4. How many fireworks were used at the opening ceremony of the olympics?

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4. How many fireworks were used at the opening ceremony of the olympics?

Answer 1

3, the rest were digitally edited in

Answer 2

August 8 the same evening, will appear in Beijing over the composition of the fireworks, "Peony", "Dragon" and the image of the smiling faces of 2,008 children. Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee announced yesterday the opening ceremony fireworks discharge of the programme, during the opening ceremony, 73 positions will discharge the discharge of 33,800 fireworks will be playing the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games create a "night invites applications not days."

The first time made use of pyrotechnics "rings"

Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee of the opening and closing ceremonies, executive deputy head of the Department of the Beijing Olympic Games opening and closing ceremonies Wang Ning, director of operations, in addition to the Beijing Olympic Games opening ceremony on the end of the discharge of fireworks in order to form climax, the discharge of fireworks will always run through the entire ceremony. Fireworks will try to shape into the Olympic symbols, images and implied meaning in order to highlight the Olympic idea. "For example, using a special form of the Olympic fireworks into China, into Beijing, the implication went into the nest, to express the Chinese people to the Olympics 100 years of great expectations. Fireworks will be the first played with the Olympic rings and other special shape Effect. "

Discharge of fireworks will also be taken into account at the effect of combining with the effects of over-the-counter, in order to allow the surrounding areas with the public to enjoy the beauty of blooming fireworks, the entire central area of the Olympic opening ceremony will become an extension of the scene.

"Huanglong" a few seconds Pentium 3.5 km

Beijing Olympics opening and closing ceremonies core creative team members, the Beijing Olympic Games and Paralympic Games opening and closing ceremonies of visual effects art design Cai Guoqiang on the opening of the discharge of fireworks in several Aspect. For example, he said, the flag-raising, singing the national anthem, the "nest" the sky will be made "Peony" pictorial, from the "nest" to the dragon of the 22 water discharge points will be making a Huanglong, using computer control to a few Seconds across the 3.5 km.

Cai Guoqiang said that the opening ceremony of the event just the beginning, from the Yongding Men Tiananmen Square to "nest" there will be 29 to discharge the position to performance of the 29th session of the Olympic Games come to China, arrived in Beijing, came to the nest. Upsurge in fireworks from the Juyongguan Great Wall to Tiananmen Square has been the 73 positions will discharge. From all over the world to collect the thousands of photos showing smiling faces, the sky will also be making 2008 a smiling face and fireworks.

Event of extreme weather or cancellation of discharge

The opening of fireworks total of about 33,800. Wang Ning, most of the fireworks products produced in Chinese enterprises, the costs probably account for the opening ceremony of the cost of less than 1 percent.

Answer 3

Dude, I don't know how many they used, but it lasted for hours.

Answer 4

One. The rest were artificially generated using computers.  

Answer 5

I don't think there was an official count since CGI was used for quite a bit of it, and the footprint fireworks were pre-recorded.

Answer 6

there were supposed to be over 12,000 but with the revelations that the footprints and the smiley faces were computer generated then several thousand less were used.also I think a few in the stadium were fizzers as well as some of the effects were not complete. but all in all there were enough let off to make sure the smog levels the next day were up to the usual Beijing standards.

Answer 7

well OK fake but they shot real rockets into the clouds to try to make it rain during the opening also.  Don't underestimate their rocketry abilities.