Countdown clock & effects for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince book launch, Part 1- Waterstones, Oxford Street, London.

Countdown clock & effects for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince book launch, Part 1- Waterstones, Oxford Street, London.

countdown clock to Harry Potter book release

countdown clock to Harry Potter book release

The countdown has begun to the launch of the most eagerly anticipated book of recent years- Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. A custom computer programme was designed to display on a huge 63″ Plasma screen, simulating a train station flap-board, counting down the 15 days to Part 2- The Reveal!

countdown clock to Harry Potter book release

countdown clock to Harry Potter book release

Liasing with set designers, EMF also supplied set lighting, and a customized smoke effect, filling the window with puffs of steam every five minutes. 15 days from now at midnight, the train to Hogwarts arrives.

countdown clock to Harry Potter book release

countdown clock to Harry Potter book release