Historical recreation: Aranjuez Palace.

This is a historical recreation of Aranjuez Palace, Madrid, I did for New Atlantis / TeleMadrid 's documentary. All the shots are taken with a Panasonic Varicam and retouched in After Effects with sky and reflection replacement, motion tracking...well, you know the stuff. These are the early shots I can show.

A brief note about the palace: The Royal Palace in Aranjuez was begun in 1560 at the behest of Felipe II. The original architect was Juan Bautista de Toledo, who was also the first architect of the Escorial. The work was continued by Juan de Herrera, who gave the palace the classical austerity characteristic of his style. The palace was twice destroyed by fire, in 1660 and again in 1665, but each time Felipe V had it rebuilt. The famous castratto singer Farinelli was one of the innhabitants of the palace, and for 25 years enjoyed the trust of both Felipe V and Fernando VI. He was who organised spectacular concerts at dawn featuring fireworks and music, and this is what this job was about.