The Live Aid set the template for fundraising concerts by raising approximately £150 million for famine relief, according to Geldof's own website.
But it is Freddie Mercury's incredible comeback show with fellow Queen bandmates that has gone down in history as one of the most emotional performances ever recorded. The crowd packing London’s Wembley Stadium on a hot afternoon watched legends like Paul McCartney, Elton John, David Bowie, U2, and The Who perform. The common goal of the participating artists was to stand in solidarity with Ethiopia and raise funds to bring relief to the people there, who were faced with a famine. Organised by Bob Geldof, two epoch-making concerts were held in London and Philadelphia. And we had to try and match our material with the original Live Aid footage as much as possible, and not take too much dramatic license, even though it’s a film and not a documentary.The row over a 'Black' Cleopatra: Why Egypt is fuming Elizabeth Taylor: 'Realized what a political act it would be to see Cleopatra portrayed by a Black actress'
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“So we had to try and match shots done in full sun, then shade, and at different times of the day, so that we could give it some continuity. Other challenges involved dealing with “the typical British weather and all the inevitable changes you face every hour,” Sigel continues. “We recorded live, and then in post, some of that got mixed with the original band recordings to create the final tracks.” “That way, we got all the correct facial movements, which you can’t really fake,” says Sigel.
“And then we shot for a whole week, recreating Queen’s performance, which everyone said was so tight and powerful that they also stole the entire Live Aid show.”Īll the actors sang live to pre-recorded tracks assembled by music supervisor Becky Bentham. Sigel and his team had one pre-shoot day to do all the aerial work for the crowd scenes and stadium wide shots, “using a combination of cranes and then CGI for the crowd shots,” he explains. They really galvanized a global audience in a way no one else had.” It wasn’t that successful till Freddie and Queen came on, and suddenly people were pledging all this money. King stresses that the Live Aid sequence is “so important to the story, because their performance grabbed people’s attention around the world. “We spent a lot of time studying the actual footage.”
“ Brian May and Roger Taylor were integral in making sure all the music was right and the actors got the movements and look right throughout the film, but especially in the Live Aid bit,” says producer Graham King. So that put more of a focus on the band and the music.” But it wasn’t that fancy or ostentatious in terms of today’s stages and lighting rigs, as the whole idea of Live Aid was to raise money, not spend tons on spectacular staging. “We built an identical replica of the original stage, down to the scaffolding towers and all the banners and signs and musical equipment. “Wembley had been extensively remodeled since Live Aid, and we ended up shooting the sequences at Bovingdon Airfield outside London, where they shoot ‘Top Gear,’” notes Sigel. But to get to that point took some doing.
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