news with project manager Thomas Hellum has previously produced summer programs with minute-by-minute broadcasts such as Hurtigruten, Sommertoget, Lars Monsen, Sommerbilen and Sommerskuta. This summer it is ready for three weeks of Cycling Summer minute by minute, and the idea has been in development for a long time. The plan was to implement this in the summer of 2020, but the corona and infection control regulations meant that Sommerbilen had to take over that time. Slow TV general Thomas Hellum is ready with a new summer project for NRK1. Photo: Thomas Hellum / news Technical challenges Thomas Hellum says that Cycling Summer is a continuation of other slow TV programs he has worked on. – First we were in a small caravan on Finnmarksvidda and followed reindeer, then we packed all that equipment into a small rucksack and went with Monsen. A natural embarrassment of that was to think: what haven’t we moved on by now? Håvard Jenssen produces minute by minute from the director’s bag, Espen Kremer Prøsch helps guide Monsen minute by minute. Photo: Thomas Hellum / news The next means of transportation for the summer broadcasts is thus a bicycle, and now the team is in the process of inventing Petter-smart solutions for how they will achieve a live cycling TV production for hours every day. – It’s a very small TV studio that needs to be on wheels, quite simply. So we have to invent new things and we have to come up with new solutions, explains Hellum. The testing of different types of cycling TV studios is nearing its goal. He believes they will get very close to people and nature on the trip. – Is there really a better way to experience things along the way than to do it at a slow, leisurely cycling pace? Then I think you both see and experience more than you would with a car. The slow-motion TV general emphasizes that this should not be a race. Everything must be done at a leisurely pace, and in collaboration with the Swedish Road Administration, the police and cycling clubs. Helgeland, here with the rock formation De syv søstre, is among the places visited by Cycling Summer. Photo: Atle Markeng / news Visiting new places Cykkelsommer has selected three counties to be visited by the cycling team: Nordland, Møre and Romsdal and Innlandet. The cycling routes also go through varied and beautiful nature. Cycling summer starts in Nordland with the route Brønnøysund-Nesna, 5-9. July. From 12.-16. In July it is Møre and Romsdal’s turn. The cycle tour goes from Bremsnes to Urke. The last week of cycle delivery will be from Elvesæter to Aulestad in Inlandet from 18-23. July. Visualisation: Anders Nøkling The reason these areas were chosen is, among other things, that they are looking for places they have not been with their summer broadcasts before. – This means that we come to new places, but also to smaller places. My experience is that commitment, pride and joy in where one lives is inversely proportional to the number of inhabitants, says Hellum. The broadcasts will run from Wednesday to Sunday with live minute-by-minute broadcasts during the day, and an evening broadcast that will be recorded when the cycling group reaches the day’s goal around 5pm each day. Technical manager Trygve Dahl tests the director’s bike that will produce Cykkelsommer minute by minute. Photo: Thomas Hellum / news Want tips Those who will be making the broadcasts would very much like tips on things that happen along the route, interesting people, good stories, exciting buildings or perhaps a wonderful natural gem. Detailed route and delivery days can be found at the end of the article. You can submit all tips in this form: Your browser does not support the embedding of external content
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Cycling summer with minute-by-minute broadcast on news – news Sommer
