This thesis compares the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics with the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Guided by various shot and sequence protocols and a relevant...Show moreThis thesis compares the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics with the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Guided by various shot and sequence protocols and a relevant literature study, this thesis shows that mass events like the Olympics are a way of legitimizing the Chinese Communist Party. Furthermore this thesis shows that the opening ceremony of 2022 was less nationalistic and more toned down than that of 2008 by focussing on and explaining some major topics like Covid-19, gender equality and political and cultural circumstances.Show less