# Una historia de Progreso > A Bankinter commercial tracing Spain's history through dance, projected banknote imagery and CG animation. Canonical page: [Una historia de Progreso]() Project ID: gla\_ban Year: 2023 Role: 3D Artist I built 3D models and animated the banknote sequences and the high-speed train in CG. Work: Una historia de Progreso (2023) Production: [Glassworks Barcelona]() Client: [Bankinter]() Glassworks Barcelona made projection animation and CG for *Una historia de Progreso*, a Bankinter commercial tracing Spain’s history. It combines banknote engravings with choreography by Marcos Morau of La Veronal, filmed projections and CG extensions. Nacho Gayán directed it for the agency Sioux meet Cyranos and the production company Agosto. [Glassworks Barcelona]() designed the projections and finished the film in post, and I was one of the studio's 3D artists, building models and animating the banknote sequences and the high-speed train in CG. ## The Film [Una historia de Progreso]() Dance, projected banknote engravings and CG animation connect episodes from Spain’s history. The song carries the film across the centuries, from early exploration to contemporary life. [Columbus at La Rábida and a large numeral five, engraved in light among projected stars.]() (Glassworks Barcelona for Bankinter) [Three engraved sailing ships with crosses on their sails cover the walls around two dancers.]() (Glassworks Barcelona for Bankinter) [Goya's engraved face and the words Cien pesetas cover two walls as dancers move below.]() (Glassworks Barcelona for Bankinter) [Two giant engraved eyes stare from the wall over three dancers and their reflection.]() (Glassworks Barcelona for Bankinter) [Quevedo's portrait and the words El Banco and Pagará al portador fill a tiled wall as dancers run past.]() (Glassworks Barcelona for Bankinter) [Dancers struggle in dust and smoke before a projected explosion on the back wall.]() (Glassworks Barcelona for Bankinter) [Dancers crowd a curving staircase under green engraved leaves and a large numeral one.]() (Glassworks Barcelona for Bankinter) [A dancer's trainers on a floor drawn in light with Olympic rings and Barcelona 92.]() (Glassworks Barcelona for Bankinter) [Glowing orbs float around dancers beneath a red 500, gold stars and cranes in line art.]() (Glassworks Barcelona for Bankinter) [A dancer throws her arm up among large projected white stars.]() (Glassworks Barcelona for Bankinter) [Dancers cross a lit balustrade under a projected map of Europe and a five euro figure.]() (Glassworks Barcelona for Bankinter) [A crowd of dancers moves down a wide city street lined with lamps at dawn.]() (Glassworks Barcelona for Bankinter) ## The Banknotes Historical peseta notes and modern euros supplied the visual references. Glassworks adapted their engravings through cropping, recoloring, mirroring and layering, with portraits such as Goya and Quevedo projected at architectural scale. The armillary sphere from the reverse of the 1992 5,000-peseta note inspired the opening projection. [A dancer stands inside an armillary sphere of light under the words Cinco mil pesetas.]() (Glassworks Barcelona for Bankinter) [A pale peseta note with an armillary sphere on a stand and the numerals 5000.]() — Banco de España, 5,000 pesetas, 1992, reverse. Photo: Ángel M. Felicísimo, CC BY 4.0. (Ángel M. Felicísimo (Amfeli), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Billete\_de\_cinco\_mil\_pesetas\_-\_Crist%C3%B3bal\_Colon.jpg) Hernán Cortés, from the 1992 1,000-peseta note, appears in the projected imagery. [Hernán Cortés's engraved face and a Mil pesetas ribbon are projected behind two dancers.]() (Glassworks Barcelona for Bankinter) [A green 1,000-peseta note with a bearded Hernán Cortés in a hat and ruff.]() — Banco de España, 1,000 pesetas, 1992, with Hernán Cortés. Photo: Ángel M. Felicísimo, CC BY 4.0. (Ángel M. Felicísimo (Amfeli), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Billete\_de\_mil\_pesetas\_-\_Hern%C3%A1n\_Cortes.jpg) Don Quixote from the 1951 one-peseta note provided another illustration reference. [Don Quixote's engraved face looms beside dancers climbing a windmill-shaped frame.]() (Glassworks Barcelona for Bankinter) [A brown one-peseta note with Don Quixote in a wide hat beside the words Banco de España.]() — Banco de España, 1 peseta, 1951, with Don Quixote. Photo: Ángel M. Felicísimo, CC BY 4.0. (Ángel M. Felicísimo (Amfeli), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Billete\_de\_una\_peseta\_-\_Espa%C3%B1a\_1951.jpg) Benito Pérez Galdós from the 1979 1,000-peseta note represents Spain’s literary history. [Galdós's engraved face fills a dark wall beside the outline numerals 1000.]() (Glassworks Barcelona for Bankinter) [A green and blue 1,000-peseta note with a mustached portrait of Benito Pérez Galdós.]