Televisa San Angel
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Televisa San Angel is a motion picture and television
studio located in Mexico City
. It was originally built by Jorge Stahl as a motion picture studio, and in the 1970s
would be sold to the Azcárraga
family, which, through ownership of the Televisa
networks, continues to own the studios. It is the headquarter facility of the Centro de Educacion Artistica
(CEA) and the Videocine (formerly Televicine) motion picture production and distribution company. The network's Centro de Post Produccion is also housed at San Angel. Moreover, it is best known as a motion picture and television studio. It is the oldest movie and television production facility in Mexico and the most famous telenovela
studio facility in Latin America.
took over the facility in 1970; under the watch of the network and its successor, Televisa, the studio would become a leading production facility in Mexico. In 1979, Televisa's Televicine (now Videocine) motion picture unit was established; at the same time the network's Centro de Educacion Artistica was set up at the studio.
Mexico's first electronic character generator
was installed at Televisa San Angel in 1980; it would be replaced in 1987 by a Chyron machine. When the 1985 Mexico City Earthquake
struck down Televisa's Chapultepec studios, two programs that had originated there, En Familia Con Chabelo and Siempre en Domingo, moved production permanently to Televisa San Angel. Many Televisa contract players who had worked at Chapultepec began to work at San Angel at this time. Several of them have worked at the studios in both the pre-Televisa and modern eras of the facility.
. Each sound stage measures 900 square meters (9,687 square feet). The Centro de Post Produccion is the most advanced post-production facility of its kind in the world, and contains 10 editing stations. There is a wide assortment of microphones at San Angel, including lavalier
, boom
, handheld and headset
microphones, most of them wireless. Most telenovelas produced at the studio use boom and lavalier microphones. An average of 15 telenovelas and several other television series, not to mention a handful of theatrical movie releases are produced at San Angel every year. Each studio contains three cameras a laptop computer. Televisa San Angel also contains five audio recording studios and three mixing suites.
Thirty different producers who have been with Televisa for years have offices at San Angel. These include Andre Barren Diaz, Pedro Damian
, Guillermo del Bosque, Luis de Llano Macedo
, Carla Estrada
, Emilio Larrosa
, Chabelo
, Rosy Ocampo, Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo
, Juan Osorio
, and Enrique Segoviano
.
Televisa San Angel's main entrance plaza, Plaza Televisa, is dedicated to the producers, directors, actors and other personnel who have been with Televisa, off and on, for at least 30 years total. Plaques at Plaza Televisa honor many of these personnel. Most of the honored personnel are famous, including many actors as well as some of the aforementioned producers.
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
studio located in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
. It was originally built by Jorge Stahl as a motion picture studio, and in the 1970s
1970s
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would be sold to the Azcárraga
Azcárraga
Azcárraga is a surname of Basque origin. Nowadays, it is held by families not only in Spain, but also in Mexico, and other countries as well.- Etymology :...
family, which, through ownership of the Televisa
Televisa
Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
networks, continues to own the studios. It is the headquarter facility of the Centro de Educacion Artistica
Centro de Educación Artística
The Centro de Educación Artística of Televisa is an entertainment educational institution in Latin America. It was founded on September 26, 1978 and it is located in the facilities of Televisa San Ángel in Mexico City....
(CEA) and the Videocine (formerly Televicine) motion picture production and distribution company. The network's Centro de Post Produccion is also housed at San Angel. Moreover, it is best known as a motion picture and television studio. It is the oldest movie and television production facility in Mexico and the most famous telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
studio facility in Latin America.
History
Televisa San Angel is one of two surviving motion picture studios in Mexico. The other, Estudios Churubusco Azteca, had been cofounded by, ironically, Televisa San Angel's current owners. The studio had been built by Jorge Stahl as a production facility; the earliest Mexican movie to credited with being filmed at San Angel is Mi Campeon, released in 1952. At least 60 different motion pictures would be produced at the studio until 1969. Telesistema MexicanoTelesistema Mexicano
Telesistema Mexicano is the predecessor of Televisa. Telesistema Mexicano was a television alliance made up of the independently owned television flagship stations XEW Canal 2, XHTV Canal 4, and XHGC Canal 5 in Mexico, Distrito Federal.-History:...
took over the facility in 1970; under the watch of the network and its successor, Televisa, the studio would become a leading production facility in Mexico. In 1979, Televisa's Televicine (now Videocine) motion picture unit was established; at the same time the network's Centro de Educacion Artistica was set up at the studio.
