# @fubiz on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-06-02T10:29:32.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Fubiz (@fubiz) — https://gondola.cc/fubiz

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Behind the Scenes in Photography, from the set of ‘Dunkirk’ movie (2017), directed by Christopher Nolan. 🎬👏🏼

When Christopher Nolan began producing Dunkirk, he had a very clear idea: he didn’t want the audience to just watch the story. He wanted people to feel what it was like to be there. Therefore, instead of relying on green screens and excessive digital effects, Nolan did something increasingly rare in Hollywood: he decided to film most of the scenes as realistically as possible. The aerial sequences are one of the best examples of this. To show the pilots inside the legendary Spitfire fighter planes, the team adapted real aircraft to accommodate cameras in the cockpit. 

While the actors appeared in the front portraying their characters, professional pilots controlled the real planes in the back. This means that many of the expressions seen in the film were not staged in a studio; the actors were actually flying while the cameras were rolling. 

The same care was taken in the sea scenes. Instead of creating everything digitally, Nolan placed cameramen in the water alongside the actors. The result is that constant feeling of cold, tension, and vulnerability that runs throughout the entire film. But perhaps the most impressive behind-the-scenes moment was the scene where the character Farrier, played by Tom Hardy, lands his Spitfire on the beach at Dunkirk. The landing was real. A real Spitfire landed on that beach for the first time since 1940, when the historic evacuation took place during World War II. And there was a detail that increased the pressure even more: the crew had only 45minutes to complete the filming before the tide rose and made the sand unsafe for landing. 

Another interesting trick appears in the scenes where thousands of soldiers await rescue on the beach. Although the film seems to show a gigantic crowd, the production used about a thousand extras combined with hundreds of cardboard silhouettes positioned in the background. It’s a simple but extremely efficient resource that helped recreate the scale of the event without relying on massive digital effects. 📸 Choose your Favorite Scenes ? (1-8) #nolan #dunkirk #fyp #christophernolan

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