Danny Boyle and a team of coordinators behind a scale model of the opening ceremony stage.
In the face of a strict time frame, your work can get cut…even if you are an Oscar winning director. Danny Boyle was chosen to create the opening ceremony of this year’s London Summer Olympics, but event organizers have forced him to shave 30 minutes off the show to keep it at a specific length.
An entire bike stunt scene has been taken out completely, while several other performances have had to be shortened, which has wasted a lot of hard work. Imagine how devastated those bike stunt people must be! Performers are working hard to make sure that all the transitions are fast and well-rehearsed so as not to waste precious time.
All this commotion is to make sure that the opening ceremony ends before 12:30 am so that spectators can still use the public transit to get back to their homes or hotels.
For the opening ceremony, Danny Boyle has promised that there will be a real grassy meadow with sheep, horses and cows. There will also be flower-topped maypoles with dancing children, a mosh pit that audience members will get to fill and a game of cricket. That certainly sounds nothing like the opening ceremony held in Vancouver back in 2010 and we’re excited to see how it turns out!
The London Olympics kick off July 27th, which is nine days from today!