1 Second a Day 2021
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ค. 2024
- This is my One Second a Day project for 2021. Sometimes you post videos for personal reasons, never really expecting others will engage. This is one of those videos. I decided one year ago that 2021 would be something worth documenting, not realizing we would end the year 5,000 miles away from where we started. The last year has represented significant change for my wife and me, with a move to Norway in the middle of a pandemic. Additionally, it took about three months before I found my rhythm, learning how to identify and document what was interesting each day. The camera work gets better, the angles more interesting and story finds its voice. But I also discovered the process is difficult because you work in a vacuum for a year. So, feel free to let me know what you think works, what you would change and if you are simply bored by it all. And let me know if you made it all the way to the end.
Personally, I find most videos in this genre rather lame. When a viewer doesn’t know the people or context the stream of images make little to no sense. I attempted to create something that tells the story of change, of challenges, and of rebirth in a new culture. Rather lofty goals that were, in hindsight, impossible to achieve. I did my best to give context as time passes, highlight the big events, weave reoccurring themes throughout, and always let you know where we are in the year so you can maintain your bearings. All in all, I think the construct of One Second a Day is broken for creating a solid and coherent narrative, but it makes for interesting home movies.
00:00 Intro
01:56 January
02:35 February
03:16 March
04:01 April
04:52 May
05:41 June
06:27 July
07:11 August
07:59 September
08:39 October
09:26 November
10:10 December
10:55 Conclusion
Music from Epidemic sound.
Still feels Rite
Even If the Sky Is Falling Down
Let Me Drown
Be Free with Me
Time on Our Side
I understand Bergen is known for being a very rainy city but your videos make it look like a sunny paradise.
Love your work! I'm a design student from Bergen and I think the city and universitie is better off with you here. Keep it up!
Wow, that is so kind of you to say. I am humbled. Thank you.
The time lapse is beautiful. I did not mention it before, but you're a fantastic editor.
And you both seem like a perfect fit for Norway, in good and "bad"!
Another important saying here: "There is no bad weather only bad clothing" / "Finnes ikke dårlig _vær,_ bare dårlig _klær"_
We have different social norms and culture, but you seem like you adapt excellently. Also: There's a secret social norm and culture... out on hikes or mountain hikes or long or day trips, it is a norm to always smile and say hi to people you meet and maybe even stay and talk in some cases!
There's a reason to all of this but maybe the charm is to just go with the flow and not think too much :D
I have so much I could say and I have OCPD but you seem well capable of learning yourself. Which bodes great for your studenthood!
Don't be afraid of | Edit: NOT | boxing yourself into any role as "the old guy" or something, I might be different, maybe not so much, but I never really cared about age as long as the conversation was substantial or at least funny, and I've studied with many older people several times.
If anything, as part of the "let people have their bubble" culture, I engaged less with them than my "contemporaries" strictly because they did their own thing, and they seemed fine with it.
You have a super interesting back story and I can bet people have or will be interested in hearing it.
Super happy that your dogs and wife arrived well and good, and I assume you had a great train trip to Oslo presuming you weren't exhausted and the relevancy that you're on a train!
I've taken Fløybanen, but there's so many beautiful places at Vestlandet and especially "nearby" Sunnmøre to visit and also Jotunheimen, of which I am well versed.
I urge you to explore the Norwegian mountain/plateaus and the coast, but *BE WARE* how quick the weather can change and PLEASE take even whole day trips seriously and plan well or ask locals or go to ut.no forums to ask, or even class students, if anyone's familiar!
Boots above the ankles for rugged terrain, always have extra shift, know a map and compass, always have some extra food or energy - water is *VERY* easily accessible during anything but winter, in which it becomes _completely_ inacessible at least at 1000m and up.
I have so much I could talk about hiking, 33 years and been skiing since I was 3, can guide glaciers and studied a Friluftsliv bachelor - and said OCPD haha.
Sorry for the long post, but I _really_ envision you to be able to have a _great_ time here.
*DON'T* forget Vitamin D supplement or extra orange juice or milk during winter, and make sure to _use_ the winter and not put yourself as a "victim" to it!
