Post by galacticgirrrl on Mar 31, 2023 2:24:31 GMT
Slow TV is alive and well up here in the great white north. Our public broadcaster is about to launch our fourth journey: Tripping Train 185 premieres April 7 at 7 p.m. on TVO.
The Slow TV movement is apparently adored in Norway and Canada, reviled in the US.
When an American television producer optioned the idea and took it to the U.S., it flopped. It may even be fair to say it was dead on arrival. Why would another country have such a radically different reaction? A look at how America's reliance on plot and hooks in storytelling reflects how we live, think and even participate in democracy.
www.npr.org/2021/05/19/998228413/the-great-narrative-escape
Tripping Train 185 is an immersive take on a one-of-a-kind railway service
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/tripping-train-185-1.6786112
Tripping Train 185 is the fourth instalment in TVO's Tripping series, which brings people on a real-time journey in various parts of Ontario. There's no music, no narration — just natural sounds and occasional text pop-ups or animations for historical context.
The Slow TV movement is apparently adored in Norway and Canada, reviled in the US.
When an American television producer optioned the idea and took it to the U.S., it flopped. It may even be fair to say it was dead on arrival. Why would another country have such a radically different reaction? A look at how America's reliance on plot and hooks in storytelling reflects how we live, think and even participate in democracy.
www.npr.org/2021/05/19/998228413/the-great-narrative-escape
Tripping Train 185 is an immersive take on a one-of-a-kind railway service
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/tripping-train-185-1.6786112
Tripping Train 185 is the fourth instalment in TVO's Tripping series, which brings people on a real-time journey in various parts of Ontario. There's no music, no narration — just natural sounds and occasional text pop-ups or animations for historical context.
