That 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony footage still looks too polished

I was rewatching some clips from the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony on YouTube last night, and the camera work and crowd reactions seem way too smooth and coordinated for a live event. Am I the only one who thinks the BBC might have edited in staged segments after the fact? Has anyone else noticed this with big broadcast events?

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rayc387d ago

Are you really that bothered by a TV event looking TOO smooth? Live TV has been edited and punched up for decades, that's just how broadcast works. The BBC isn't out here faking crowd cheers for a ceremony that already had massive hype and real energy. Those are just multiple camera angles cut together with some good directors calling the shots. You're acting like they green screened the whole thing when in reality it's just professional TV production doing their job. Honestly, there's probably more staged stuff in your average reality show than in any Olympics ceremony.

markm277d ago

And here's my question to you @rayc38: if it's all just "professional TV production", then why did the BBC feel the need to splice in crowd noise from earlier rehearsals? That's not editing. That's manufacturing a reaction. I watched the raw feed from the French broadcaster. Dead silence during some of the big moments. The BBC version had people roaring. That's a choice. Not defending it or attacking it. Just saying it's more than just "good directors calling shots." It changes the whole feel of what actually happened.