Artefacts

Los Angeles 1984, sketch for the segment showing flying saucers.

Physical description

Platform with flag-bearers, flying saucers and laser show. Drawing on translucent paper, dated, 31 January 1984.

Created

Created: René LAGLER

Materials

paper

Colors

black and white

Dimension

69 x 92 cm

Literature

WYATT, Marylin (ed.). Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Opening Ceremonies. New York : Los Angeles Olympic Organising Committee, 1984. WOLPER, David L.. "Out of the sky, a bit of magic". In: Los Angeles Times, 12 August 2009, https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-aug-12-sp-wolper-olympics12-story.html

Type of item

Archives and Documents -> plan

Reference number

237136

Keywords

Closing Ceremony flag bearer Los Angeles 1984, Olympic Games The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Notes

Los Angeles 1984 Set of Opening and Closing Ceremony drawings. René Lagler was born in Zurich and studied at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. He has designed numerous televised ceremonies, including the Oscars, Grammy Awards, Emmy Awards and Country Music Awards. He was also the Production Designer for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 1984 Games in Los Angeles. The donation of these preparatory drawings represents an important addition to our collections. The drawings give an insight into the ceremony creation process, technical and architectural aspects, the ideas chosen or rejected, and how scenes are built up. Donation by René Lagler