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Thomas Sailer: Chronicles of a Harry Potter Fan

Apr 28, 2013 Site News  No comments

My dear friend, Thomas Sailer has finally got his book translated into English via Ebook. We mentioned last time about his book which was in German but now English readers have a chance to read it. SDR which was formerly Sparkling Illusions became part of Thomas's DA Network way back when we were still a Harry Potter website. I loved the idea and it was a very good thing to build on. It was kinda sad when things didn't work out, but I never forgot Thomas and happy he didn't forget me either. I wish you success on your book, Thomas!!!

Enchanted in a book

 

Thomas Sailer was an active member of the Harry Potter fan-community. Now, he has written an experience report about it.

Grosshoeflein. Thomas Sailer is visibly taken by the wizard’s apprentice Harry Potter. With his book “Chronik eines Harry

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Paul Bernard: Adventures in Movies

Apr 28, 2013 Site News  No comments

Paul Bernard, a documentary cameraman working for Warner Bros. Has an ebook out called Adventures in Movies which is available on Amazon and Kobo. He worked on the set and has given us a chance to show you just a bit about it.

Here's an extract from Paul Bernard's ebook 'Adventures in Movies' regarding Dan and Emma and tons more.

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince: Leavesden Studios - 2008

Dan's time was utilized with military precision from hours in education to floor runners waiting to whisk him the length of the studio in a golf cart when everything was ready to shoot a scene. He would stride swiftly on to set, met by Gary (props), the keeper of the hallowed Potter glasses who would hand him a pair, having decided if they should have glass in the frames or no glass (because of reflections), shoot about six takes then back on the golf buggy and we wouldn't see him again for many hours. One day a helicopter landed at the studio and after shooting a scene

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Fan Center in the works…

Apr 23, 2013 Site News  No comments

Ok so I posted the new layout for the Fan Center and am hoping you guys like what's coming soon. I have a huge work load right now but I am hoping to open the center sometime this May. I got to make the content for it and each graphic take at least 3-4 hours to make so I gather around probably mid-May will be our projected open date.

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SDR Fan Center

Apr 19, 2013 Site News  2 comments

The other day, I was browsing several websites. And one thing I thought about is the fans who love celebrities like what's new with them, the projects they got coming up and etc. The website gives you latest updates, news and what's coming. The Gallery contains over 50,000 images to browse through. Radcliffemedia give you over 100 videos to look at. And our fan fiction site gives you stories to read. What we don't got is a fan interactive center which will bring more for you. Every day I get questions of one thing or another. So your gonna have your chance to view questions people asked and see the answers your looking for. I also have in mind banners that you can put on your site or facebook page to claim your love for Dan. Banners where you can choose your design and have it written with the words you want on it. And lots more this is just the icing on the cake. So as I build it, I will add more to it. We're also gonna head to the social media side with banners and icons for

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Gallery Finished

Apr 10, 2013 Gallery Update, Site News  4 comments

When i was working on the gallery several repeats were removed and some medium quality images were removed as well. Before I delete the previous database I am gonna do a few checks mainly just a quick rundown of everything I did. Before it is totally removed. I spent three weeks on it and if you are a member I am gonna change a few things. If you like the site please like our page, I'd like to see more SDR members support us. So If you like the site let me know.

- Marcie

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Gallery almost there

Apr 8, 2013 Site News  No comments

Finishing off the last section of the gallery is the most tedious part of the entire gallery. After sorting through so many photos it was a tremendous amount of work especially starting from scratch. From looking at what's left I figured I would be done by Wednesday. So I am hopeful that will be my finished date. I do apologize for the ones that try and login and can't. But I did tell you that when you can't access it I am working on it so its not you guys. Thanks to several members I have new content to add. But I won't put that until afterwards.

Things are looking up on the Google Plus side. Not only for SDR. but Dan's google plus as well.  He's currently making a sort of video diary for us which is way cool. I sort have something coming up which I cannot say at least not until September. A few members from SDR are helping out and my projection on that is gonna be hopefully a great outcome. It's a secret project we have been working on for months. There's a few members in SDR

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Gallery, no easy task…..

Apr 2, 2013 Fan Fiction, Site News  No comments

I've been renovating the gallery since last week, as I work on week 2. I cannot tell you how many pics we were missing because of the crash I lost count. I've been keeping a detailed notebook and with that i can actually tell you how much we lost but things are gonna slow day a bit I took on some extra tasks and between doing that the gallery and communicating with dear friends. I have a bit to do.

So as I get down to the end, I only wanna say thank you all for being patient. I know you love the site and the gallery especially. And thanks to those that have been reading our fan fiction. There was one recent feedback I got and I loved the comment thanks to whoever wrote it. After writing 66 stories you kinda lose focus on what to call your characters other than their actual name. I always seem to have a problem with that. Movie fan fiction is different than writing what became to be known as Daniel Radcliffe's Fan fiction site. Wasn't really him I was basing it on. It was like Dan

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Gallery Offline

Mar 23, 2013 Site News  2 comments

The Gallery is undergoing a major renovation. Reason: I am doing a big cleanup so big that you guys will think the gallery is not coming back. It will but in a week hopefully least i am hoping so. Since finding those two missing pics I am wondering if I maybe missing more when the database crashed I did a check but not thoroughly. So to clear it all up I am gonna work on a fresh database and a fresh gallery install. Uploading images is a lot of work and its no easy task. If any new photos should arise between now and when I finish I will post them all here for you guys or alert you to them elsewhere. I removed stuff from the site too since there really is no need for them anymore here's what I removed:

The Woman in Black Fan Site - All content was moved here under "SDR In Depth"
SDR Projects Facebook We dont need it anymore
SDR Forum - never really used

On a big plus, I am so glad everyone loved all the graphics I did on Horns. It's one of the most downloaded projects so far.

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