() — Banco de España, 1,000 pesetas, 1979, with Benito Pérez Galdós. Photo: Ángel M. Felicísimo, CC BY 4.0. (Ángel M. Felicísimo (Amfeli), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Billete\_de\_mil\_pesetas\_de\_1979.jpg) An engraving of the Banco de España building from the 1971 1,000-peseta note becomes an architectural projection. [Green engravings of a grand building cover a façade as dancers perform on the pavement at night.]() (Glassworks Barcelona for Bankinter) [The green back of a 1,000-peseta note engraved with the Banco de España building.]() — Banco de España, 1,000 pesetas, 1971, reverse. Photo: Ángel M. Felicísimo, CC BY 4.0. (Ángel M. Felicísimo (Amfeli), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Billete\_de\_mil\_pesetas\_-\_Jos%C3%A9\_de\_Echegaray.jpg) El Carbayón of Oviedo, from the 1980 200-peseta note, provided the oak-tree imagery. [Dancers run through a night street below an orange tree and lettering projected on a building.]() (Glassworks Barcelona for Bankinter) [The orange back of a 200-peseta note with a large oak and the words Doscientas pesetas.]() — Banco de España, 200 pesetas, 1980, reverse. Photo: Ángel M. Felicísimo, CC BY 4.0. (Ángel M. Felicísimo (Amfeli), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Billete\_de\_doscientas\_pesetas\_de\_1980.jpg) The film also uses the 1937 Bilbao 100-peseta note, with an Art Deco reverse by Nicolás Martínez Ortiz de Zárate. [A close view of an engraved farmer's arms and an ox, shaded in blue-gray.]() (Glassworks Barcelona for Bankinter) [A worn brown and blue note showing a farmer driving two oxen, with a large 100.]() — Banco de España, Bilbao, 100 pesetas, 1937, reverse. Photo: Jean Michel Etchecolonea, public domain. (Jean Michel Etchecolonea, Wikimedia Commons, public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Billet\_Basque\_100\_Pesetas\_Verso.jpg) Another shows La Fuensanta, the painting by Julio Romero de Torres on the back of the 100-peseta note of 1953. [A close view of La Fuensanta's face, engraved in red, with pearl drop earrings.]() (Glassworks Barcelona for Bankinter) [The brown back of a 100-peseta note with a young woman leaning on a large clay jar.]() — Banco de España, 100 pesetas, 1953, reverse. Photo: Luis Fernández García, public domain. (Luis Fernández García, Wikimedia Commons, public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Billete\_100\_pesetas\_1953\_verso.jpg) ## Making Of Glassworks designed and made many of the visuals before the shoot, then refined them while testing on set, where Xavi Tribó, [Javi Verdugo]() and Raul Cuéllar supervised. Palnoise was the projection mapping technical director, with Alberto Calahorro on video mapping. In post, the team added CG elements and composited them into the filmed projections, so that set and CG read as one picture. I worked as a 3D artist on those CG extensions, in a 3D team led by Javi Verdugo, with Alex Blasco leading 2D. Banjo Soundscapes wrote the music as a brand song that steers clear of the usual advertising jingle, and Mavica sings it. ## Links More on the studios' websites. - [Project on glassworksvfx.com]() - [Watch on Vimeo]() - [Project on agosto.tv]() - [Marketing Directo: Los billetes de euro desvelan la historia de España en la nueva campaña de Bankinter]() - [Reason Why: Bankinter destaca su visión y compromisos con 'Una historia de progreso']() ## Credits - Client: Bankinter - Agency: Sioux meet Cyranos - Production Company: Agosto - Director: Nacho Gayán - Producer: Miguel Ángel Fernández Belando - Executive Producer: Toni Moreno - Agency Producer: Alba Riart - Choreographer: Marcos Morau - Dancers: Alanna Archival, Max Cookward, Valentin Goniot, Oleg Sofianov, Maeva Lassere, Luciana Croatto, Jade Logmo, Alejandro Moya - DOP: Daniel F. Abelló - Production Designer: Pablo Treguebov - Art Director: Vanessa Ramirez - Costume Designer: Adrián Bernal - Video Mapping: Alberto Calahorro - Design & Motion: Glassworks, Comodo, Martin Mörk - On Set Supervisor (Glassworks Barcelona): Xavi Tribó, Javi Verdugo, Raul Cuéllar - Creative Lead 3D (Glassworks Barcelona): Javi Verdugo - 3D Artists (Glassworks Barcelona): Javi Verdugo, Igor Gouziev, Marco Rossi, Kiko Navarro, Germano Mariniello, [Gergely Wootsch](), Taio Prince - Lead 2D (Glassworks Barcelona): Alex Blasco - 2D Artists (Glassworks Barcelona): Alex Blasco, Albert Garcia, Gloria Bernabeu, Sito, Juan Listello - Executive Producer (Glassworks Barcelona): Olaia Casal - Producer (Glassworks Barcelona): Tomas Muñoz - Projection Mapping Technical Director (Glassworks Barcelona): Palnoise - Edit: Lucas Nolla - Color Correction: Moncho Sánchez-Gómez - Music: Banjo Soundscapes - Vocals: Mavica ## Screenings and awards - [XXVI Premios a la Eficacia]() — 2024 — Winner — Bronze, Best Campaign for an Existing Product or Service — Teatro Real, Madrid — October 24