Director Hoang Cong Cuong: To make an impressive and profound SEA Games 31
Director Hoang Cong Cuong, who was appointed by the Organizing Committee as the stage director for the 31st SEA Games' opening and closing ceremonies, shares about his mission.
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| Director Hoang Cong Cuong. |
SEA Games 31 in Viet Nam is reaching its final days of competition, leaving many marks and echoes in friends’ hearts worldwide.
Director Hoang Cong Cuong, who was appointed by the Organizing Committee as the stage director for the 31st SEA Games' opening and closing ceremonies, shares about his mission.
Director Hoang Cong Cuong is not a stranger to event organizers in Viet Nam, having previously been recognized as the "stage witch" who contributed to the success of the 31st SEA Games opening ceremony. He has directed numerous prestigious contests/events, including Miss Vietnam, Miss Sea, Miss Teen, Kinh Bac Beauty, the reality show "Ban Gioc Love Story," the music show "Brighting Up Vietnam," and especially the classic reality show "New Day,"... as well as numerous impressive events for major partners and many leading artists in Viet Nam.
Those who know or have worked with director Hoang Cong Cuong all agree that he is eager to learn, full of excitement and passion, with a high sense of responsibility at work, and a strong desire to form strong bonds with partners, colleagues, and friends.
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| Hoang Cong Cuong’s team. |
Therefore, it's no surprise that he is picked as stage director for a regional event like the 31st Southeast Asian Games - Sea Games 31 in Viet Nam this year.
He shares that he still has vivid recollections and emotions from the days of planning and organizing the opening ceremony of the 31st Southeast Asian Games - an event that will probably take 20 years to come, reorganized in Viet Nam.
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| Spectacular stage at the opening ceremony of the 31st SEA Games at My Dinh National Stadium. |
When director Hoang Cong Cuong begins planning the opening ceremony of the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Viet Nam, he understands that this is not simply the opening ceremony of a sporting event in Southeast Asia like previous times.
This time, the program's story, screenplay, and construction are all Olympic-inspired. The program's purpose of exposing Vietnamese culture to overseas acquaintances is achieved successfully. He and the other members of the Organizing Committee want to showcase technology, culture, people, history, and pride.
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In order to have an opening ceremony with a strong national identity, director Hoang Cong Cuong spends a lot of time researching historical events, from the first British industrial revolution that opened the civilized world, to the 2008 Beijing Olympics about the history of Chinese culture 5000 years ago or the Rio Olympics in Brazil,… all to convey a message of Southeast Asia – “For a stronger Southeast Asia”.
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All of the performances during the 31st Southeast Asian Games' opening ceremony are linked. While many other countries rarely discuss their national flag during flag-raising ceremonies, the 31st SEA Games Organizing Committee describes the flag as a holy mark and a source of national pride. Following that image is a sequence of Vietnamese cultural stories that have been skillfully displayed by a talented group of artists.
For the first time, Viet Nam deployed sophisticated AR technology in conjunction with Mapping, XR to sound and light in spectacular scenes across the entire surface of My Dinh National Stadium, and the audience was captivated.
From the Dong Son bronze drum, which opened the festival, opening the daily life of the wet rice agricultural civilization of Southeast Asian countries, to the image of a Dragon flying in the Ly dynasty, symbolizing the mighty and sublimated capital, a capital of a thousand years of civilization. Vietnamese and Southeast Asian cultures are harmoniously, cogently, and inextricably intertwined.
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The outcome of a 100% Vietnamese squad at the SEA Games 31. For the first time in Viet Nam's history, an event has created such a logical and beneficial scenario line, with advanced technologies previously only available at foreign events being used in the National Stadium.
Tran Ly Ly, General Director said: “This is the first time in television history that a running generics segment is 6-minute long, which is bad since there are too many people in different places. I have several responsibilities, but I must be the one who understands the game and the roles and responsibilities of each individual in order to connect each link, collaborate effectively, and develop a flawless program.
Without including the performers, the State's camera crews, or the media agencies, the camera crews in charge of the program behind the scenes has reached 600-700 people. It's not simple to bring such a large group together, but filmmaker Hoang Cong Cuong has succeeded."
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| Feeling "burst" after the success of the 31st SEA Games opening ceremony. |
Sharing about the extraordinary things he has done, director Hoang Cong Cuong affirms that he and his team are fully self-taught. He spends a lot of time researching and fiddling during the two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, and SEA Games 31 is his chance to do so.
Before the opening ceremony of the SEA Games, director Hoang Cong Cuong also entertaines the public with special "party" with art, technology and non-stop creativity. The 31st Southeast Asian Games' opening ceremony once again confirms that this is the first live AR program on television, as well as the first time Viet Nam has enormous AR technology on the stadium.
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| Impressive image of Viet Nam in SEA Games 31. |
Although the Opening Ceremony was a success, there is still a closing ceremony ahead. However, it is important to show that Viet Nam is capable of staging major events of international significance. All were produced by Vietnamese individuals in order to disseminate Vietnamese culture, the country, and the Vietnamese people.
Director Hoang Cong Cuong continued to nourish his enthusiasm, build expertise and experience, sublimate and elevate the event in Viet Nam to the world after making an impression during the 31st SEA Games opening ceremony.
