Olympics opening ceremony Visual effects firm Union VFX has teamed up with Danny Boyle and the BBC to create a series of short films for the Isle of Wonder opening ceremony at the London 2012 Olympics.

Union co-founder Adam Gascoyne joined Boyle’s creative team to look after the storyboards, pre-visualisation and post-production. The fi lms will be shown on Friday to an anticipated TV audience of more than 1 billion.