Originally Posted by SHIZL
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It now has been admitted (in Beijing Times, by a member of the olympic committee) that the part with the giant footprints actually was a 55-second long animation (!!!). It took a year to make, they even added some vibration to make it look like it was shot from a helicopter.
I couldn't find the original article in engliah, but this probably is as good:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26139005/
They do have some valid reasons for using an animation instead of real fireworks. I'm 100% that the chinese could have made it using real fireworks if they would've wanted to. After all, the final shots near the stadium were real.
I have to admit, the animation was REALLY good. Seriously, it was unbelievably realistic.