Opening Ceremony Footprints Computer Generated
Media sources revealed today that the stunning footprint fireworks seen in the televised Opening Ceremony were inserted into the tape utilizing computer graphics. There were actual fireworks, but the organizers of the ceremony weren’t sure they could safely be captured on film by a helicopter camera. It took a year to create the effect so that it would be undetectable to the viewing audience. So, what do you think? Does it make it any less spectacular because it was a computer graphic?