"Zero" by Ólafur Arnalds

Wowsa, just take a look at this video for "Zero" by modern composer Ólafur Arnalds. I have been so interested in what drones can do for film, from a photography perspective, and did not even think of what drones can do for lighting! As the dancers move through the forest in this video, they are lit by some local stationary lights, but the motion and atmosphere come from the shifting lights overhead on a drone, making the shadows of the branches swirl around them. UTTERLY MAGICAL.

https://olafurarnalds.com/

"Woven Song" by Ólafur Arnalds

Wow. This caught me off guard. "Woven Song" by Ólafur Arnalds.

Hauntingly beautiful both sonically and visually. Film by Thomas Vanz.

The sound of compassion.

Enigmatic visuals: an exodus, a return; an ending, a beginning; a death, a rebirth. Leaving...and returning. Watch closely.

https://olafurarnalds.com/
https://www.thomasvanz.com/

"ekki hugsa" by Ólafur Arnalds

Icelandic composer and musician Ólafur Arnalds created this glorious track, "ekki hugsa." He says, "'ekki hugsa' means 'don’t think' and it's about letting go in order to express yourself creatively."

Sometimes the concept of movement boggles my mind. Not dance. Movement. Like "walking meditation"--your neurons firing, directing your flesh, your blood, your atoms to move through space, through oxygen, through other atoms, and that you can feel it all, the swing, the yaw...

http://olafurarnalds.com/