Lots of love from Oslo
Great video my friend. Amazing work! Keep it up!
I just love your videos, I really admire you. Can't wait to see more. Cheers!
I've been following your trip to our beautiful country and have been looking forward to your updates. I hope you will travel around the country, especially up north, maybe to see Aurora Borealis in Tromsø, Alta or Hammerfest(Where I'm from) on the top of the world. Lofoten island are a must see for everyone putting their feet on norwegian ground, you will never forget the spectacular place. Not to forget where I live now, Trondheim, middle of Norway, a beautiful big "smalltown". You are a wonderful storyteller, I will enjoy your stay with us weird norwegians.
I do hope he'll come and visit Trondheim too. =)
I'm about to move away from the city myself after having lived here for many years now.
I'll miss the city.
Beautiful video, mate.
I'm so happy to see you did not spend the holidays alone and that your wife and the dogs had a safe trip over
Thank you Julie. Life is good now that we are settling in. Thank you for dropping the comment and thank you for watching. I do appreciate it.
I thought the 365 moments flowed beautifully and your coda was thoughtful and charming--thank you for sharing your endeavor!
Wonderful! You really are the master.
Good to see you have found your way in my city, but when I see you shop in the store I'm glad I'm in Mariestad, I hear that omikron stops Delta then there is great hope that the end is there, yes I look forward to a summer in Bergen. So do not use up all the sunny days hihi
Happy New Year or Godt Nyttår som vi sier i Norge.
Lovin' how the background music started with " Life is a winding road, no telling where it goes" and its beautiful! Yeah life, no matter how uncertain. It has to move on. ❤
Well done! I also really enjoyed your Norway videos. Thank you. Happy new year :-)
Ah yes, Bergen in October 2021 - 28 or 29 days of rain and a record of 634 mm of rain must have been wet even for people arriving from Seattle.
Having survied that, you'll be fine.
OMG! Right? I don't think I had seen rain like what we saw in October since I had to endure Alabama thunderstorms. But at least those would go for 20 minutes and be over. The rain we saw would go 20 hours. And since when did rain start falling sideways? In Seattle it came from above and all I needed was a Gore-Tex coat. I quickly discovered I needed waterproof pants, waterproof coat and a hat. I still can't bring myself to use an umbrella. Just chalk that up to the false pride of a Seattleite. Thanks for watching and thanks for the comment. It made me laugh.
@@TheStoryGuide A umbrella isn't really that usefull in Norway anyway due to the winds...
But yeah, that's the west coast of Norway for you.
If you want to see a slightly dryer part of Norway head east.
East of the mountains you'll be in the wind shadow more.
Where I live in Norway we don't have nearly as much rain as Bergen does, instead it's just overcast all day every day for months on end. -_-
@@TheStoryGuide Hahahaha you had your first sideways rain already, welcome, you're getting familiar very quick I see 😂
Also: If you're in a cloud - I mean that's basically what fog is - at least in the mountains, and you have "yr" then you can just forget about staying dry. Nothing but proper woo undergarments will save you, that stuff permeates the air like nuclear radiation lol
You'll also quickly learn that -30 is better than 0 and precipitation hehe
Just remember wool, layers and wool mittens and maybe wind protective overlayer if it's that cold.
You'll find this stuff anywhere here or shop online using Google and reviews like I do, although I'm overly perfectionist.
@@SebHaarfagre Thanks for the great advice. Coming from Seattle we thought we knew rain. But now that we live here we joke that in Seattle the rain comes down, in Bergen it goes sideways. We learned very quickly our Northwest rain gear was woefully inadequate. When it rains here it RAINS here. 🙄
You are such a great storyteller and the story you tell is so impactful. Thank you for sharing one year of your life. I hope 2022 brings many new experiences to you and your family.
I am glad I landed on the SG channel! I have loved Norway from afar & thought I had watched the best profiling of Norway last week. You have great content and your expertise in producing it is remarkable - I guess it is through the passion, experience and proffessionalism you exhibit. Keep up the good work & my take away is that we should never stop learning and advancing " Age is just a number"👏👏👏👏
greetings from Australia, Norway is one of my favourite countries. I love that you are doing this, and I love your videos. As an older person studying I completely understand about the nimble youth brain!
