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Dragonfly

As we are yet to start post production, this short teaser introduces the kind of footage, characters, setting and style of Dragonfly.

To note: there has been no audio mix, grade or score. 

We were chosen by Arcadia to document this period of development of the Dragonfly and the launch at Glastonbury 2024 and have full access to all of the media team Trago Studio’s footage as well as extensive archive from over 10 years from various filmmakers and crew members who have documented the growth of Arcadia since conception. We have tens of hours of footage from ourselves and hundreds from our partners.

Arcadia crew in order of speaking:

Bertie Cole - Co-founder & Technical Director
Pip Rush - Co-founder & Creative Director
Katie Davies - Technical Production Manager
Andy Parrini - Operations Manager
Debs Wrekon - Artist & Creative Collaborator
Ceri Wade - Production Manager

Logline

Glastonbury Festival favourites Arcadia are at a point of reinvention with their new creation: The Dragonfly. Crafted in harmony with the natural world, repurposing war machines, and fusing cutting edge technology with indigenous wisdom, they bring people together in celebration. 

Plot Summary

At Glastonbury Festival, 2024, we follow Arcadia as they quietly transform weapons of war into a monumental spectacle to birth The Dragonfly.

Designed in collaboration with legendary DJ Norman Cook and inspired by the ancestral wisdom of Australia’s Whadjuk Noongar tribe, The Dragonfly is more than a structure; it symbolises change, unity, and collective metamorphosis. Each night the Whadjuk Noongar ceremonially welcome The Dragonfly as its iridescent wings unfurl from the regenerated carcass of a Falklands war seeking helicopter, above 50,000 people gathered below.

Through exclusive access interviews, the tight-knit community crew members prepare us for the heart stopping moment of launch, including Katie; the quick moving, fast talking Lighting Director; and Ceri, the warm and charismatic Production Manager; people we rarely get to see behind the towering steel structures and breathtaking performances

Also revealed is how much  it takes to get to that point: co-founders Pip and Bert picking through scrap yards of old war machines, Bert’s Land Rover breaking down on delivery day of The Dragonfly to Glastonbury festival, Debs and Pip repurposing police riot masks, and the awe of young people from the local college as they install their welded solar system sculpture - all of the quiet moments that tie together the web of Arcadia.

Through exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from Arcadia’s in-house media team and Glastonbury Festival 2024, we uncover the deeper philosophy of Arcadia: the power of risk and  reinvention, the belief that art can reshape the world - and that the world is worth saving.