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Thomas Hilland: How on earth did he do that?

Relax. Focus. Forget everything else. Then click and watch Dragonfly Love.
M-a-r-v-e-l-l-o-u-s. Partizan Darkroom director Thomas Hilland used the Nokia N8’s impressive HD camera to shoot this fabulous tale. And he sure did use it. The smartphone was strapped to remote-controlled model helicopters for aerial shots, put in a plastic bag for the underwater scenes, hauled up in fishing nets, and put inside drawers, cupboards and strapped to bikes. This gets our vote for ingenious film-making that just goes to show you don’t need the hi-end kit to make a cracking good film.

And from those wonderful men and their flying machines… here’s how…

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