Fake Olympic Opening [Edit]

China faked part of the Olympic opening ceremony using advanced computer generated graphics. the same graphics that are so pervasive in action movies is now part of television. The head of special visual effects for the opening ceremonies said because of the danger of the helicopter flying too close to fireworks, the decision was made to give a fake feed to television. The fireworks did go off, the tv audience just wasn’t seeing the real thing.
It took over a year to make the fake fireworks, with experts paying close attention to the lighting of Beijing’s smog.