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– For the “From … To” team – vacation, but finding time for an interview was not easy. Why?
– You know how to joke: people who do nothing do not have more time. Since the holidays, all kinds of work at home has started and suddenly, for some reason, it has increased considerably.
The other thing is that, strange as it may seem, we are already preparing for the new season “From … To”. You have to think about it early. Usually, we start filming in August, which means that by August we need to get the first themes together, talk to potential show heroes, think about the news for next season. All of this must be done in advance to start calmly and stress-free in September.
As we work on this job for many years, we know that there are several situations: OK, but a person goes on vacation or changes their mind, or something else happens. As a result, we must be very careful, ready for many issues. And then we no longer have to worry that we will have nothing to show.
– Do you already have a vision of what makes the new season special?
– There will be no fundamental changes for a radical change. There will be changes that will affect our daily life. For example, we planned a lot of trips last season, but due to the quarantine, many of them didn’t happen, we move on to the next season. I really hope they happen because we have so many interesting stories from abroad.
Fingers crossed, I look forward to the good news that there will be no second wave of COVID-19 and we will be able to travel. So we plan to have stories from almost every show outside of Lithuania. But together we have to make sure. Because when everyone in the house was incarcerated in quarantine, we filmed the shows in very different ways. The interlocutors were filmed and I filmed myself from the sofa in the house … I think it would be very interesting to see a video about how we do those interviews remotely: when a person connects, he does not turn on, or traditionally, wife, dog, sons .
There were all kinds of things, but we had a very good practice of what to do when we couldn’t work the way we used to.
The rating is simple: viewers are watching your show or not. If you don’t look, it’s your problem. You may not need television next season.
– Does this mean that quarantine has taught you to work in extreme conditions?
– Actually yes. In particular, we learned not to talk about anything, not to talk. I had to learn to speak very specifically: I have five questions, and even better four, the questions. After all, you can’t be sure that something won’t happen, like the connection won’t break because the person you’re talking to is somewhere in China. And then you think hard about what you want to ask and what you want to know. Keep in mind that you don’t have to waste time on empty conversations, you have to be very specific about what to do.
– Have you already considered the season “From … to”?
– LNK TV will celebrate its 25th anniversary this year, as well as the “From … To” program. I’m browsing the program’s files right now, as I’m going to be releasing short videos online in August when it all started. Sure, the quality of those files is what it is, but when you look at how we all looked and what we talked about 25 years ago, it’s a lot of fun.
I feel like a chronicler of the lives of famous Lithuanians, because many of the interviews we filmed now would sound very naive or even funny. But it’s very interesting to remember, it’s fun to watch and I think you need to share those images. Furthermore, since there is something to celebrate, and the fun is that we have been alive for so many years.
– You were a press journalist, at the invitation of Rūta Mikelkevičiūtė did you come to television, to “From … To”?
– Not at all. When Rūta invited me, I was already working on television, first with Marius Gradauskas we were preparing the “Hollywood News” program, then for half a year I was working on the “Srovės” program together with Kudaba. When I was invited to “From … to”, I didn’t think much, about half an hour.
– What would you say to young people who want to watch television and imagine how simple and easy things are?
– Trust me, it’s not easy. Mainly because every time, every day, in every program you have to present a story. You told this story or someone else told it, give it a new one. And that means being very creative, taking a long time to turn on the brain. I don’t think it’s very simple and easy to have new ideas every day. And if you don’t have them, nobody looks at you.
Another thing: TV is relentless because you get a rating very quickly. And the evaluation is simple: viewers watch your show or not. If you don’t look, it’s your problem. You may not need television next season.
People who come to television must understand that this is not work entertainment. But, on the other hand, it is a job that gives you the opportunity to interact with a wide variety of people, even those with whom you would hardly ever speak in other circumstances.
– What has been the greatest achievement for you in all those years on television, left the biggest impression?
– There is a job for which I can praise myself and be proud of myself. Once upon a time, LNK was the first to start organizing those huge “Kindness Day” charity telemarathons. I worked on almost all of them and did many things, both writing and reporting, and talking to people live. I saw everything from very close, it left the biggest impression on me.
We have done many good things, we have had many conversations with the people we helped at that time. The response was very good. I was very satisfied with that.
I remember bringing together a million people with cancer on a “Day of Kindness.” I couldn’t believe it then: we are very few in Lithuania, and people have donated so much money in those few hours. At times like these, you feel like you’ve done something useful, contributed to that help for those who are distressed.
Now there is a lot of talk in Lithuania about my illnesses and disasters, and once it was difficult for people to talk about it, it seemed like they would say that I am sick and everyone will walk away from me.
– Is it easier to talk to people now?
– People are more practical now. You may feel that you are often reflecting: why should I waste my time interacting with you or sharing some of my experiences? I’m not afraid to say this: very often, especially famous people, they weigh whether they will benefit from it, whether it will help their work, or whether they will give something good.
A basic observation is that if you now want to make an appointment with someone to chat, you should call the manager or a communications department. In the past, you just called your home phone and said, “Hello. Maybe we can talk about that and that?” And most of the time the answer was yes. And now the answer is usually “yes, but …”
– And at the end of the conversation, not about work. What will Giedrė Talmantienė’s vacation be like?
– I think not very long, but very good. Traditionally, we will go to the Latvian coast with friends. And since neither the Latvian coast nor that company have been disappointed, I think everything will be fine. The mobile will, of course, be on, but the habit of carrying a computer on vacation is now gone. Because if you take it, it’s definitely an excuse to turn it on, and when you turn it on, look, it’s been two or three hours. Then I won’t take it.
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