Citizen-Seth Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 When the FHFN welcome the world there are totem poles made of ice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozkar Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 welll ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen-Seth Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Nice use of tilt-shift Aparently the ceremony director is Louis J. Horvitz, and he just did the Grammy Awards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mr.x Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 I'm quoting someone I know who was in the audience tonight, and he's a huge Olympic fan so he's definitely comparing it to previous Olympic Ceremonies: I think David Atkins may be some sort of miracle worker. Just wait til Friday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 (edited) So...will there be performers? Will there be dancers in costumes?? Flying canoes?? Snowflakes in the shape of maple leaves?? Exciting!! Edited February 9, 2010 by baron-pierreIV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen-Seth Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 So...will there be performers? Will there be dancers inc oostumes?? Flying canoes?? Snowflakes in the shape ofmaple leaves?? This tweet sums it all up perfectly: "its gonna involve a lot of ppl and there's confetti involved that is all." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchbearer AA Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Great to see the pictures. Can't believe yet Friday I'm also in one of the lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scielle Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Sarah MacLachlan sang tonight at #Olympic opening ceremony rehearsal. Canned music from Joni Mitchell but assume she'll be there too #vo2010 Yay Joni!! This makes me really happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 (edited) Aparently the ceremony director is Louis J. Horvitz, and he just did the Grammy Awards. well, only insofar as TV direction. All he has to do is pick the camera shots but someone else from the Atkkins team directs the substance and flow of the show. OK, finally, a clip from the rehearsal showing Canada's bicultural identity perfectly : Edited February 9, 2010 by baron-pierreIV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.x Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 I'm quoting someone I know who was in the audience tonight, and he's a huge Olympic fan so he's definitely comparing it to previous Olympic Ceremonies: I think David Atkins may be some sort of miracle worker. Just wait til Friday! He has said more: it kicks Torinos ass and is more artistic than Salt Lake. Of the three [Opening Ceremonies] it's my favourite... Some very unique and crazy stuff and skirts cliche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceNarcissus Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 He has said more: it kicks Torinos ass and is more artistic than Salt Lake. Of the three [Opening Ceremonies] it's my favourite... Some very unique and crazy stuff and skirts cliche. I concur. The whole production uses time and space perfectly with no glaring lulls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianme17 Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 And Voilà ! 3 pics and Gamesbids becomes histeric! totally - good god calm down dears - its only a ceremony!!! for fecks sake you haven't even seen more than 3 pics yet - it will be alright on the night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graymccarty Posted February 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 FYI - there will be no installation of the fabric - it's staying as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graymccarty Posted February 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 + full sound wasn't installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Mata Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 No news about the cauldron? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flying.jay Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Hey all...my Dad is doing camera for the opening ceremonies. I don't want to say for who as I'd like to keep him anonymous. They had their first rehearsal yesterday and he keeps using the words we'd all expect to hear...incredible-phenomenal-amazing-spectacular... So far, he's said that they're flying up the director of the Grammy's! Apparently, this dude is a "hot-shot". *chuckles* They've also got about 90 cameras covering the ceremonies. To give you perspective, the Super Bowl (which broke all US TV records this year) had 44. Plus, his camera is brand new and out of the box...so that gets him pretty pumped I'll let you know more as we skype every couple days and he tweets a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graymccarty Posted February 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Very cool - thanks for the heads up! Do you know if that was his first time practicing yesterday, or has he been involved in the rehearsals over the past few days / weeks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave199 Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 FYI - there will be no installation of the fabric - it's staying as it is. Where are you hearing this from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graymccarty Posted February 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 One of the crew. He said that the media misinterpreted that statement a while back.... I'm not sure if THAT's accurate, but he's 100% sure they aren't coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 (edited) They've also got about 90 cameras covering the ceremonies. 90? They normally work with 24 to 32. I mean how many monitors do you think the director's booth can contain and how many monitors can Horowitz concentrate on? In a hall that can seat some 60,000 + all the acitivty happening on the floor, do you really think they would have 90 camerapeople + the cable person + another assitant (so making 270 crew members) running around all over the place? 90 is an obvious exaggeration. If Horovitz can't telecast a show with some 30 angles, then he doesn't know his job. Edited February 9, 2010 by baron-pierreIV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cormiermax Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 + full sound wasn't installed Why not? What the hell did they do with that 8 million dollars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave199 Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Yeah 90 cameras seems like a big stretch to me. Is it even necessary to have this many angles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Yeah 90 cameras seems like a big stretch to me. Is it even necessary to have this many angles? Even 50 is a very high number. With a few back-ups, I think they can do it with 30. Obviously, not all will be manned. THere will be a few strung up on cables that will provide overhead and sweeping shots. So maybe 20 spread out all over BC Place with camerapersons behind the lens. That's really more than enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.x Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Remember that these are indoor ceremonies...there might be a reason why more cameras than usual would be needed. The 90 figure is likely the number of cameras they tested at last night's rehearsal. VANOC has said that they are releasing more opening ceremony tickets today from camera space they won't need after the camera test last night. BTW, I'm getting conflicting numbers...some sources have the opening at 2.5 hours while others at 3 hours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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