Great production, very clever format. Comes through as a life lived fully, something we can all aspire to!
...this inspire me to grab my drones and cameras to start film making again.. 😊
This is beautiful to watch!
Simply impressive. Godt Nytt år!
Wonderful episodes, documenting steps along the way with emigrating to another country and getting used to their customs. Codid19 has been an elephant to the whole world, I enjoyed watching your episode. One is never too old to learn.
Happy new year! Great expectations, Mr Darcy...
I couldn't have loved this anymore! It was great!
Thank you. It was a labor of love throughout the year.
Amazing project!👏👍 Great capture and a huge editing job ! Congratulations for this achievement my friend !🙏
Have a great new year 2022 🎆🎊🥂🍾
Serge
H&S 👩❤️👨🌈🇨🇦
Hope to see you on campus! Your videos are very inspiring even for me who has studied in Bergen for the last six years and planing to settle down here! Keep it up sir!
Just found your channel! Nice to see my city of starting studying 28 yrs ago. Looking forward to getting to know you and Darcy!
What a great update!Watching you and your wife totally change your life the way you have done makes me feel that anything is possible!😊👍Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Years Eve.Godt nytt år!😊🎉
Hi :) I discovered you today accidentally and I am very happy. You have such a nice vibe. Keep going the good work
And thank you for letting us tag along on this incredible journey 😀
It definitively was enjoyable to watch this video. =)
One thing I think would have helped would have been making it *3* seconds pr day instead of 1.
That way you could leave more text in the frames to explain what's going on in some of the more confusing scenes.
But overall it was great to watch. =)
Your a pro! Great content!
Thanks for sharing your 1-second-a-day with us. You realize how life is an adventure, even if we sometimes thinks is just “same-ol’ same-ol’” everyday but when you visualize it like you did, you discover things that are different. Sure, they might be small things but they are there! Take care you guys and the FreemansInSweden wishes you the best for 2022!
I always look forward to your insights and comments. Thank you for letting me know the piece worked for you. I did come to really value the opportunity to revisit events as I cobbled this together. It offered a deep appreciation for the opportunities that have been afforded to me, and reminded me to appreciate each day. Even when that day sucked. Take care, be well and lets have a great 2022. Looking forward to what you publish.
This was A good remainder on 2021😍 thank you from Bergen😍
Ps the Englich church meets in Maria kirken, Bergen oldest church.
Happy new year to you, your wife, and your dog. Looking forward to your next video!
Thanks! Not sure when it will come. Still trying to figure out the point of it. And still living it. 🙂 Thank you for coming along on this journey.
Your videos really inspire me! Thanks for sharing your stories!
Drew, once again an impressive project. It was so fun to see you and Darcy as well as Ruby and Alki making the move. A few scenes brought tears to my eyes! Wow! What an undertaking, we hope to see you sometime in the next year, I miss Bestie. Lovies to both of you.
Your bestie was charmed by your comment. Thank you so much for watching. And we can't wait to see your smiling faces.
Great video! I really like the arc idea. It is why we plant a tree and don't expect to see it fully grown. It is an arc of life, and to be in that arc is true joy. We don't know when, or where it will end, we just need to enjoy the ride.
Perhaps the most poetic and thoughtful comment I have ever received. Thank you for taking the time to share it. And thank you for watching.
This is wholesome
Great video!! I can't understand how it can be done better .....
Godt Nyttår!
Well thank you Runar. That is very kind. I have some ideas for a different way to approach it, but not for 2022. I need a break. 🙂
Such a beautiful story - love how some things kept popping up, like baseball and kids moving. It was told beautifully. Story seems as automatic as breathing to you. Really enjoying your videos.
For me the reoccurring moments were really fun. Baseball, the library, quarantine, and walks together. But I will admit it was difficult to find new ways to capture working on my computer, day after day. Thanks for taking the time to comment. I do appreciate it.
