Monografo Open “La Revuelta” With Character & Chaos

The team at motion studio MonoGrafo layer up a chaotic chase through the streets of Mardid in this title sequence for La Revuelta, a popular Spanish comedy and interview talk show broadcast on RTVE’s La 1 channel.

Fernando Marcilla, CD at Monografo: Beyond the race between the host David Broncano and the giant drum, we wanted to avoid a conventional narrative or a rigidly planned sequence. In that way, the plan was not to have a plan.

Instead, we approached the opening almost as an exercise in automatic writing: starting with a few ideas, drawing and animating them, and letting each new image suggest the next one.
 

“The final piece is the result of accumulating layers — drawings, animation, 3D, compositing, visual accidents — until they started to form a coherent world of their own.”

 
The edit became the place where we built situations, visual gags, unexpected connections and small absurdities – putting shots together and seeing what emerged. Rather than following a storyboard, the sequence grew organically through experimentation, constantly adding, removing, and reshaping elements.

Visually, the sequence was built through a very hands-on process. Most of the artwork was painted in Procreate and then animated in Procreate Dreams, allowing us to keep the texture, looseness and imperfections of hand-drawn animation. We also introduced a few 3D elements, which were then integrated with the illustrated material.

Everything was composited in After Effects, using the edit as the main tool for creating rhythm and cohesion. The final piece is the result of accumulating layers — drawings, animation, 3D, compositing, visual accidents — until they started to form a coherent world of their own.
 

Images

 
A group of people with cartoon faces stand in a city street at night behind large, fiery yellow letters spelling FIVER as a person on a scooter rides past. Channeling the spirit of Character & Chaos, the scene bursts with energy and unpredictability, while trees and buildings are visible in the background. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

An illustrated gorilla in a red jacket points a smoking revolver upwards—a scene inspired by the La Revuelta TV show opening titles by Monografo. Bright pink letters behind spell BANG, with a yellow-orange burst above the gun, emphasizing the shot. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

A colorful, pop-art style image inspired by La Revuelta shows multiple versions of a man in motion, outlined in vibrant colors, with a halftone pattern and abstract background elements that evoke both Character & Chaos. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

A giant purple octopus tentacle appears in the foreground of a city street at night, as cars avoid a cracked crater with yellow caution tape in the road—an uncanny scene straight from Character & Chaos. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

A person climbs a tall building overlooking a city at sunset, with large yellow text reading LA REVUELTA across the image—a striking visual by Fernando Marcilla. Frame from Stash Magazine article.
 

Credits

 
Client: RTVE

Production: El Terrat
Director: David Martínez
DoP: Raúl Vaquero

Post: Monografo
CD/ Illustrator/animator: Fernando Marcilla
Motion designer/3D: Carlos Serrano
Motion designer: David López
Motion designer/Illustrator: Jose Manuel González
Producer: Cristina González