Olympic Opening Ceremony - Page 17

Gemini Cricket · 08-12-2008, 12:11 PM

At a lot of live events that are broadcast, the use of taped footage is common. Even when the taped footage is meant to look like live footage.

ie. There was a Janet Jackson concert shot live in Hawai'i. Two identical versions were shot. One was with an audience and one was beforehand without an audience. This allows for certain shots to be inserted into the live broadcast and the DVD that is made afterwards.
I was at the show and when a curtain didn't fall correctly around Janet and just hung there in the first few minutes of the concert, they stopped the show and restarted. I'm thinking there would have been continuity issues if the curtain was allowed to hang there and the curtain was gone in the previously shot footage.

Pre-recorded footage allows the cameramen to get certain shots that they can not get live. Close-ups, etc. They would have had a hell of a time shooting the footprints fireworks with cameras stationed everywhere and helicopters...

And lip-syncing happens all the time. (Whitney Houston's Star Spangled Banner... lip synced.) But replacing the kid with another more appealing kid is just freakin' lame. Reminds me of the whole C&C Music Factory thing, replacing big Martha Walsh with a skinny model for the video.

Prudence · 08-12-2008, 12:39 PM

The kid singing is one of the only part of the ceremonies I actually managed to catch (in between painting projects). I can't remember if it was during that segment or another one where the voice over guy mentioned about the participants being "average" kids and how that was so important to the ceremony. And I remember thinking that the girl "singing" was obviously lip syncing, which was fine under the circumstances, but that she looked kind of....artificial. I dunno. Maybe I'm weird, but I actually think the real singer is cuter.

Kevy Baby · 08-12-2008, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Prudence

Maybe I'm weird, but I actually think the real singer is cuter.

I find the stage kid cuter, for whatever that is worth.

innerSpaceman · 08-12-2008, 03:14 PM

Yeah, that was the freaking coolest. Oh, i'm geeking out just recalling it.

innerSpaceman · 08-12-2008, 05:26 PM

Not by much. If the Chinese wanted their ceremonies to be impressive yet scary, they succeeded brilliantly!

Kevy Baby · 08-12-2008, 05:50 PM

On the subject of the girl singer, a coworker just gave me this link. It is from what appears to be a heavily (Chinese) government controlled web news site (People's Daily Online). The article was posted today and does not even discuss the fact that the singer on camera was not the actual person doing the singing.

http://english.people.com.cn/90001/6472775.html

Alex · 08-12-2008, 06:40 PM

I don't know.

How does this

differ from this

SzczerbiakManiac · 08-13-2008, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex

How does this

differ from this

Uh, the second one is in black and white, duh...!

Kevy Baby · 08-12-2008, 06:42 PM

The second one doesn't have the same optical illusion fun that the first one does.

Alex · 08-12-2008, 06:56 PM

What optical illusion are you seeing? I'm not seeing one.

08-12-2008, 12:11 PM	#1
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	At a lot of live events that are broadcast, the use of taped footage is common. Even when the taped footage is meant to look like live footage. ie. There was a Janet Jackson concert shot live in Hawai'i. Two identical versions were shot. One was with an audience and one was beforehand without an audience. This allows for certain shots to be inserted into the live broadcast and the DVD that is made afterwards. I was at the show and when a curtain didn't fall correctly around Janet and just hung there in the first few minutes of the concert, they stopped the show and restarted. I'm thinking there would have been continuity issues if the curtain was allowed to hang there and the curtain was gone in the previously shot footage. Pre-recorded footage allows the cameramen to get certain shots that they can not get live. Close-ups, etc. They would have had a hell of a time shooting the footprints fireworks with cameras stationed everywhere and helicopters... And lip-syncing happens all the time. (Whitney Houston's Star Spangled Banner... lip synced.) But replacing the kid with another more appealing kid is just freakin' lame. Reminds me of the whole C&C Music Factory thing, replacing big Martha Walsh with a skinny model for the video.
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Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	The kid singing is one of the only part of the ceremonies I actually managed to catch (in between painting projects). I can't remember if it was during that segment or another one where the voice over guy mentioned about the participants being "average" kids and how that was so important to the ceremony. And I remember thinking that the girl "singing" was obviously lip syncing, which was fine under the circumstances, but that she looked kind of....artificial. I dunno. Maybe I'm weird, but I actually think the real singer is cuter. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Yeah, that was the freaking coolest. Oh, i'm geeking out just recalling it.
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Not by much. If the Chinese wanted their ceremonies to be impressive yet scary, they succeeded brilliantly!
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Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	On the subject of the girl singer, a coworker just gave me this link. It is from what appears to be a heavily (Chinese) government controlled web news site (People's Daily Online). The article was posted today and does not even discuss the fact that the singer on camera was not the actual person doing the singing. http://english.people.com.cn/90001/6472775.html __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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08-12-2008, 06:40 PM	#7
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I don't know. How does this differ from this
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08-12-2008, 06:42 PM	#9
Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	The second one doesn't have the same optical illusion fun that the first one does. __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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08-12-2008, 06:56 PM	#10
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	What optical illusion are you seeing? I'm not seeing one.
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