'The Cathedral of the Sea' is filmed with Ovide equipment

For filming, Diagonal TV, La Catedral del Mar AIE and Televisió de Catalunya have several ARRI Alexa XR units equipped with ARRI Zeiss UltraPrime fixed lenses and Canon CN-E 17-120 and 30-300 zooms, both 4K.

At the end of August, filming for the new Antena 3 series began, The Cathedral of the Sea, based on the novel of the same title written by Ildefonso Falcones.

The production, with almost 80% of the sequences shot outdoors, is taking place in locations throughout Spain: Extremadura, Madrid, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León, Zaragoza, Toledo, Segovia, Madrid and, of course, Catalonia, where the plot of the novel originally takes place.

For filming, Diagonal TV, La Catedral del Mar AIE and Televisió de Catalunya are counting on Ovid among which several units stand out ARRI Alexa XR equipped with ARRI Zeiss UltraPrime prime lenses and zooms Canon CN-E 17-120 and 30-300, both 4K.

The ARRI Alexa

Four months of filming

In recent weeks, the production team has filmed some of the sequences that will be part of this 8-episode series directed by Jordi Frades in the Gothic quarter of Barcelona, who has counted on Teo Delgado to achieve careful photography.

Starring Aitor Luna, Michelle Jenner, Silvia Abascal, Pablo Derqui, Ginés García Millán and Daniel Grao, The Cathedral of the Sea It has mobilized more than 400 extras during filming days in Barcelona. Among the scenes filmed in the streets of Barcelona's Gothic quarter are plots related to the arrival of the plague in the city or the inauguration of the Santa María del Mar cathedral after completing its construction after decades of work. This Tuesday, October 25, the last scene that puts an end to this spectacular story will be filmed inside the cathedral.

The Cathedral of the Sea He has also filmed in the Barcelona municipalities of Cardona (scenes from the trial of Arnau by the Inquisition Court) and Vilanova i la Geltru. Now, the team continues its production plan in Tarragona, where scenes that require the participation of another 250 extras are being filmed.