Sochi Olympic Opening Ceremonies Live Chat

[dvsDave]

HOLY CRAP. The ship/sea projection is jaw-dropping, and did you see how the actors moved in and out of the scene! Seamless!

 

[masterelectrician2112]

That was an interesting design choice with making the ships 2d. It looked good from the top, but not close up.

 

[josh88]

I did really like the idea of them just walking on the deck and then vanishing into the hold was a great trick.



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[dvsDave]

Pyro from the stage floor! The alignment of the projection to the real world space is amazing!!!

 

[wolfman005]

Did anyone notice that projection is being used to illuminate that giant marching group? I think it's projection...

 

[dvsDave]

The last time Wolf Trap used their trap system was for the Russian Bolshoi Ballet. It seems that the tradition of trap systems in Russian theatre lives on!!

 

[wolfman005]

I wonder if they found a way to SMPTE timecode the dancers/actors...everything is so synchronized

 

[dvsDave]

The columns look like they are being projected onto, or being projected upon from within. Not sure.

 

[masterelectrician2112]

I would say that the dancers just have a high degree of precision. I don't think they are time coded in the sense that you're thinking.

 

[lighttechy]

It looks like they are being projected onto for at least certain sections of them...but I think they are projected up through them for the tops and bottom

 

[NewChris]

That's amazing that they have follow spots. Are they preprogrammed or manual?

 

[wolfman005]

The only downside to the projectors all being mounted on the sides are the long shadows

 

[HiThere]

im really enjoying the long lived camera shots with slight soft transitions between them much more pleasant than the 3 second then jump cut that you see in most us live events

 

[josh88]

"Imperial Russia is about to be washed away by two things. The Russian revolution and this commercial break."


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[wolfman005]

I think they are manual but maybe they are using that new tracking system from Cast? Blacktrack or something?

 

[dvsDave]

"Imperial Russia is about to be washed away by two things. The Russian revolution and this commercial break."

 

[lighttechy]

Right before they cut wide the spot on the female lead lagged just a tad so it could be manual?

 

[HiThere]

in Soviet Russia commercial breaks you

 

[wolfman005]

That train...

 

[lighttechy]

wow...