It's very pleasing to see CBS Sunday Morning's piece on Slow TV go out last weekend, just after Norway's most recent mammoth Slow TV project finished earlier last week. I spoke with a producer at CBS last October as they began planning this segment on Norwegian Slow TV.
The feature piece is available to watch here (opens in a new browser tab). *
If you'd like to see even more about Slow TV I had the good fortune to interview the two producers and academic featured in that CBS piece in a documentary I made in 2014 / 2015, which birthed this Slow TV Blog.
The documentary - "That Damned Cow - Just What is Norwegian Slow TV?" is available to watch on Facebook Video.
There's an independent Slow TV Fans Facebook page, where I'll be doing a Facebook Live questions and answers for any that have them. This will be on Wednesday 10th May, 8pm British Summer Time, 9pm Central European Time, 3pm Eastern US, Noon Western US. That's the best fit to cover as many available time slots as possible!
Any questions in advance, see the currently pinned post there (which will change once we're past the live date), and pop the question there. I'll see what I can do to help and explore answers.
Are you brand new to Slow TV? See this piece on The Slow TV Blog and in particular points 4, 8, 9 and 10!
*I had sought to use the embed code from CBS but it conflicts with blogspot scripts and does not display and function well.
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Showing posts with label America. Show all posts
Showing posts with label America. Show all posts
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
Tuesday, 1 November 2016
Presidential Slow TV
While waiting for the American Dream* / American Nightmare* to begin* / end* (*delete according to your preferences), if you can't get enough of American politics in the run up to the 2016 Election, Norway has given us another Slow TV offering themed upon the US Presidency.
Norwegian broadcaster NRK once again called upon the services of Professor Frank Aarebrot guiding us on another time-travelling Slow TV lecture (with a previous lecture on Norwegian history in 2014 with 200 years in 200 minutes).
"USA-valget: 227 år på 227 minutter - 227 Years in 227 Minutes"
The show's blurb reads, "The Student Society in Bergen and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation invites us to a new live lecture tonight. While Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump fight the last lap in the race to become the world's most powerful person, Professor Frank Aarebrot will be on stage with a lecture on the American presidential history. From George Washington in 1789 to today. 43 presidents in 227 years, told in 227 minutes."
The show starts with Professor Frank (search #NRKFrank ) having a customary smoke outside the lecture theatre and then giving his talk through the subject with graphics and humour. No death-by-powerpoint, the audience in the theatre and online seem to hold Professor Frank with in good esteem and affection. Being put against the clock adds a little tension of will-he-won't-he pull off the comprehensive review in the time allocated.
This broadcast reminds us that Slow TV can be chameleon-like and not just consist of creative activities or sweeping majestic landscapes. A much more manufactured-for-TV feeling going on here but nevertheless engaging for it. "Slow TV is more than one thing" remarked the controller of NRK2, Fredrik Faerden, when I interviewed him for my documentary about Slow TV in 2014.
When it comes to the Election count, we can also think of that as a form of Slow TV. It unfolds in real time, with perhaps the greatest dramas of all as key results come in. This has been evidenced very much in the UK in the past couple years with a surprising General Election result and the Brexit Referendum. Though instead of the broadcaster making a show for TV, they are broadcasting an important event which happens externally of any commissioner's decision.
Professor Frank is now in the USA to help with NRK's coverage of the Election.
The recording of the broadcast can be seen HERE in Norwegian.
New to The Slow TV Blog? Have a look around...
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Norwegian broadcaster NRK once again called upon the services of Professor Frank Aarebrot guiding us on another time-travelling Slow TV lecture (with a previous lecture on Norwegian history in 2014 with 200 years in 200 minutes).
"USA-valget: 227 år på 227 minutter - 227 Years in 227 Minutes"
The show's blurb reads, "The Student Society in Bergen and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation invites us to a new live lecture tonight. While Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump fight the last lap in the race to become the world's most powerful person, Professor Frank Aarebrot will be on stage with a lecture on the American presidential history. From George Washington in 1789 to today. 43 presidents in 227 years, told in 227 minutes."
The show starts with Professor Frank (search #NRKFrank ) having a customary smoke outside the lecture theatre and then giving his talk through the subject with graphics and humour. No death-by-powerpoint, the audience in the theatre and online seem to hold Professor Frank with in good esteem and affection. Being put against the clock adds a little tension of will-he-won't-he pull off the comprehensive review in the time allocated.
This broadcast reminds us that Slow TV can be chameleon-like and not just consist of creative activities or sweeping majestic landscapes. A much more manufactured-for-TV feeling going on here but nevertheless engaging for it. "Slow TV is more than one thing" remarked the controller of NRK2, Fredrik Faerden, when I interviewed him for my documentary about Slow TV in 2014.
When it comes to the Election count, we can also think of that as a form of Slow TV. It unfolds in real time, with perhaps the greatest dramas of all as key results come in. This has been evidenced very much in the UK in the past couple years with a surprising General Election result and the Brexit Referendum. Though instead of the broadcaster making a show for TV, they are broadcasting an important event which happens externally of any commissioner's decision.
Professor Frank is now in the USA to help with NRK's coverage of the Election.
The recording of the broadcast can be seen HERE in Norwegian.
New to The Slow TV Blog? Have a look around...
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