Blank (TV series)

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Blank
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Genre
Created byKnut Næsheim
Written by
  • Knut Næsheim (season 1)
  • Karianne Lund (season 2–3)
Directed by
  • Knut Næsheim (season 1)
  • Mikal Hovland (season 2–3)
Starring
Country of originNorway
Original languageNorwegian
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes26
Production
ProducerÅse Marie Hole
Production locations
Running time16–43 minutes
Production company NRK
Original release
Network NRK3
Release22 April 2018 (2018-04-22) –
22 December 2019 (2019-12-22)

Blank is a Norwegian drama streaming television series about the daily lives of young adults after graduating from high school, and their coming of age. It was produced by NRK P3, which is part of the Norwegian public broadcaster NRK. [1]

Contents

The series ended after its third season in 2019. [2]

Premise

After the worldwide success of Skam on the platform, NRK used the same format of release for Blank, meaning while the show was airing, a new clip, conversation, or social media post was published in real-time on the NRK website on a daily basis. Each season also focuses on particular topics, including relationships with friends and family, ethnicity, religion, romance, culture, and class differences. Blank also follows the tradition of focusing on one central character a season, however, unlike Skam, the main casts also change each season.

At the start of a week, a clip, conversation or social media post is posted on the Blank website. New material is posted on a daily basis, with the content unified and combined into one full episode on Sundays. The fictional characters have social media profiles where viewers can follow their activities. [1]

Cast and characters

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

    Episodes

    Series overview

    SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
    First airedLast aired
    1 922 April 2018 (2018-04-22)23 June 2018 (2018-06-23)
    2 931 March 2019 (2019-03-31)2 June 2019 (2019-06-02)
    3 828 October 2019 (2019-10-28)22 December 2019 (2019-12-22)

    Season 1 (2018)

    The first clip was made available on 14 April 2018, with the combined clips during the week premiering as a full episode on Sunday, 22 April 2018. The central character is Ella Correia Midjo, a 19-year-old girl who has decided to take a year off to work before starting college. [3] The storyline deals with Ella's growing distance from her boyfriend, Mats, a student at the University of Oslo, her relationship with her roommate and best friend, Susanne, and her growing attraction towards coworker Simen.

    No.
    overall    		No. in
    season    		TitleDurationOriginal air date
    11"Skål for ung kjærlighet (Cheers to young love)"43 min22 April 2018 (2018-04-22)
    22"Sees aldri (Never seen)"28 min29 April 2018 (2018-04-29)
    33"Uten mål og mening (Without purpose and meaning)"28 min7 May 2018 (2018-05-07)
    44"Opprørsstemning (Rebel mood)"33 min13 May 2018 (2018-05-13)
    55"Som om ingenting har skjedd (As if nothing has happened)"17 min18 May 2018 (2018-05-18)
    66"Glad vi ikke krangler (Glad we don't argue)"16 min3 June 2018 (2018-06-03)
    77"Vet bare én ting (Know only one thing)"28 min10 June 2018 (2018-06-10)
    88"Livet går videre (Life goes on)"25 min17 June 2018 (2018-06-17)
    99"Ella Correia Midjo"25 min24 June 2018 (2018-06-24)

    Season 2 (2019)

    The first clip was made available on 24 March 2019, with the combined clips airing as a full episode on Sunday, 31 March 2019. The main character is Zehra Demir, a 19-year-old Turkish-Norwegian girl who is struggling to balance the expectations of being a second-generation immigrant, expected to pursue pharmacology, with her true passion of music. [4] Other subplots focus around slut-shaming, bodyshaming, anxiety, and interfaith relationships.

    No.
    overall    		No. in
    season    		TitleDurationOriginal air date
    101"Bare god stemning (Just good atmosphere)"25 min31 March 2019 (2019-03-31)
    112"Dritt er veien til gull (Shit is the way to gold)"23 min7 April 2019 (2019-04-07)
    123"Verden er skada (The world is damaged)"20 min14 April 2019 (2019-04-14)
    134"Møtes ute (Meet outside)"17 min21 April 2019 (2019-04-21)
    145"Satse alt (Bet everything)"17 min28 April 2019 (2019-04-28)
    156"Spole tilbake (Rewind)"18 min12 May 2019 (2019-05-12)
    167"Litt skummelt (A bit scary)"18 min19 May 2019 (2019-05-19)
    178"Klarer ikke puste (Can't breathe)"26 min26 May 2019 (2019-05-26)
    189"Zehra Demir"19 min2 June 2019 (2019-06-02)

    Season 3 (2019)

    A trailer for the third season was released on 15 October 2019. [2] The first clip was made available on 28 October 2019, with the first full episode of clips airing on Sunday, 3 November 2019. The central character is Markus Berg, a 19-year-old boy who has returned home to Hadeland after a failed stint in Oslo as an electrician. [5] Markus used to be popular in high school, and now struggles to come to terms with the consequences of his actions and the growing distance to Karoline, his girlfriend who is still in high school, and beginning the Norwegian russ celebratory period. The main themes of the season are isolation, toxic masculinity, accountability, and adulthood.

    No.
    overall    		No. in
    season    		TitleDurationOriginal air date
    191"Det er Markus (It's Markus)"30 min3 November 2019 (2019-11-03)
    202"Du er jo voksen (You are an adult)"25 min10 November 2019 (2019-11-10)
    213"Et anna sted (Somewhere else)"29 min17 November 2019 (2019-11-17)
    224"Ikke noen plan med Ida (No plan with Ida)"22 min24 November 2019 (2019-11-24)
    235"Positiv vibe (Positive vibe)"25 min1 December 2019 (2019-12-01)
    246"Det eneste jeg vil (The only thing I want)"19 min8 December 2019 (2019-12-08)
    257"Akkurat som jeg trodde (Just as I thought)"26 min15 December 2019 (2019-12-15)
    268"Det er ikke så farlig (It's no big deal)"32 min22 December 2019 (2019-12-22)

    Production

    After the success of Skam, a high school drama, NRK was interested in capturing the experiences of young adults entering the next part of their journey, particularly 19 year olds. Research and interviews the network conducted found that "many 19-year-olds are not well prepared for what awaits when the safe framework from growing up is gone. One in the age group told [NRK]: "I thought high school was difficult, but now I realize that life is difficult." [2]

    The first two seasons were filmed in Oslo, [2] including scenes set at the University of Oslo and the Oslo Metropolitan University. The third season was set in Hadeland, and filmed scenes in and around the Hadeland upper secondary school. Students were utilized both as extras and production assistants. [6]

    Blank was conceived as a trilogy, with season 1 being about moving to the big city, season 2 talking about being young in a politically divided city, and season 3 focusing on being young in rural District Norway. [2]

    Distribution

    In Norway, the series is available on the radio channel NRK P3's website, [7] and on the web television solution NRK TV. [8] The weekly episodes were aired on Sundays on TV channel NRK3. [8]

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