Love the video! GREAT Drew, you are the master :-)
Sandro! I just saw this. Sorry for being so slow to respond. I am glad you enjoyed it and it is great to hear from you. Honestly, 6 months later, I am really glad I did it. 2021 was a year of HUGE changes for me, with COVID, moving to Norway, working remotely and returning to school. It feels good to be able to look back at all the transitions and to have a time capsule of the big and little events in our lives. I hope all is well with you. Thank you so much for the feedback. You are very kind.
@@TheStoryGuide Hi Drew, no problem at all. I'm happy to see you are well established in Norway with your wife. I always follow you and keep learning from the master. I took quality time to watch once again almost all the StoryGuide videos you published. I love your videos and get excitement and inspiration from them. The pandemic situation here is not good: we are in strict lockdown for 14 days, I cannot get out of my building (I can only stay in my apartment or go up and down the stairs of the building, that's it. Going out in the courtyard is not permitted). I hope this will end soon. I wish I were there in Norway with you! Hugs.
Love it Drew, and even with all the bumps on the way, I am really glad to see you both in Norway. Skal!!
Well Gumi, it was a ton of fun to do but I had to figure out a way to build it incrementally each day so that I didn't have a huge post production nightmare on January 1. By the end of the year it was nearly a Tb of media and the timeline was so bloated with containers, mattes, graphics, edits and AE links the software became pretty clunky. But I learned a ton for managing all these assets and templating actions to smooth out the process. As to the content, perhaps the bumps in the road were a good thing. At least it made for a more interesting story. Hope all is well with you and yours. Godt nytt år!
@@TheStoryGuide Did you use DSLR for all or GoPro or 360 Cam, maybe mix of all
@@gummibsen Yes, yes, and yes, but about 80% was on my iPhone. What a beast to make that footage look decent. It can really suck eggs in low light. I had to spend lots of time with Neat to eliminate the noise. But in the spirit of the best camera is the one you have with you the iPhone was often the best choice.
@@TheStoryGuide I use PS + Topaz for DeNoise but I'm just a hobbyist, interesting to hear :D
I also got a Panasonic HC-VX981 off of eBay some years back, and it really proved to be tackling the harsh climate - of one is a 2 day solo trip across a mountain range sleeping outside, with 25m/s or more gusts and ice hail devils, and it survived that and has even been in the rain! I lost the sun cover due to the wind though and a mitten LOL
So I can recommend that handheld and it wasn't even very expensive. Probably even less now, if it's still being sold. Great quality too and no fake compressed resolutions. Just need a bigger memory card and battery....
Godt 2022! Her var det masse bra innhold eg vil sjekke ut. Fra Alver kommune.
Another great video! You have inspired me to make my own for 2022! Honestly wishing I knew about this little challenge at the beginning of 2021, because it was definitely an interesting one! Perhaps I could make a video similar, only with a mix of pictures and videos, especially since I know I take photos every day. It would be a nice way for me to look back on all the pictures I've taken over the last year as well. Hope the beginning of your 2022 is off to a great start! See you in the next video! ❤️
Honestly, I think that might work better than what I tried. I believe it is easier to "read" a photo in one second that a moving image. Great idea and I look forward to what you create. Thanks for reaching out. I think you are on to something.
How do you manage to remember to film 1 second every day?
When I try to do stuff like that I forget after not that long...
If you can, visit the archipelago around Bergen by boat, preferably a day when it is sunny and warm. You might fall in love.
Have enjoyed your videos very much. We have some questions we’re hoping you might be able to and have the time to help us with. Retiring next year and planning our move to Norway. Will be bringing our 90lb German Shepherd. Wondering how you’re dogs fared on their flight over. We’re in Oregon so would likely be taking similar route as you. What route was it? (with the dogs).
Who can we contact for temporary rentals and is it difficult finding such with a dog.
Thank you
Becky & RC
Hi Rebekah. Thank you for the kind words. My answer will be pretty long and complicated, so perhaps it would be best via email. You can mail me directly via the link in the "About" tab of the channel. I am no expert, but I would be happy to share our experiences.
Tao Te Ching in the bookshelf👌.
Nice catch. I need to remember to look carefully at the background of my shots... bookshelves reveal so much about a person. Thanks for watching.
Nevermind everything else could you and your wife share some recepies? I really long for some new ideas..