YOG opening ceremony- rehearsal

I watched the rehearsal of the yog opening ceremony live, as this was an opportunity that was given out to the whole track team, and i did not want to miss this chance.

When i first sat down, i was really impressed by how the stage was set upped. At first, i thought the reflecting mirror at the back of the floating platform was just a pool of water. But when the performance began, i was extremely shocked to see the performers being able to levitate on water! This was when i knew that it was a reflecting pool.

The other thing that really impressed me was the screens that were place at the back of the stage. The screen were crystal clear. All the videos, photos that were being played on the screen were really clear. I had never seen any type of screen that can produce such a clear image before. I was really impressed.

I enjoyed the performances thoroughly, as they were really entertaining. But i could not really understand the message that the performances were trying to convey as there was no one to explain, unlike on TV. The performance i completely did not understand was the monster scene. I found the that particular performance really comical. All of a sudden, some guy who looks like a power ranger appears and starts "dancing" around with his "light saber" . I felt that his costume did not look really well done for a super hero, i felt that it looks really sloppy.

Other than that i was really impressed with the performance.

On the day of the actual performance, i watched it again on TV. It had a completely different feeling. The feeling that you get watching it live, will never be experienced when you are watching it on TV. I felt that the special effects were much more beautiful when it is watched live, especially the fireworks.

Halfway through the performance, i stopped watching as I had already watched it, and it was getting kind of boring. Because i stopped watching, i missed the best part, the lighting up of the olympic flame.

Overall, i felt the performance was really well thought out and i am proud to be a Singaporean!