伦敦奥运开幕式表演揭秘

 

Today we can reveal some of the secrets and technical achievements - until now have been shrouded⁶（遮蔽） in the strictest secrecy⁷ - which it took to produce this breath-taking performance.

 

The NHS scene used 1,200 volunteers from UK hospitals, including 600 nurses. The giant baby was made from fibreglass paper. Switches lit duvets on the 320 beds.

 

Thirty-two actresses were dressed as Mary Poppins to descend⁸ on wires attached to rigging which could support 25 tons (the weight of five elephants). They carried umbrellas with lights attached.

 

High-powered fans inflated⁹ the seven fabric¹⁰ chimneys, up to 100ft high, from trap doors in the stage. Alongside them, five 32ft long, 9ft-wide steam engines made of steel, aluminium¹¹ and wood were assembled by ten crew members to help represent the Industrial Revolution.

 

Amber¹² lights lit in sequence created the illusion of a 100ft molten steel river, with pyrotechnic smoke and ‘dry ice' as the steam. The steel ‘flowed' into a 39ft diameter trough to form an aluminium ring, which was raised to join four other rings flying in on cables to form the Olympic symbol 328ft above the stadium. The 30-second shower of sparks was real, with actors and crew protected with fireproof costumes.

 

Despite rumours¹³ that David Beckham wasn't actually driving the speedboat — named Max Power — that sped him down the Thames, organisers insist he was operating the controls, with other crew members on hand just for safety (though they admit he didn't dock the boat himself). Apart from close-up shots of Becks, the entire trip was filmed live, overseen by Billy Elliot director Stephen Daldry.

 

Stuntman¹⁴ Gary Connery dressed as the Queen to leap from a helicopter 550ft above the stadium. Mark Sutton, a former soldier, jumped as 007. They had taken off from Stapleford Airfield¹⁵ in Essex and hovered¹⁶ over London for 30 minutes before the jump — then landed outside the stadium, next to Anish Kapoor's steel tower.

 

The 75 'dove bikes', 70 ridden by volunteers found on internet cycling forums¹⁷, rehearsed in secrecy. The fabric wings had tiny LED lights and were operated by aluminium rods attached to the handlebars which riders pressed to create the flapping effect. Bob Haro, who created the flying bike scene in ET, choreographed¹⁸ the sequence.

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