Olympics organisers show off 'green and pleasant land' display to form centrepiece of opening ceremony... and they're even promising clouds that will rain (how British)www1.tvboxnow.com# d6 g+ F+ l! Z& {1 a
- Set will include meadows, rivers, landmarks like the Glastonbury Tor and families having picnics
- Real farmyard animals will feature including 70 sheep, 12 horses, three cows, chickens and ducks
- Each of the four nations will be represented by their national flower
By Emily Allen
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The Olympic Stadium is to be transformed into a 'green and pleasant land' complete with meadows and farmyard animals for the Games' opening ceremony it has been revealed.
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Artistic director Danny Boyle plans to wow the world's sports fans by turning the 62,000-seater stadium in Stratford, east London, into an idyllic view of the British countryside in one of the largest sets ever built. # u3 }* b W8 m
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The huge scene will even feature its very own clouds that will provide rain on the day no matter the weather to make sure the atmosphere is quintessentially British.
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However, photos of the 'Green and Pleasant' set released today show that at first glance it looks more like Tinky Winky's Teletubbyland than the traditional rolling hills of England.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。* u6 i% I2 a+ \+ s# m% J( n
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Idyllic: Danny Boyle is pictured with some of the volunteers. The Olympic Stadium is to be transformed into this 'green and pleasant land' for the opening ceremony公仔箱論壇7 x+ _. _% j4 }3 i J$ b) l
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Eh-ho! At first glance Danny Boyle's 'green and pleasant land' looks more like a set from the Teletubbiestvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( D8 |% f6 Y; y- B% U
% R/ j) @- c5 ` F- {www1.tvboxnow.comOver the next 45 days, the set will be created and will include meadows, fields, rivers and landmarks such as the Glastonbury Tor.公仔箱論壇$ J& e6 |8 L7 H m( C4 A
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It will feature families taking picnics, sport being played on the village green and farmers tilling the soil while real farmyard animals graze – including twelve horses, three cows, two goats, ten chickens, ten ducks, nine geese, 70 sheep, and three sheep dogs.5 t* P+ z: ^5 w
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The idyllic scenery will then have typically British rain clouds overhead - just to make it feel like a genuine trip to the countryside - with one that will actually provide real rain.: I5 L7 k) s: P& Y
Mr Boyle revealed: ‘They will be real clouds that are hanging over the stadium, work that out if you can. www1.tvboxnow.com; h0 l6 [, `/ T; h0 c% m
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‘You especially see it with the weather at the moment that we have an island climate. Just when you think over the past few years that we have been developing a Mediterranean style climate more and more the island climate reminds you of where you really are.
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‘One of these clouds will provide rain on the evening just in case it doesn’t rain, so we’re ready for all eventualities. If it does rain we won’t need our rain , but we’re developing these clouds so we will have rain coming out of one of these clouds.’
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The £27million production will be showcased at the opening ceremony, titled ‘Isles of Wonder’, inspired by Shakespeare’s play The Tempest, on July 27 and is expected to be watched by one billion people.
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It open with the ringing of the largest harmonically-tuned bell in the world, produced by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, measuring two metres tall by three metres wide and weighing 23 tonnes.
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$ x8 X7 s: f4 ~3 x n$ xwww1.tvboxnow.comCircling the meadow will be a strip made to look like water that will act as a parade ground where the competing athletes will walk during the ceremonial sections of the opening.
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4 m% m; s! C* K) Q/ f& kTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Film director Mr Boyle has reserved a role for NHS nurses in the show to celebrate the National Health Service, and there have already been 157 cast rehearsals, showing the scale of the work.
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He said: ‘The ceremony is an attempt to capture a picture of ourselves as a nation, where we have come from and where we want to be. TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。" `( t. ]6 `( k0 U# ~; K
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Traditional: The set will be complete with meadows, fields and rivers, and featuring families taking picnics, sport being played on the village green and 10,000 volunteers are taking parttvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ n, a, q/ }9 X; ^0 Z9 d0 d
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3 R; v6 V# K" xFarmyard feel: There have been 157 cast rehearsals for the opening ceremony and staff are working on 23,000 costumes
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'The best part of telling that story has been working with our 10,000 volunteers. I’ve been astounded by the selfless dedication of the volunteers, they are the purest embodiment of the Olympic spirit and represent the best of who we are as a nation.’" D2 `/ ?& V' a8 ~8 u$ D) Z& B& w
7 E! d. G# Y) ^& K4 }公仔箱論壇Budget-wise, the opening ceremony is 'comparable' to the cost of making a film, said Mr Boyle, who is working with Stephen Daldry, director of film hits Billy Elliot and The Reader on the show.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 e4 D% `+ }4 s3 V9 S# M
* M: C! @( I1 C, BThe Oscar-winning director of Slumdog Millionaire said: 'It is in the same ball park and I think it is extraordinary what we are hoping to achieve for that cost.
