Randy W Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/otherspor...ints-faked.html Gao Xiaolong, head of the visual effects team for the ceremony, said it had taken almost a year to create the 55-second sequence. Meticulous efforts were made to ensure the sequence was as unnoticeable as possible: they sought advice from the Beijing meteorological office as to how to recreate the hazy effects of Beijing's smog at night, and inserted a slight camera shake effect to simulate the idea that it was filmed from a helicopter Although the event as a whole received rapturous reviews abroad, that has not been entirely the case at home. Some internet comments were hostile, saying that while it looked stunning the contents were vacuous. Others focused on the sheer numbers of people involved - more than 16,000 performers, mostly from People's Liberation Army song and dance troops. "That certainly showed China's unique character," said one comment. "Namely, that we have 1.3 billion people." Link to comment
tonado Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Who cares. It look so good. Link to comment
Randy W Posted August 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Yes - the point is that it looked much better than having a REAL helicopter chasing after the REAL fireworks Link to comment
rogerluli Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 It was a show...n'cest pas??? Link to comment
izus Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Who cares. It look so good.i agree Tony!! Link to comment
Sebastian Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Who's footprints they use? Yao Ming or Gong Li ??? I wasn't bothered at all. Link to comment
Yuanyang Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Who cares. It look so good.i agree Tony!! Yeah, what they said. Link to comment
The Jeff Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 How can people complain that it was faked when the producers of the event admitted that the flyover was computer generated imagery? You might as well blame Stephen Spielberg for making fake sharks and dinosaurs. Link to comment
jim_julian Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Hmmmm ... makes sense ... fits right in with Chinese bra technology. Link to comment
IllinoisDave Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Geez, the ingenuity it took to fake it seems almost as impressive as the stuff that was "real". Link to comment
Sebastian Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Hmmmm ... makes sense ... fits right in with Chinese bra technology. Hey - now come on - The WonderBra was lifted from somewhere, yes? Link to comment
rogerluli Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Hmmmm ... makes sense ... fits right in with Chinese bra technology. Hey - now come on - The WonderBra was lifted from somewhere, yes? and separated... Link to comment
W & D Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 I was happy with it you might say it was better than the real thing. Link to comment
griz326 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 It comes under the heading of show business, correct? Link to comment
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