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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 – Spain – Ronda
This is a video from Ronda, one of Andalusia's white towns, perhaps the most famous of them all. This video shows the highlights the tourists...
VIDEO – Norway – Egersund
Watch this video from Egersund, a quiet little town on the south-western coast of Norway. Here's a little collection of photos and video clips to...
VIDEO – Norway – Helleren in Jøssingfjord
Watch a video from Helleren in Jøssingfjord. Helleren is a large cliff overhanging two houses at the end of the Jøssingfjord, on the southwestern...
VIDEO – Norway – Sogndalstrand
Watch a video from Sogndalstrand. It is a picturesque little town on the southwestern coast of Norway. Sogndalstrand became an important trading...
VIDEO – Norway – Flekkefjord
Watch a video from Flekkefjord, a small town marking the transition between the southern coastline of Norway, Sørlandet, and the western part of...
VIDEO – Norway – Bergen – Bryggen
This video is from Bryggen in Bergen. It is number 59 on UNESCO's World Heritage List. The video takes you into the alleys. Audio (1): "Jeg tok min...
VIDEO – Norway – Ålesund
Watch a video from Ålesund. The city burned down in 1904 and resurrected like a phoenix bird in a completely new costume. Over a hundred years...
VIDEO – England – Hampton Court Palace
This is a video from Hampton Court Palace. It was the residence of King Henry VIII from 1529 and also several later monarchs of the UK. Later kings...
VIDEO – England – Highgate Cemetery in London
This is a video from Highgate Cemetery. It was one of the "The Magnificent Seven" cemeteries from Queen Victoria's London. In the early 1800's...
VIDEO – England – Westminster
This is a video from Westminster, the very heart of Britain for centuries. It is also World Heritage Site. The site, inscribed on the list as number...
VIDEO – England – Chelsea Flower Show
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is a large garden show held each May on the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, London. In 2012 tens of thousands of...
VIDEO – Norway – Jæren – Tungenes
This video from Tungenes with its lighthouse is from a series of hikes on the coastal strip of Jæren in south-western Norway. This one is about the...