they gave free movie posters! I have an extra and I wish I could send it to you.

  14. Edmund's Queen says:

    Elizabeth and Jennifer, I hope you guys get your Narnia stuff tomorrow and I hope you'll get snow. We're supposed to where I live, but it's looking pretty sunny right now. 🙁 Oh, and do you think we should adopt Michael and Not of This World as our Narnian brothers? I like them a lot.

  15. Narnian Meerkat says:

    Oh, that's cool! 🙂

  16. Princess Jennifer says:

    COOL !!! Royal Purple is so pretty !!! I also LOVE Aslan too !!! Far as letting Michael and Not of this world join hmmmmmm…… I would Like it to stay just girls….But I really don"t care.. The more the Merrier !!! And besides, if a jerk like "handsome" comes back, they can be our body guards !!lol !! Yes, I think they can join !!!Thanks for asking !!!

  17. Princess Jennifer says:

    Also, I wanted to say that I LOVE how you can play so many insterments !! I can play the piano,sort of……..And I am trying to learn how to play the gutiar. I hope you and Queen Elizabeth get alot of cool things for Christmas too !!! Merry Christmas Eve !!!

  18. Princess Jennifer says:

    Your life is SO cool !! It is, is, SKANDARLICIOUS !!! I hope I said that right. I enjoy using funny words too like….Dubious-meaning dougtful, and other such words.

  19. Michael says:

    Thanks girls!! I didn't even ask for anything.

  20. Queen Elizabeth says:

    I already feel like Not of this World and Michael are my Narnia brothers 🙂 They are truely worthy to be kings of Narnia lol Just like we are Queen and Princesses 🙂

  21. Queen Elizabeth says:

    To Edmund's Queen: Thanks for the thought about the poster 🙂 Appriciate it.
    My favorite song is The Call too! I love singing it and playing it on the piano. I can play by ear but can't read music. I act in my church dramas, and am an artist. I paint all the time and just did a watercolor of Aslan, and it turned out really good. If I don't become a director my whole family says I should be an artist, maybe do some concept art for movies, like NARNIA!!!
    Merry Christmas!!! 🙂

  22. Edmund's Queen says:

    Welcome to the family, Not of this World and Michael! Elizabeth, I wish I could see you Aslan watercolor. I like to draw dragons and griffins and fairies, and I'm learning to draw more (hopefully centaurs too!) It is absolutely insane how much we have in common! I love it. I had a cute idea today: Build-a-Bear Workshop should have a Reepicheep you can make! Wouldn't that be so cute? Your own personal Reepicheep to cuddle, just like Lucy did. I'm so glad they kept that part in the movie.

  23. Queen Elizabeth says:

    My sister wanted the Reepicheep plush for Christmas!:) I got an eisle and tons, *freaking out, TONS of paint and drawing stuff, i'm so happy!!!!! 🙂

  24. Mangolite says:

    The entrance in to Narnia in LWW was subtle and magical. In PC, it's in your face, but the return was a head scratcher, like, how did they get their clothes back and walking among all of those train commuter without anyone realizing that these four kids just materialize out of thin air. Well at least, in LWW, they were turned back to kids and had returned in a wardrobe. It must be wonderful that Aslan did not return the kids naked, how terrifying that would be for everyone-ha! Anyway back to the subject. In VDT, they tried that magical entrance with a meet-me-in-the-middle effect, and I thought they did do a great job. It's so pronounce as in PC but enough to grab our attention and smart enough to allowed for our imagination to run that they have somehow entered Narnia through the painting. Again, of course, their return was that they came with their contemporary clothes and dry. I want me some fast drying clothes like those.

  25. Mrs. Skandar Keynes says:

    lucky her 🙂

  26. Edmund's Queen says:

    OMG, Queen Elizabeth, I got art stuff too! I got a dragon painting and drawing kit, and some oil pastels and book on how to use them. And a got a bracelet with a paint pallet charm on it!

  27. Edmund's Queen says:

    Oh, BTW, I did get the movies I wanted. 🙂 So happy! And it snowed all day long, and it's still snowing now! Did your sister get the Reepicheep she wanted?

  28. Edmund's Queen says:

    Sorry, Warrior. It's kinda hard for us "hormonal teenagers (lol)" to restrain our love for Edmund, but we shall try, out of respect for our elders. 😀

  29. Princess Jennifer says:

    I love to draw and paint and carve narnian pictures too !! ( Not that I"m any good at it. Lol !! ) But I forgot to tell you, but I got a big marble Aslan !!! He now guards our woods !! He is sitting and about 3 feet tall. Actually, he is not marble, he is concrete. Like a birdbath.

  30. ymk says:

    That was definitely amazing! One of the many reasons that make VODT a very exciting movie to watch!

  31. Dancinginrain says:

    Wow you girls are so funny and seem very awesome! I am sooo very much praying for Skandar Keynes cuz I just love him sooo much! I am so happy that yall are praying for him too! I love you guys for that! I am a Christain also! 🙂

  32. Queen Elizabeth says:

    No she didn't get Reep 🙁 And Princess Jen that lion sounds SWEET! I just got some canvases and some oil paint and acrylics. Suggestions on what to paint? I kind of want to do this one movie still from VDT of Lucy and Aslan in the mirror in the cabin on the ship. Any other suggestions?

