Ikarus360 Posted December 6, 2013 Report Posted December 6, 2013 That thing they mention about a 1000 kids choir from all regions of Russia...are they going to do something similar to the kids choir segment of London? (showing images of some of Russia's regions)
baron-pierreIV Posted December 6, 2013 Author Report Posted December 6, 2013 That thing they mention about a 1000 kids choir from all regions of Russia...are they going to do something similar to the kids choir segment of London? (showing images of some of Russia's regions) Oh yeah-- it's probably a pre-filmed segment. I can't see them actually bringing in 1000 kids from all over to Sochi. The headaches of hosting 1000 kids in the cold/flu season alone is unthinkable--let alone the real challenges of where to lodge them?? Plus having that many minors in Olympic city is too tempting a target for the Chechyan partisans.
Lord David Posted December 7, 2013 Report Posted December 7, 2013 ^^ Or they could attempt to do a live feed with the children in throughout the regions of Russia. They just need to isolate them from the crowds to prevent unnecessary cheering in the segment.
ofan Posted December 7, 2013 Report Posted December 7, 2013 ^^ Or they could attempt to do a live feed with the children in throughout the regions of Russia. They just need to isolate them from the crowds to prevent unnecessary cheering in the segment. I don't think Russia would have to much difficulty isolating them away from crowds.
baron-pierreIV Posted December 7, 2013 Author Report Posted December 7, 2013 It seems they've hired London's "screenwriter" Frank Cottrel Boyce; so I wouldn't be surprised if that "Isles of Wonder" children's choir idea would be repeated here...except what are Russia's still remaining political and regional divisions that are familiar to the world as England, Scotland, No. Ireland and Wales are?
JMarkSnow2012 Posted December 8, 2013 Report Posted December 8, 2013 Here's a detail of a picture on SSC's Sochi Stadium thread, enhanced to clarify the nine "railway tracks" running along the ceiling (on which will run a total of 81 computer-controlled "carriages"). That's one heck of a train-set!
baron-pierreIV Posted December 8, 2013 Author Report Posted December 8, 2013 So, it's going to be a massively projected show. But that also means that they won't have a whole lot of stuff hanging....which I thought they would...a la Kazan and Vancouver. Unless they will still hang drops, etc., from up there.
JMarkSnow2012 Posted December 9, 2013 Report Posted December 9, 2013 So, it's going to be a massively projected show. But that also means that they won't have a whole lot of stuff hanging....which I thought they would...a la Kazan and Vancouver. Unless they will still hang drops, etc., from up there. They should be able to achieve both sideways motion and acceptable stability by hanging items from, say 3 "carriages" running on 2 tracks. We may see a fair amount of fully aerial work, akin to Athens' Cycladic Head, but entering sideways from that "lobby". I wonder what they'll fly in for the opening "War and Peace" section- and, for that matter, how they might link "War and Peace" to the reveal of the Rings.
JMarkSnow2012 Posted December 9, 2013 Report Posted December 9, 2013 Oops, sorry- for "lobby" read "lobbies" as there's one at each end. Unless, of course, everything comes in at one end and leaves at the other, like an elaboration of the backdrop in REM's "Shiny Happy People" video.
Olympian2004 Posted December 11, 2013 Report Posted December 11, 2013 I see that roofs that can be lit in many different colours are still THE hot thing for Olympic ceremonies - Maracana also has that multicoloured lighting for its roof now.
Ikarus360 Posted December 11, 2013 Report Posted December 11, 2013 ^^I dunno why they keep saying the stadium is not finished. It looks pretty much finished for me, except of course, the ceremony stage. I really hope it doesn't dissapoint.
baron-pierreIV Posted December 11, 2013 Author Report Posted December 11, 2013 ^^I dunno why they keep saying the stadium is not finished. It looks pretty much finished for me, except of course, the ceremony stage. I think they just cut it close; and past the date they gave the IOC and the Ceremonies people.
yoshi Posted December 11, 2013 Report Posted December 11, 2013 There was another pic which shows the roof lit bright pink (Mr Putin ) but for some reason it wouldn't let me paste. It's on SSC in the Sochi stadium thread.
baron-pierreIV Posted December 12, 2013 Author Report Posted December 12, 2013 There was another pic which shows the roof lit bright pink (Mr Putin ) but for some reason it wouldn't let me paste. It's on SSC in the Sochi stadium thread. It's Russian law. You cannot spread homosexual propaganda to the youth!!
Lord David Posted December 12, 2013 Report Posted December 12, 2013 It seems they've hired London's "screenwriter" Frank Cottrel Boyce; so I wouldn't be surprised if that "Isles of Wonder" children's choir idea would be repeated here...except what are Russia's still remaining political and regional divisions that are familiar to the world as England, Scotland, No. Ireland and Wales are? Chechnya! And that Vladivostok place near that North Korea. Where you had dedicated Zenit fans travel 15,000 km all the way from St Petersburg to Vladivostok, only to have their car break down. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Luch-Energiya_Vladivostok
Ikarus360 Posted December 14, 2013 Report Posted December 14, 2013 Video of the light testing of the roof
baron-pierreIV Posted December 14, 2013 Author Report Posted December 14, 2013 /\/\ Well, no wonder these Games are going to cost $55 billion. Maybe even the sidewalks will light up at night?? Just glad that Russia can pay for all these gimmix.
yoshi Posted December 14, 2013 Report Posted December 14, 2013 This is gonna make Beijing look like a garden party...
baron-pierreIV Posted December 15, 2013 Author Report Posted December 15, 2013 This is gonna make Beijing look like a garden party... Nah. Beijing had performers in the 10,000+ range; this Sochi is only using 3,000. No comparison. Would you be impressed with a pyramid being built by only 3,000 slaves or one using 10,000 slaves? Of course, the latter.
StefanMUC Posted December 15, 2013 Report Posted December 15, 2013 Nah. Beijing had performers in the 10,000+ range; this Sochi is only using 3,000. No comparison. Would you be impressed with a pyramid being built by only 3,000 slaves or one using 10,000 slaves? Of course, the latter. Well, it would be more impressive if 3000 could do the work of 10000. As for Russia being able to pay for these gimmicks, I guess all the babushkas between Kaliningrad and Vladivostok freezing their wrinkling body parts off because there's no proper heating in their run down 60 year old appartement blocks might disagree.
runningrings Posted December 15, 2013 Report Posted December 15, 2013 Well, it would be more impressive if 3000 could do the work of 10000. As for Russia being able to pay for these gimmicks, I guess all the babushkas between Kaliningrad and Vladivostok freezing their wrinkling body parts off because there's no proper heating in their run down 60 year old appartement blocks might disagree. Spot on. The transformation of the Soviet state into capitalist Russia is incredible. While there is this amazing appearance of prosperity and wealth through huge public spending, Russia's capitalist frenzy is fast creating a country with a significant (and widening) gap between the rich and poor that would even make the US looks positively idealistic.
baron-pierreIV Posted December 15, 2013 Author Report Posted December 15, 2013 Well, it would be more impressive if 3000 could do the work of 10000. Not the same at all in terms of show biz and ceremony. It is more impressive to see the field filled with 5,000 performers doing a routine rather than a measly 500 trying hard to appear to fill the field. The experienced eye can tell.
yoshi Posted December 15, 2013 Report Posted December 15, 2013 So how many would they have used for Kazan then? That turned out alright.
baron-pierreIV Posted December 15, 2013 Author Report Posted December 15, 2013 So how many would they have used for Kazan then? That turned out alright. I just viewed Kazan's OC once. It looked like at least 5,000.
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