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Creating the Miracle

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Creating the Miracle

How the Opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008 was created

The leading creators of the fascinating Olympics Opening ceremony in Beijing, for the first time outside of China, reveal the secrets of the creation and realization of the great spectacle which gave new meaning to the word miracle.

From the 22nd to the 24th of April 2009, a part of the team which took part in the creation and realization of the spectacular Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008 will present themselves in Belgrade. For the first and only time since the Olympic Games held last year, they will speak about their experiences at a three-day seminar which will be held at Sava Center in Belgrade.

The seminar will focus on the most impressive details of the Olympics Opening Ceremony, such as the never before seen video, light effects and video projections. Other elements of this fascinating event will also be covered, such as: production preparations, performers’ preparations, the decision making process and other numerous problems which arose. The creative team, led by Zhang Yimou, the only director ever who made the Time’s People of the Year List, was made up of about 40 people, of whom six are coming to Belgrade:

Gao Xiao Long, head of the ceremony’s visual effects team and professor at the Beijing Film Academy and the Guangzhou Art Institute, considered one of the ten best and most influential commercial designers and directors in China;

Yang Quingsheng, creator and supervisor of all video elements;

Andree Verleger, chief designer of video components, a leading video artist in Europe and one of two European members of the creative team;

Paul Collinson from Australia, lights designer;

Chen Min Jie, designer and first member of director Zhang Yimou’s creative team; and

Yvonne Ho, executive producer of Digital Image Studio responsible for all visual effects.

The seminar is designed for all those who work in the field of communications - from advertising and branding experts, professionals from the film and television industries, producers, creative people, students, and all others who wish to learn more about the creative and producing creation of the phenomena of the Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing. Along with the Ministry of culture of Serbia, the seminar is supported by the Belgrade City Council and the University of Arts. Organizers of the event are: BELEF Center, Communis Marketing Agency and YesPro Media Company. For more detailed infomation, please visit Creating the Miracle