RTV Theory and Practice - Special Issue

ТНЕ TV NEWSREEL PHENOMENON The flrst competition in the field of TV news programmes proves that television is capricious and unpredictable in regard to the impressions it creates. It is a law unto itself. This competition flnaliy realised the long-held notion that information as the basic value of TV should be transmitted in a suitable manner. Although mention was made in the very early stages of this festival when it was still held in Bled that the informative role of TV was of the utmost importance, some were afraid that repetition of the same news items in the same day would be monotonous and tiring for the viewers. However, it happened that precisely this kind of repeated viewing uncovered the real possibilities, in some cases even the creati\e abilities in certain situations, of individual reporters and studios. Tne information is always the sarae but it can be shot and expressed in various ways. Ten different versions of the TV newsreel gave the critics good opportunity for comparison and proved that information apart from its basic important values, ассигасу and timeliness contains other components which exclusively depend on the writer’s potential. At this point it is important to point out the unpredictable character of television which was demonstrated at this year’s festival in Portorož. Last уеаг TV newsreels from various studios were shown out of competition. These programmes were shot on the same day. This уеаг they were sent out at the same time as the regular programmes and separately. Therefore, the information did not lose its informative character. They were watched with great interest and from a critical viewpoint. SOME FEATURES OF TELEVISION AUTHORSHIP The eternal question as to whether TV art exists, or whether television only represents a technical transposition of the words, images, plays and information of the established media, could have evinced a great deal of optimism from the objective viewer at this y ear’s festival. This does not mean that the Vugoslav Television Festival answers all the theoretical dilemmas which prevail in mass communications. However, the guests from 26 countries from Europe, Asia and Africa who carefully watched the programmes for up to ten hours in the darkened haU of the Portorož auditonum and who were obliged, moreover, to wear earphones because of the translation and who were also exposed to laughter, spontaneous applause and frequent đepartures from the hall, clearly demonstrated that the small screen radiates life, information and, dare we say it, a

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