On March 13, the closing ceremony of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games was held at the "Bird's Nest" of the National Stadium, and the Beijing Double Olympic Games came to a successful end. For more than a month, athletes from all over the world left countless wonderful moments and inspiring fighting spirits, and these precious memories were stored in the slowly rotating "record" at the closing ceremony. Continuing the story of "a snowflake", the Bird's Nest uses a circular visual symbol with a diameter of about 55 meters throughout the whole article, highlighting the core theme of "Eternity in Warmth".
Wang Zhigang, video director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Paralympic Games, said that compared with the concentric circles of life blooming at the opening ceremony, the closing ceremony was more warm, emphasizing the theme of "memory".
Wang Zhigang, video director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Paralympic Games
From "The Bloom of Life" to "Eternity in Warmth"
During the ignition session of the opening ceremony, with the glorious moment of the flame being lit, the snowflake torch platform slowly rose from the ground, and huge flowers in the form of concentric circles spread out on the ground. Concentric circles that bloom from the center to the surroundings convey the power of life to flourish.
Zhang Yimou, director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games, said that the most important thing in extinguishing the main torch is to reflect the concept and feelings of "passing on the torch and living forever". The visual effect design of the closing ceremony shutdown link has a grand time dimension, and the clock displays the timing of the world clock, The Chinese heaven and dry earth branch, the 24 solar terms and other "time" elements in a simple and powerful visual style in a circle and a circle, reflecting the unceasing "time" progress and change, implying that the world "shares the present and goes to the future".
In the overall visual expression, many memorable pictures of this Winter Paralympic Games have been added. When the timer reaches the last moment, the condensation in the picture is the moment when the opening ceremony torchbearer Li Duan successfully ignited and waved his fist to celebrate, forming an echo of the ignition and extinguishing.
From "concentric circles" to "gramophones"
"Concentric circles" connect the visual design of the entire opening ceremony. In order to find a visual language and symbolic form that the whole world can understand together, Wang Zhigang and the design team went through several rounds of discussion. It is hoped that through the circle and various expressions based on the circle, the beautiful past of "disability and health integration" will be completed, and the expectation of a complete, united and harmonious world in the hearts of people all over the world will be constructed.
In the construction of the overall stage and performance space of the closing ceremony, the visual concept of "phonograph" was adopted, which was used as a storage carrier for the memory of the Winter Paralympic Games throughout. Video director Wang Zhigang believes that "compared with many new storage media now, the record has a textured texture and emotional temperature, and it is easier to hook up the audience's empathy for the memory and nostalgia of this precious time." "With the mechanical stylus of the stage, all the performances and ceremonies of the closing ceremony will evolve in the circular record space.
In "The Inspiration of Love", the form of sound waves is selected, and as the rotating record gradually rises and falls, it outlines a disabled and integrated family, showing their happy, happy and happy life. These warm and touching images surround the record in the form of visual sound waves, without affecting the performance of the actors on the center stage, forming a holistic, enveloping visual atmosphere.
Linking the "smiling faces" of the opening and closing ceremonies
The opening ceremony of the Winter Paralympic Round Dance Program, starting with a short documentary, two blind children created a picture of innocent smiling faces with rich colors, and hundreds of artists and performers built the innocent inner world of blind children.
This smiling face also continues to the closing ceremony of "The Inspiration of Love", where several paintings on the main circular stage are created by blind children and autistic children. With the smiling faces in the final opening ceremony, all the dancers lit up the small lights in their hands to form a "Love", expressing the core idea of the show - "Our world needs love".
Showcasing the best of the Winter Paralympic Games
Video director Wang Zhigang believes that the biggest touch of participating in the opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Paralympic Games is the close cooperation with the disabled people. In the rehearsal and their communication, understanding their state and inner needs made the design team have a strong desire from the heart to speak for their expression on this stage.
The visual effects design of the opening and closing ceremonies not only shows the visual impact of the grand narrative, but also takes into account the local warm and touching dramatic performance. On the one hand, it takes into account the shocking nature of the scene, and also takes into account the needs of broadcast details and emotional expression. With the focus on setting off and displaying the disabled population, we spare no effort to improve the visual effects, just to show their best side.
The opening and closing ceremonies used scientific and technological aesthetics to convey the temperature given to the world by the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games in this winter, jointly calling for a beautiful future of disability integration, and adding a shining and brilliant chapter to the city of the Two Olympic Games.
Nandu reporter Huang Qian