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Workers having been working for the last seven days to construct giant aluminum Olympic rings on the side of the famous Tyne Bridge in Newcastle ahead of the flame's tour of the North East
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'We are trying to make it feel like it is the live recording of a film.'公仔箱論壇. R) E0 x8 K y/ B( Z+ E$ x
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They are trying to generate 'more emotion and warmth' through close-ups of people, both in the audience and among the performers, according to Boyle.9 T# y7 `4 V6 Q( y- W# h' v
Seb Coe, LOCOG Chair, said: ‘With only 45 days to go to the London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony one of the biggest sets ever built for a show is beginning to develop in the Olympic Stadium. 5 t) Q# a, i6 A. V4 p
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'With a worldwide TV audience of a billion people and a cast of over 10,000 talented volunteers, I’m sure that Danny’s ceremony will be a fantastic celebration that will welcome the 10,500 athletes from around the world and make our nation proud.’
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Preparations for the opening and closing ceremonies are taking place at a site in Barking and Dagenham., _! G' ]' `# i9 l
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The prop department are in charge of arranging almost 13,000 props - 100 times more than a West End musical - and other staff are working to complete 23,000 costumes for all four ceremonies, including sewing 24,000 buttons on.公仔箱論壇4 i' f* A5 `; t* W& {
( p6 t9 n, b2 o7 p9 j' r公仔箱論壇There will be 1,000 conventional lamps, 500 LED fixtures, 32 fellow spots and 1,100 automated lamps lighting up the 15,000 square metres of staging, and a million-watt sound system using more than 500 speakers.
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' h. a+ j8 x( O, c# ?( @/ P. AThe ceremony details come as the Olympic flame continued its relay through Scotland today making its way from Aberdeen to Dundee via Angus, Perthshire and Fife.
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Its 25th day got under way at BP's North Sea headquarters in Dyce, Aberdeen, where a special outdoor reception was held with live music and a festival atmosphere.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。* j3 e6 R) N8 t' Z5 M$ Y
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Mr Rennie, a well services supervisor at BP North Sea, has swum across the River Tay on three separate occasions, raising more than £7,000 for charity.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 l# K, a6 r2 e( k* ^
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More than 100 torchbearers will carry the flame on its 133-mile route from Aberdeen to Dundee.
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The torch is also passing through Stonehaven, Marykirk, Hillside, Montrose, Brechin, Forfar, Meigle, Coupar Angus, Woodside, Burrelton, Balbeggie, Scone, Perth, Abernethy, Newburgh, Cupar, Dairsie, Guardbridge, Leuchars and Dundee.公仔箱論壇% t! U6 P' x0 h! N3 m; l
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The day will finish with an evening celebration in Baxter Park in Dundee, with music from Scottish singer Emeli Sande.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& o( l% o, T! B2 w5 o# L
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! o$ d- ~) p0 k! A" yHolly Quinn carrying the torch today between Marykirk and BrechinTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。7 X& [! H6 o2 I
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Tomorrow the Olympic torch begins its 26th day at St Andrews University and heads to Milnathort, before travelling to Kinross and Crook of Devon. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- }1 R7 l9 @9 a/ A' K
7 }: P" i- O) s. A# yRunners will then carry it up the Forth Valley passing through several places including Dunblane before heading south to Stirling and Cumbernauld.www1.tvboxnow.com& i Z {+ z% M
It's then going east passing through Larbert, Falkirk and Tentsmuir National Nature Reserve.
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It will then be carried through the Scottish capital finishing at Edinburgh Castle.
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James Taylor, one of the UK's top teenage athletes, has been banned from carrying the Olympic Torch through Staffordshire
Christos Angelides (left), the Next executive, and Tom Foley, the boss of Intersport, who both ran the Olympic Torch on June 7 
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