  33. Edmund's Queen says:

    Okay, the concrete Aslan sounds so delightful (I just feel like using odd words today ;)) Now, about what to paint, I would attempt the Dawn Treader itself. I plan to paint one to put in my future room of my own. Or perhaps Cair Paravel, a centaur, Fledge, or the scene from LWW where Aslan is talking to Edmund. And Princess Jennifer, I'm not much good at drawing either, but I do it anyway because it's fun and expressive.

  34. Edmund's Queen says:

    You seem wonderful too Dancinginrain, and I'm so happy to hear that you're a Christian as well. The more the merrier! And also, more praying for Skandar. I just love him, and he seems like a nice, smart guy. Hopefully he'll wise up and accept Christ. Let's keep our hopes and prayers up!

  35. The White Wizard says:

    Ditto.

  36. Queen Elizabeth says:

    I'm about halfway done with the Scrubb house Dawn Treader painting. It actually looks really good 🙂 I can't wait to put it up. My dad said it looks really real 🙂 I have to paint a picture for this art competition next so I'm probably going to do an angel or a moon fairy.

  37. Princess Jennifer says:

    Sorry Queen Elizabeth, I just got this. I bet it does look really cool !! That sounds so neat !!! I am actually worse at painting, then drawing……Sorry. I wish I could see your picture. Better yet, I wish you could go into Narnia through your picture !!! I will draw a picture of the dawn treader too !! Far as ideas hmmmmm I got an idea !!! You could paint Cair Parravael !!! I think that would be cool !!! I have an announcement to make !!! Tommorrow ( probably )nI am going to see the VDT movie !! I can"t wait !!

  38. claireyy says:

    AWESOMMMEEE ( :

  39. Edmund's Queen says:

    That's awesome Queen Elizabeth! I did my first oil pastel picture yesterday. It was simple, a bowl of oranges and lemons, but I'm going to improve my skills in order to artfully portray the Dawn Treader, a dragon, and some elves and fairies.
    Princess Jenifer, you will LOVE the movie. It is astounding. And Edmund is so brave, hot, and smart, as usual. I sighed half the time I watched it. I was literally bouncing in my seat when the movie started. OMG, I'm gonna have to go see it again soon!

  40. Queen Elizabeth says:

    I'm so happy for you Princess Jennifer 🙂 I thought I was going to get to see it this week but I guess not 🙁 But I'm having a couple friends over and will finally be able to film and direct the legendary Lucy in Narnia for the first time (scene) in the woods behind my house. I have the music and everything. I posted my Dawn Treader painting on Facebook and got tons of great comments. 🙂
    Edmunds Queen: I love drawing fairies too! 🙂 I actually ot a book on how to paint different fairy types for one of my presents this year 🙂

  41. Not Of This World says:

    I'm homeschooled too!

  42. Queen Elizabeth says:

    I post all of my art on my facbook page. I wish I could tell you guys my real name so that you can see it and I can see you guys! 🙁 Then we could actually chat on real time. You guys are my best Narnian friends. If I ever were to talk about this stuff and Edmund with other people they would think I was crazy. You guys are so cool! 🙂

  43. Mariana says:

    I'm in Brazil!!
    How can I watch this? 🙁

  44. Feather~Light~Heart says:

    I'm in the US and it seems I can't view it :\ Can this be found anywhere else????

  45. Hannah says:

    Hi I'm American but I can speak in a British accent so why can't American girls be Jill Pole ?

  46. Hannah says:

    Hi I'm 13 can I be in the group?

  47. Hannah says:

    That sucks !opps am I interrupting anything?

  48. Nope. You're fine. Yeah, it's too bad about Skandar. But maybe if we all pray…
    Oh wait, were you talking about him being the great grandson of Darwin? If so, that doesn't bother me too bad. He can't help who his ancestors are.

  49. Yvy says:

    I wish someone uploads it on youtube. I'm not from the States and I'd love to see this clip!!!!

  50. LiquidLight says:

    Whoa! Beyond cool! I'm hoping to be a filmmaker someday, and the sheer ingenuity of this scene is incredible! Yet another reason to love the movie! I do hope they'll make the rest of the franchise!

  51. Amanda says:

    Do you guys all realize that Skandar Keynes says he's an Athiest??? If u didn't know that…. well, now you know! But ya, Ed is my favorite character, then its Lucy, Peter, Caspian, and Susan!!! <3

  52. Blackdog says:

    Thats realy anoying that seen is so interesting.

  53. Blackdog says:

    I would probobly say cool if you could view this outside of the US.

  54. Blackdog says:

    Lucky you thats so unfair that only people in the US BOO HOO!

  55. Blackdog says:

    So am I it's not fair.

  56. Blackdog says:

    You can't wathch if your not in the US so I guess you move to the US if you really want to see it.

  57. Ariel_of_Narnia says:

    LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

  58. 100% narnia fan/ favorite series says:

    I know, me too! It would be quite fascinating ti have an experience like that…

  59. Peter's #1 Fan ALWAYS says:

    Thats so cool