Slow TV News Round Up - USA, Czech, UK and Norway Features

There’s a lot quietly brewing away in the universe of Slow TV, so here’s a round up of some developments to get calmly but deeply excited about, including:

• A Thanksgiving Slow TV
• Whatever happened to the American production of Slow Road Live? 
• NRK on course for a Maelstrom next May
• A web based Slow TV channel to Czech out in Prague
• Jingle Bells at the BBC for Christmas
• A nice little stocking filler to plough its way into your present pile
• A year on from Salmeboka Sakte TV

Slow TV News and Reviews No. 11 - If you like Slow TV, you may like...

Exploring a few films from the likes of Ron Fricke and Godfrey Reggio which have the strong aesthetic value which many Slow TV productions share.

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Slow TV News and Reviews No. 10 - Memories of Slow TV, The Hymn Book and Trondheim

"Minner om Sakte TV, Salmeboka og Trondheim​"

From filming at Salmeboka Minutt for Minutt / The Hymn Book Minute by Minute, NRK Slow TV Production in Trondheim, Norway. As is the case with filming a documentary, you film much more than you will use in the final film; these montages are clips which didn't get used due to space, or weren't the quality I needed for my submitted film but nevertheles give a memory for the event and add to the 'scrapbook'.

Featured Music from
Norsk Salmebok 2013 
Used with permission

Mitt hjerte alltid vanker
Number 38
Sung by Cantus

Deg å få skoda
Number 482 
Sung by Os Mannskor, Mannskoret Lerka 
and Anne Vada

Ja, vi elsker dette landet
Number 755
Sung by Mannskoret Nøkken, Singsaker Songlag 
and Congregation

Høyr kor englar syng frå sky
Number 39
Sung by Koret Ad Libitum

I Himmelen
Number 883
Sung by Embla and Congregation

Grateful acknowledgement of

Petter Ingholm Gustavsen, NRK
and all NRK staff who enabled research and filming

Thomas Hellum
Principal NRK Slow TV Liaison

All photography copyright
Tim Prevett
MMXV

Filmed with Canon 7D and Sony Xperia Z
Edited with Windows Movie Maker 
and Audacity

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Slow TV News and Reviews No. 9 - Hymn Book Slow TV Montage 3 of 3

From filming at Salmeboka Minutt for Minutt / The Hymn Book Minute by Minute, NRK Slow TV Production in Trondheim, Norway.  

These are offcuts from making a documentary about Norwegian Slow TV - the pictures and video weren't relevant or weren't the best quality for the final cut, similarly the hymns didn't work with the completed project. Nevertheless, I wanted some kind of audio-visual scrapbook to remember a very special few days of production behind the scenes at this one off event. 

Music "Høyr kor englar syng frå sky", No.39, sung by Koret Ad Libitum and "I Himmelen", No. 883, sung by Embla and Congregation.

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Slow TV News and Reviews No. 8 - Hymnbook Slow TV Montage 2 of 3 and Trondheim Julegatetenning

From filming at Salmeboka Minutt for Minutt / The Hymn Book Minute by Minute, NRK Slow TV Production in Trondheim, Norway.  These are offcuts from making a documentary about Norwegian Slow TV - the pictures and video weren't relevant or weren't the best quality for the final cut, similarly the hymns didn't work with the completed project. 

Nevertheless, I wanted some kind of audio-visual scrapbook to remember a very special few days of production behind the scenes at this one off event. 

Music "Deg å få skoda" (Be Thou my Vision), Number 482 sung by Os Mannskor, Mannskoret Lerka and Anne Vada; "Ja, ​v​i ​e​lsker ​d​ette ​l​andet", Number 755, sung by Mannskoret Nøkken, Singsaker Songlag​ and the congregation​, used with permission from the publisher.

Footage also from the Christmas lights switch on - the Julegatetenning - in Trondheim.

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Interview about Slow TV on BBC Radio Merseyside

My phone in interview on Tony Snell's BBC Radio Merseyside breakfast show on 15th May 2015 about Slow TV and its screening at the Nordic Church in Liverpool for 17th May 2015 - Norway's National Day.

Click the arrow in the top left of the picture to hear the interview.

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