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Decrypt! 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony Lighting Design

The opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics is led by Zhang Yimou as the chief director, Cai Guoqiang as the visual art designer, Sha Xiaolan as the lighting art director, and Chen Yan as the art designer. With the concept of carbon environmental protection and sports health, we will present a romantic, beautiful and modern event to the world.

Taking into account factors such as frugal hosting of competitions, cold weather, and epidemic prevention and control, the opening ceremony of this Winter Olympics is about 100 minutes long, integrating theatrical performances and ceremonies, with about 3,000 actors
In order to make the Beijing Winter Olympics opening ceremony program achieve better results, the opening ceremony performance uses artificial intelligence, machine vision, 5G and cloud technology and other technical means to achieve the feeling of “few people but not empty, ethereal and romantic”
For example, the ground screen can capture the actor's trajectory in real time, so as to realize the interaction between the actor and the ground screen.

 to the future together
Telling Chinese stories in a world context
Coinciding with the beginning of spring
The opening ceremony incorporates the elements of spring
Welcome the new spring together

Lighting Design

In this lighting design, adhering to the design concept of "transparent connotation, shadow description extension", according to the structural characteristics of the bird's nest site, the main body adopts multi-level annular lighting, and a large number of methods such as "internal light and external transparency" are used to realize the relationship between light and dark, perspective Relationships, the shaping of spatial relationships. Strive to be complex and simplified, simple and qualitative
In the early stage of the lighting design work, the whole case design software Depence2 was used to complete the site restoration and lighting preview, and to display the whole stage and the final lighting effect. By simulating the basic light level, effect light level and ambient light level, problems existing in the scheme can be found in the early stage and improved in time.

In the lighting design scheme, the expression of art form is emphasized. It integrates the freehand expression in Chinese art works with the realistic expression in Western art. Think about the presentation logic of lighting effects, think and judge from perception and intuition, integrate with creativity and planning, and then highlight the color performance and modeling vocabulary of lighting. Concrete and abstract representations are carried out through subjective and objective expressions, and the connotation of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games is extended, and then the design concept of "transparent connotation, extension of shadow" can be interpreted
The Bird's Nest showed its passion and dreams to the world in the hot summer of 2008. The lighting design team hopes to show the world a bird's nest of different colors in the winter of 2022
Winter naturally leaves the cover of ice and snow, which is different from the fiery and vibrant spring, the fiery summer, and the fruitful autumn. Blue and white have become the main theme of winter colors. The depth of blue and the purity of white are in the The opening ceremony served as the main color melody. The design team installed floodlights on the top of the bird's nest and between the membranes to project the structure on the top of the bird's nest. Overlooking the bird's nest, the steel structure is rendered and segmented by lights, showing the effect of internal light and external transparency, which further strengthens the three-dimensional and layered sense of the bird's nest.

In the setting of the basic light position, the design team analyzed the light requirements of each link of the opening ceremony, and adopted the principle of circular lighting to hoist a large number of lamps to the lower chord of the roof structure. Ensure that the lighting in each position required by the link is uniform and the projection angle is reasonable
In the bird's nest, the huge vertical space formed from the ground to the bowl edge of the top membrane structure can bring a huge visual impact. The lighting design team rendered the vertical space color by installing lamps at the edge of the top film and on the extension platform of the auditorium on the second and third floors. The fullness of the picture is improved, and the visual impact brought by the sense of space is further strengthened.

The national flag is an important symbol of the country. After 14 years, China has once again become the host country of the Olympic Games. The raising of the national flag has a special meaning for the Chinese people. The use of red represents not only our proud national flag color, but also the meaning If miracles have a color, it must be Chinese red.

The display of the five Olympic rings is a required part of the previous Olympic Games and one of the important ceremonies. The design and application of the "Ice Cube" not only reviews the history of the previous Winter Olympics, but also uses "laser engraving" to cut ice, showing the The crystal clear "five rings of ice and snow". During the presentation of the "five rings of ice and snow", the design team adopted a deeper blue as the basic environment color, which is in sharp contrast with the transparency and purity of the "five rings of ice and snow", highlighting the shocking effect of the "five rings of ice and snow" when it rises. Visual effects. It also symbolizes the Olympic spirit.

During the entry of the athletes, the lighting design team used the Chinese character "中" as the element, based on the ground screen materials and the position of the guide, and used the shaping characteristics of light to project at different levels and angles, which not only played a role in separating areas, It also makes the overall picture dense and natural.

The lighting design team also paid great attention to the details of the opening ceremony. For example, the Dove of Peace segment is performed by hundreds of children holding luminous dove props, combined with the tracking technology of the ground screen
From the perspective of overall presentation, the design team hopes to suppress the lighting of the basic surface to a very weak state, and only rely on the light emitted by the handheld props themselves to match the overall environment and atmosphere. However, due to the normal operation of the tracking system, the lighting needs to be illuminated. On-site illumination is too low to ensure stable operation. The design team controlled the illuminance to a very reasonable balance after continuous and meticulous adjustment. It not only meets the needs of the tracking system, but also does not affect the overall atmosphere. During the whole process, it presents a beautiful artistic conception.

Beijing is the first city with two Olympics in the world. The lighting design team hopes to use the art of light to present the natural beauty, humanistic beauty and sports beauty of this Winter Olympics. Show the ethereal, beautiful, simple artistic style.