Mexico's first electronic character generator
Character generator
A character generator, often abbreviated as CG, is a device or software that produces static or animated text for keying into a video stream. Modern character generators are computer-based, and can generate graphics as well as text...
was installed at Televisa San Angel in 1980; it would be replaced in 1987 by a Chyron machine. When the 1985 Mexico City Earthquake
1985 Mexico City earthquake
The 1985 Mexico City earthquake, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake that struck Mexico City on the early morning of 19 September 1985 at around 7:19 AM , caused the deaths of at least 10,000 people and serious damage to the greater Mexico City Area. The complete seismic event...
struck down Televisa's Chapultepec studios, two programs that had originated there, En Familia Con Chabelo and Siempre en Domingo, moved production permanently to Televisa San Angel. Many Televisa contract players who had worked at Chapultepec began to work at San Angel at this time. Several of them have worked at the studios in both the pre-Televisa and modern eras of the facility.
The Facility
Televisa San Angel is divided into 16 sound stages known as "Foros". As of 2007, three of them had converted into high definitionHigh-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
. Each sound stage measures 900 square meters (9,687 square feet). The Centro de Post Produccion is the most advanced post-production facility of its kind in the world, and contains 10 editing stations. There is a wide assortment of microphones at San Angel, including lavalier
Lavalier
A lavalier is a type of jewelry, consisting of a pendant, sometimes with one stone, suspended from a necklace.-General jewelry:A lavalier is named for the type of pendant popularized by the Duchesse de la Vallière, a mistress of King Louis XIV of France. Within the fashion world, the name was...
, boom
Boom
-Pole or spar application:* Boom , spar at the foot of a sail on a sailboat* Boom , a wishbone shaped piece of windsurfing equipment* Boom barrier, a barrier used to block vehicular access through a controlled point...
, handheld and headset
Headset
Headset may refer to:*Headset , audio headphone, particularly with an attached microphone*Headset , a bicycle part that connects the fork to the frame*Headset , an electronica / hip-hop group...
microphones, most of them wireless. Most telenovelas produced at the studio use boom and lavalier microphones. An average of 15 telenovelas and several other television series, not to mention a handful of theatrical movie releases are produced at San Angel every year. Each studio contains three cameras a laptop computer. Televisa San Angel also contains five audio recording studios and three mixing suites.
Thirty different producers who have been with Televisa for years have offices at San Angel. These include Andre Barren Diaz, Pedro Damian
Pedro Damián
Pedro Damián is a Mexican actor, television producer and director, who was executive producer for two teen telenovelas, Clase 406 and Rebelde, distributed within and outside Mexico.-Acting:...
, Guillermo del Bosque, Luis de Llano Macedo
Luis de Llano Macedo
-History:Born in Mexico City in 1945. He is the son of television producer Luis de Llano Palmer and actress Rita Macedo. His older sister is the actress and singer Julissa. He started as a technician in a TV station in San Antonio, Texas at the early age of 17. In 1969 he becomes director of...
, Carla Estrada
Carla Estrada
Carla Estrada is one of the foremost telenovela producers of Latin America.On 2005 the Mexican government decided to place a statue of the producer in one of Mexico City's most important parks and on January, 2007 she appeared on People En Españols list of The 100 Most Influential Hispanics in the...
, Emilio Larrosa
Emilio Larrosa
Emilio Larrosa is a TV producer who has produced telenovelas and soap operas for Televisa.Larrosa produced the telenovella Hasta que el dinero nos separe, broadcast in 2009, and in In 2010, the telenovela Dos Hogares - an original mystery story about the relationship of two people, both broadcast...
, Chabelo
Chabelo
Xavier López , better known as "Chabelo," is a Mexican actor and a TV host. He has been working on television for about 45 years. "Chabelo" has participated in more than thirty motion pictures and recorded more than thirty musical albums. He also has produced many shows like La Cuchufleta and La...
, Rosy Ocampo, Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo
Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo
Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo Pallás is a Mexican comedian, actor, film director, screenwriter, television producer and host....
, Juan Osorio
Juan Osorio
Juan Mauel Osorio is a Mexican telenovela and music producer.-References:...
, and Enrique Segoviano
Enrique Segoviano
Enrique Segoviano Enrique Segoviano Enrique Segoviano (born December 6, 1944, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic is a Dominican–Mexican television producer and director. He is best known as the original producer and director of Chespirito's various 1970s television series as well as for...
.
Televisa San Angel's main entrance plaza, Plaza Televisa, is dedicated to the producers, directors, actors and other personnel who have been with Televisa, off and on, for at least 30 years total. Plaques at Plaza Televisa honor many of these personnel. Most of the honored personnel are famous, including many actors as well as some of the aforementioned producers.