One high-five, another setting, the same happy gesture. Marie and Haakon’s Singapore travel montage turns a simple action into the thread connecting their holiday. The scenery changes at the moment their hands meet, and the film keeps moving with a smile.

The video circulated as Singafive. Its appeal is easy to understand: you recognise the pattern immediately, then look forward to seeing where the next cut will take you.

A small action can hold a whole film together

Most travel videos rely on a sequence of views. This one gives the viewers another thing to follow: a repeated movement. The high-five creates a clear point at which one scene can become the next.

That is a useful creative constraint. You do not have to invent a new filming idea at every stop. You only need a setting you like, willing participants and a consistent version of the action. The differences between the locations do the rest of the work.

Choose your own recurring gesture

A high-five is one possibility, but a wave, a turn towards the camera or a hand briefly covering the lens can create a similar thread. Choose something comfortable that you can repeat without balancing on anything or getting in other people’s way.

Practise once somewhere quiet. Decide where each person stands in the frame and when the movement happens. A consistent camera height and distance make the final sequence easier to follow, even if the filming is deliberately informal.

The point is to create your own small ritual, not to perform a holiday for an audience all day long.

Film a few places you were already going

Pick five settings from the trip you have planned. They can be as simple as the accommodation doorway, a public garden, a waterfront path, a café where filming is welcome and the place where you say goodbye to the city.

Keep the recording brief and leave space around the action. Do not add a long detour purely to obtain another backdrop. A scene that carries a memory for the two of you may be more rewarding than an extra landmark squeezed into the schedule.

Cut on the movement

When editing, find the moment the hands meet or the gesture reaches the same point in each clip. Cut there and see whether the movement seems to continue across the change of location. It may take a few adjustments, but the finished effect can be pleasantly simple.

Use original sound or music you have permission to share, and let the people in the film approve the version before posting it publicly. Keep an unshared copy with any extra moments you want just for yourselves.

For another easy format, try a five-second travel diary. And if agreeing on the trip comes before agreeing on the video, our couples’ planning guide helps with that too. The best souvenir is still the time you enjoyed together; the montage is a cheerful way to revisit it.