Scenery models in the historic spanish cinema

Abstract

The Spanish Cinema about the historical reconstruction has taken a variety of scenery models which have been changing over time. Here, we study several of them and their evolution. Thus, those made in the years of autarchy (1939-1951) of theatrical influence, raised in large studies, monumental, corporeal and plasterboard. Also, we study those built in real locations, sometimes integrating the natural landscape on it or using the surroundings as a movie set without additions. Also, those with a pictorial influence or the ones achieved through digital postproduction and all subtypes arising from combinations of both. Most of these models appear in the historic Spanish film, Alatirste, directed by Agustín Díaz Yanes in 2006 adapting Arturo Perez Reverte’s novels about this character. Alstriste was a turning point in the subject and, therefore, is taken as an example to analyze in detail settings and content.