INDIGENES and MVC are currently co-producing through international collaboration an ambitious series about the great naval battles in history. The movie TRAFALGAR (52') is the first part of this exciting new series. Two other episodes are already in the works- "Actium," a famous battle in 31 B.C. in which Mark Antony and Cleopatra come face to face with Octavian, and "Salamis," a battle in 480 B.C. between the Greeks and the Persians, where Themistocles faces Xerxes. These two new films are being produced with the same process used in Trafalgar: Spatial Compositing, which mixes real actors with virtual backgrounds.
TRAFALGAR Docu-drama : 52'
It is 1805. Europe is under Napoleon's control, but England is resisting. World domination is the young emperor's goal. Gaining command of seas is necessary for such ambitious plans. England has the world's largest, most experienced and most technologically advanced fleet. Its leader, a hero: Admiral Nelson. Napoleon forms a plan: invade England. In preparation Napoleon has been creating for the past two years a fortified town on the French coast: the Boulogne-Sur-Mer harbor.
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Designed to be a gathering point for the French divisions, it can house a huge fleet; 150,000 men are now stationed and ready to attack England. The new harbor is capable of holding 3,000 ships. Napoleon plans to launch thousands of small ships loaded with men towards England, under the protection of Admiral de Villeneuve's powerful squadron. But the Channel is protected. Napoleon hatches a complex plan to distract the English squadron for enough time to allow Villeneuve to fulfill his mission.
He won't succeed. Villeneuve's voyage will end in the south of Spain when he meets the man who will ruin the Emperor's hopes of colonizing and who will win the world's last great naval battle fought with sailing ships. This battle brought together 60 ships, 35,000 sailors and over 5,000 cannons. October 21st, 1805, off the Cape of Trafalgar. The French fleet is devastated as a great sailor makes his place in history: Admiral Nelson.
