London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony to look like a meadow
The Organisers for London Olympic Games 2012 have recently made public their entire plans for the opening ceremony that is scheduled to take place on July 27, 2012.
According to the plans, the Olympic Park will be adorned to look like a classic English meadow.
The plan and its details were revealed by Danny Boyle, the famous director of Slumdog Millionaire and the person in charge of the show on the opening day. It is estimated that the first day of the Olympic Games will be watched by an audience of over 500
million people; therefore the plans for the day are equally huge.
Boyle commented on the plans of the opening ceremony by making the following statements, “It is an impossible task to please everybody so I know we are bound to fail, but I hope that on the journey to failure people feel that there is more than enough that
says 'this is about us’, like our sense of humour. The scale of these sort of shows is usually the enemy of humour, but we will try anyway. I’ve been astounded by the selfless dedication of the volunteers, they are the pure embodiment of the Olympic spirit
and represent the best of who we are as a nation.”
The start of the opening ceremony takes place at 9 p.m. and is set to end at midnight. However, Boyle expects that the £27 million costing ceremony will go well beyond that time.
The meadow in the Olympic Park will feature live animals including horses, cows, goats, chickens, ducks, geese, sheep as well as sheep dogs. Not only that, the Olympic Park will also have real grass and fake rain pouring down on the landscape.
The entire landscape of the meadow depicts England. A huge replica of the Glastonbury Tor will be present on one end that will include a giant oak tree at the top, replacing the chapel. On the opposite side of this will lay the biggest tuned bell in the
world that weighs a total of 27 tonne.
With the Olympic Park being given a meadow look, the theme of the opening ceremony is based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
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