08-12-2008, 07:51 PM
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The Chinese used fake fireworks too:
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According to The Beijing Times what people inside the stadium and watching on television saw were computer graphics of the footprints inserted into coverage.
Gao Xiaolong, the head of the opening ceremony visual effects team, said it had taken almost a year to create the 55-second sequence.
Actual fireworks could be seen outside the stadium but it was logistically impossible to film them by helicopter, so the decision was made to recreate the effect digitally.
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Footage of the fake fireworks
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