Skating on Air

Informationen zum Autor Kelli Lawrence, an award-winning freelance writer and producer, has published in Skating, PSA Magazine, and several other publications. She lives in Indianapolis. Klappentext Of all winter sports, none is so widely watched and commented upon by the media as figure skating, which is often considered the Winter Olympics' centerpiece. This critical text examines the ways in which media attention has gradually altered and affected the sport, from the early appearances of Sonja Henie, to skating's gradual audience growth via television, and to the ramifications of the scandals in the 1994 and 2002 Olympics. The topic is illuminated by more than 30 interviews with commentators, skaters, producers, directors and others. In addition to numerous photos, illustrations show the compulsory figures for which "figure skating" got its name, as well as a sample of the charted-out "camera blocking" for TV directors. Appendices include collected anecdotes from early broadcasting experiences; a profile of broadcaster Jim McKay; and commentary from Carol Heiss on her 1961 musical Snow White and the Three Stooges. Zusammenfassung Examining the ways in which media attention has affected figure skating! from the early appearances of Sonja Henjie! skating's gradual audience growth via television! and the ramifications of the scandals in the 1994 and 2002 Olympics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword by Verne Lundquist Introduction 1. From London 1908 to Hollywood 1948: Figure Skating Before Television 2. Barely a Small Screen Sport: Skating Through TV's Golden Age 3. Ashes to Icons: TV and Figure Skating's Alliance of the 1960s 4. When the Ways of Television Helped Change the Ways of the Sport (1969-73) 5. Skating Up Close and Personal in the 1970s 6. Big Deals and Bigger Personalities: Skating Meets the '80s 7. Leaving Figures Behind: The Road from Calgary to Albertville 8. The Brightest Lights for the Darkest Reasons (1994) 9. Here a Skater, There a Skater: The Pro Explosion (1994-98) 10. The Saturation Point and the Saga of "Skategate" 11. Televised Skating Post-2002: The Hard Fall 12. Fragmented, Not Broken: Figure Skating Pushes Forward Afterword Appendix A: Profiles of Interviewees Appendix B: Doug Wilson and the Art of Camera Blocking Appendix C: Tales from the Trenches Appendix D: Jim McKay, the Ultimate Professional ...Who Never Liked Figure Skating Appendix E: When Heiss Met Hollywood Appendix F: The "Nicely Done" Pool Chapter Notes Bibliography Index ...

Klappentext
Of all winter sports, none is so widely watched and commented upon by the media as figure skating, which is often considered the Winter Olympics' centerpiece. This critical text examines the ways in which media attention has gradually altered and affected the sport, from the early appearances of Sonja Henie, to skating's gradual audience growth via television, and to the ramifications of the scandals in the 1994 and 2002 Olympics. The topic is illuminated by more than 30 interviews with commentators, skaters, producers, directors and others. In addition to numerous photos, illustrations show the compulsory figures for which "figure skating" got its name, as well as a sample of the charted-out "camera blocking" for TV directors. Appendices include collected anecdotes from early broadcasting experiences; a profile of broadcaster Jim McKay; and commentary from Carol Heiss on her 1961 musical Snow White and the Three Stooges.

Zusammenfassung
Examining the ways in which media attention has affected figure skating, from the early appearances of Sonja Henjie, skating's gradual audience growth via television, and the ramifications of the scandals in the 1994 and 2002 Olympics.

Inhalt
Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword by Verne Lundquist
Introduction

1. From London 1908 to Hollywood 1948: Figure Skating Before Television
2. Barely a Small Screen Sport: Skating Through TV's Golden Age
3. Ashes to Icons: TV and Figure Skating's Alliance of the 1960s
4. When the Ways of Television Helped Change the Ways of the Sport (1969-73)
5. Skating Up Close and Personal in the 1970s
6. Big Deals and Bigger Personalities: Skating Meets the '80s
7. Leaving Figures Behind: The Road from Calgary to Albertville
8. The Brightest Lights for the Darkest Reasons (1994)
9. Here a Skater, There a Skater: The Pro Explosion (1994-98)
10. The Saturation Point and the Saga of "Skategate"
11. Televised Skating Post-2002: The Hard Fall
12. Fragmented, Not Broken: Figure Skating Pushes Forward

Afterword
Appendix A: Profiles of Interviewees
Appendix B: Doug Wilson and the Art of Camera Blocking
Appendix C: Tales from the Trenches
Appendix D: Jim McKay, the Ultimate Professional ...Who Never Liked Figure Skating
Appendix E: When Heiss Met Hollywood
Appendix F: The "Nicely Done" Pool
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index

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