Performer’s View of the Olympic Opening Ceremony

By Philip Van der Vossen (@PVanderVossen) on July 30th, 2012

One of the volunteer performers at London’s Olympic Opening Ceremony placed a hidden camera within their costume, and filmed the experience from their perspective. We’re sure this was something prohibited by officials, but as a volunteer for an event that is now over, I’m not sure there is much they can do to this person. That won’t prevent them from trying to get this video removed though, so apologies if it’s gone before you see it.

The volunteer appears as one of the workers during the industrial revolution segment of the Danny Boyle directed Opening Ceremonies, and proceeds to help transform the stadium floor from a grassy countryside to a steel bottom factory setting. My personal favorite part of the video is at the end, when the performers are working their way out of the stadium and getting high-fives from the crowd who appreciated their efforts.