Opening ceremonies too good to be true?
Stunning was the word most said of the opening ceremonies but as per the Chinese newspaper, the Beijing Times, the giant footprints in the fireworks display were computer generated graphics, inserted into the feed that the Beijing Olympic Committee (BOCOG) supplies the rest of the world.
The head of the visual effects team, Gao Xiaolong, said it took a year to create the effect and to ensure it was not recognizable as computer generated, this included replicating the smog-ridden sky of Beijing and making the image appear if it was shot from a camera.
For such an extraordinary opening ceremony, the decision to insert computer generated graphics and dupe the public was a foolish error by organizers. While it was only a small part of a stunning ceremony, the foul residue of being part of this charade harms the integrity of these Games and cuts the core of censorship issues.
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