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Jul 28 2012, 09:59 AM
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QUOTE (NORTHENDER @ Jul 28 2012, 10:37 AM) I think if it had been pre-recorded Macca would have sounded better. At his age he just does not have a powerful enough voice for a live gig in such a vast arena. It looked to me as if they took the sound from one sound mixing desk and the vision from a from another control room. In real time it is almost impossible to sync them. But the sound came before the video! I think they 'switched the tape off' and kept with the live version. By contrast, the other bands were fine ... if you like that sort of thing.
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Jul 28 2012, 10:13 AM
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QUOTE (Jayjay @ Jul 28 2012, 09:52 AM) did not see the significance of watching people move fencing around I think it's called scene-shifting. How else are they going to change the set for the next part? I thought they had diversions going on during those bits anyway. The whole thing was brilliantly staged, and I thought the cauldron was mind-blowing. Beijing eat your heart out. I never thought I would stick with it for four hours but I did apart from some of the dancing and part of the team parades when I had other stuff to get on with. Viewing figures in UK 27m peak, apparently.
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Jul 28 2012, 10:45 AM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ Jul 28 2012, 11:13 AM) I think it's called scene-shifting. How else are they going to change the set for the next part? I thought they had diversions going on during those bits anyway. Yes it is called scene shifting, I do know that. I said the camera work was off because they kept showing the scene shifting while other, more interesting things, were going on in the background.
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Jul 28 2012, 06:04 PM
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QUOTE (lordtup @ Jul 28 2012, 12:38 PM) Must admit I found the presentation lived up to the hype though not sure what other countries made of it. Agreed. I thought the "forging" of the rings was spectacular, but can see why some have commented that that the whole event looked like it was representing some sort of socialist utopia. Mind you, as Boris said today, I suppose we have to be careful not to rake up "Empire" ! I thought Doreen Lawrence and Shami Chakrabarti were strange choices to walk the Olympic flag - but perhaps I am being non-PC. All in all, it went off well and the organisers deserve credit.
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