The Rio de Janeiro Olympics opening
ceremony on Friday broke with the recent tradition of large-scale and expensive
shows, featuring a low-emissions cauldron and an "analogue"
experience, executive producer Marco Balich said on Monday.
With four days to go until the first Games
in South America get under way, Balich said the show at the Maracana stadium
was tailored to the current economic conditions in the country.
"This is not an opulent event given
the situation in Brazil," said Balich, who has been involved in several
past Games ceremonies, including the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.
Brazil is suffering its worst recession
since the 1930s with Games organisers struggling for cash and racing to finish
venues and infrastructure projects days before the global showpiece event
starts.
"It does not have the grandiosity of
Beijing, the huge special effects of Athens, the eccentricity and technological
skills of London. It is an analogue opening ceremony," Balich said.
The show, expected to cost about half the
$42 million spent by London in 2012, is based on the themes of sustainability,
the Brazilian smile and "gambiarra", the ability to keep functioning
with makeshift fixes.
"Brazil has the last big garden (the
Amazon rainforest) of the world. We need to take care of this garden and we
tried to share this message, a message of hope," Balich said.
"It is a very contemporary ceremony.
Even without special effects it talks to people about the future. In a very
humble way. It is not a display of how good or modern Brazil is."
Opening ceremonies are among the best-kept secrets
of the Games along with the final torchbearer who will light the cauldron.
That cauldron, however, will not be like
past big structures with huge flames, visible for miles.
"It will be a low-emission cauldron as
it would be an oxymoron to talk about sustainability and then burn massive
amounts of gas," Balich said.
"It is a small burner with a kinetic
sculpture."
While the real flame will only be
accessible for Olympic stadium ticket holders, a smaller copy will be placed in
a live site in central Rio for fans to take photos of.
Some 4,800 people will take part in the
opening ceremony along with about 11,000 athletes, who will enter the stadium
and, due to the lack of a track, will gather at the centre of the legendary
football arena.
"The ceremony has a purpose,"
Balich said. "Talking in a positive way in terms of sustainability. Doing
a dry celebration is not enough. The fact that we are taking position might not
make everyone happy but that's what it is."
Rio Olympic Games, with the topic of
energy-saving and environmental protection, carried out ecological concepts and
used HHO Carbon Clean Machine to reduce emissions and protect the environment.
“Do not let the protection of the
environment is becoming a slogan, let us from now on!” Balich said, “I believe
we should work together to protect our environment and everyone must fulfil its
responsibilities and obligations to protect the environment.”
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