'Elcano & Magellan The First Voyage around the World' trivia and fun facts
A Spanish OST
The band La Oreja de Van Goth has composed the song 'Confía en el viento' for the film.
A first collaboration
In fact, this film is the first collaboration between the group "La Oreja de Van Gogh" and the world of cinema. However, offers have not been missed but they wanted to reserve for an a special occasion like this one.
The challenge of the film
In the words of José Antonio Vitoria, co-scriptwriter of the film, the great challenge that his script had was to mold a series of historical facts to new rhythms, parts, and changes that would make the plot works.
Changes in Magallanes
In contradiction with the film, Magallanes did not exercise as a father figure for Elcano, but to enrich the fiction, it was decided to endow them with this relationship.
A trip of 3 years
The production has a production of approximately 3 years. Generating even an allegory with the same expedition that also lasted 3 years.
A bigger project
It is a general project that includes 8 products related to Elcano and the first travel around the world, being the animated film the principal project.
The challenge of Ángel Alonso
In the words of the director, Ángel Alonso, one of the biggest challenges of '[ELCANO Y MAGALLANES, THE FIRST ROUND TO THE WORLD] `was to create and give life to the sea. In all the productions he had made, he had always tried to avoid the vast ocean since the difficulty of recreating the sea itself was very high.
Changes in Elcano
The representation of Elcano in the film is younger than his real inspiration to generate a character with a greater dramatic arc.
Characters of all kinds
Although the geographical evolution of the film is immense, the production count with more than 150 characters.
A big premiere
The film was projected for first time in Malaga Film Festival, the 23th of March of 2019.
A perfect occasion
The project was born to give greater relevance to their protagonists because, outside the borders of Spain, they are practically unknown characters. And taking advantage of the 500 years that are fulfilled of such an event, it was the perfect occasion to take their story to the big screen
A soundtrack attached to his roots
The soundtrack of Joseba Beristain is composed mainly of symphonic music recorded exclusively by the Euskadi Symphony Orchestra and the Orfeón Donostiarra.
An old project
Although the production has had three years to take it forward, in reality this project was born 15 years ago with the writers Jose Antonio Vitoria and Garbiñe Losada. But due to the technical deficiencies of the time, they couldn't move forward the production.
A young public
All the projects are destined to scholar public (between 4 and 17 years old), and among them incluyes a documentary, an app, a videogame and some educative material.
Spanish languages
The film will be able to be seen in Euskera and in Spanish language.