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About the videos
Pictures add an extra dimension to a travel website. Moving pictures add even more. Sandalsand has close to 200 short travel videos. They combine live video, photographs and music from the visited country.
You may want to check out my YouTube channel Sandalfilm directly. There is also a page with playlists from destinations across the globe. In addition, find videos and playlists from my home-country Norway on a separate page.
The featured illustration above is from the Gorkhi Terelj national park in Mongolia.
Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me.
I am not Fellini and I certainly do not make films about myself. I only make films of what I see, experience, and discover. On my travels. There are no secret, symbolical levels a la Fellini. However, there is an intention, I might add.
In general, I find that for videos the acting is more realistic.
The quoted observation may not originate from one of the world's most recognised persons. It does however point to a fact: Travel videos on YouTube, like mine, are not fiction. They are portraying a reality seen through a camera lens, without any acting, without any artificial backdrop.
They may be subjective, the angles and clippings are those of the video maker, but the Wysiwyg acronym - what you see is what you get - is befitting the amateur's travel video. What you see is what the maker actually saw, thus being real. This means of course that the travel videos are more than the results of dreams. On the other hand, does the father of Star Wars have a point?
The secret to film is that it's an illusion.
Videos
VIDEO – Norway – Jæren – Solastranda
This video from Solastranda (Sola beach) is from a series of hikes on the coastal strip of Jæren, in south-western Norway. Audio: "Laudate...
VIDEO – Norway – Jæren – Hafrsfjord – Fra brua til Hestnes
This video from Hestnes is from a series of hikes on the coastal strip of Jæren, in south-western Norway. It shows one of the short stretches along...
VIDEO – Denmark – Kronborg Castle
This video is from the Kronborg Castle in Denmark. "Kronborg Castle" is no. 696 on UNESCO's World Heritage List. It is famous for being the setting...
VIDEO – Norway – Jæren – Børaunen
This video from Børaunen is from a series of hikes on the coastal strip of Jæren, in south-western Norway. This one is about the stretch from...
VIDEO – Eiganes allotment garden
This video is from Eiganes allotment garden, one of four allotment gardens in Stavanger, Norway. It dates back to 1916 and has 180 plots. Read about...
VIDEO – Strømvik allotment garden
This video is from Strømvik allotment garden, one of four allotment gardens in Stavanger, Norway. It dates back to 1916 and has 44 plots. Read...
VIDEO – Våland allotment garden
This video is from Våland allotment garden, one of four allotment gardens in Stavanger, Norway. It dates back to 1917 and has 116 plots. Read...
VIDEO – Rosendal and Ramsvik allotment garden
This video is from Rosendal and Ramsvik allotment garden, one of four allotment gardens in Stavanger, Norway. It dates back to 1917 and has 110...
VIDEO – Norway – Hardangerfjorden
Watch a video from Hardangerfjorden. The Hardanger fjord is the second largest in Norway and among the most picturesque of them all. The edge of...
VIDEO – Norway – Nærøyfjorden revisited
This video is from a revisit to Nærøyfjorden. It was filmed and photographed in 2012, 14 years after my first visit and video. "West Norwegian...
VIDEO – Norway – Solvorn
Watch a video from Solvorn, a picturesque little village on the Lustrafjord i Western Norway. We came on a beautiful day. After you have watched...
VIDEO – Norway – Urnes stave church
Watch a video from Urnes stave church. It is number 58 on UNESCO's World Heritage List and dates from the first half of the 12th century. The Urnes...