Si fueras tú is a Spanish thriller streaming television series starring María Pedraza, Óscar Casas, Nerea Elizalde, Lucía Díez and Jorge Motos[1] that originally aired in 2017. Produced by RTVE in collaboration with Atomis Media, it consists of an adaptation of the New Zealand teen show Reservoir Hill.
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| Genre | |
| Based on | Reservoir Hill |
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| Directed by | Joaquín Llamas |
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| Country of origin | Spain |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Isabel Raventós |
| Running time | c. 10–20 min |
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| Original release | |
| Network | rtve.es/playz |
| Release | 11 September – 30 October 2017 |
Premise
editThe starting point of the fiction concerns the arrival of Alba, a 17-year-old girl, to a new neighborhood.[2] Adapting at her new school and in the neighborhood becomes all the more difficult because she has striking similarity to another girl, Cris, who disappeared half a year earlier.[2][3]
Cast
edit- María Pedraza as Alba Ruiz Alonso / Cristina Romero[4]
- Óscar Casas as Rafael Castro
- Nerea Elizalde as Nerea Vidal
- Jorge Motos as Hugo Molina
- Lucía Díez as Rocío Sosa
- Adrià Collado as Miguel Alonso
- Juan Blanco as Alberto Blanco
- Ingrid Rubio as Sargento Lara
- Ruth Díaz as Carmen Valle
- Daniel Ibáñez as Dani Romero
Production and release
editSi fueras tú is an adaptation of the New Zealand series Reservoir Hill,[3] and it was produced by RTVE in collaboration with Atomis Media.[5] The screenplay was adapted by Javier Olivares, Anaïs Schaaff and Javier Pascual whereas the episodes were directed by Joaquín Llamas.[6] Isabel Raventós was credited as executive producer.[3] The series began shooting by August 2017 in Madrid.[7] Except the 20-minute-long pilot episode, the rest of episodes do not reach a running time much longer than 10 minutes.[8] The series was presented as a trans-media project where viewers could decide on the direction of the plot, and in which the production crew hence would face the challenge of quickly creating, shooting and wrapping each episodes in barely 5 days based on the audience's decisions.[9][10][11] The pilot premiered on 11 September 2017.[10] The broadcasting run ended on 30 October 2017.[12] A 80-minute-long TV movie cut was broadcast on the RTVE's flagship free-to-air channel La 1 in December 2017. The release of the series served to promote the kickstart of the RTVE's streaming platform playz, which entered operation on 30 October 2017.[13][14]
| No. | Title | Directed by | Original air date |
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| 1 | "Capítulo 1" | Joaquín Llamas | 11 September 2017 |
| 2 | "Capítulo 2" | Joaquín Llamas | 18 September 2017 |
| 3 | "Capítulo 3" | Joaquín Llamas | 25 September 2017 |
| 4 | "Capítulo 4" | Joaquín Llamas | 2 October 2017 |
| 5 | "Capítulo 5" | Joaquín Llamas | 9 October 2017 |
| 6 | "Capítulo 6" | Joaquín Llamas | 16 October 2017 |
| 7 | "Capítulo 7" | Joaquín Llamas | 23 October 2017 |
| 8 | "Capítulo 8" | Joaquín Llamas | 30 October 2017 |
References
edit- Citations
- ^ Quijorna, Christian (6 September 2017). "RTVE presenta 'Si fueras tú': "Es una serie rompedora en la que nadie sabe el final, lo elige la gente"". FormulaTV.
- ^ a b González, Víctor M. (7 September 2017). "Puede que ésta sea tu próxima serie favorita... porque la vas a escribir tú". GQ.
- ^ a b c "La serie 'Si fueras tú', creada por la audiencia, salta de internet a la pequeña pantalla". 20minutos.es. 5 December 2017.
- ^ ""Élite": una nueva temporada sin María Pedraza, ¿qué está haciendo hora la actriz?". El Comercio. 4 March 2020.
- ^ "El fenómeno de internet "Si fueras tú" llega a la 1". La Madrid. 7 December 2017.
- ^ "La serie transmedia 'Si fueras tú' sorprende en MIPCOM". Panorama Audiovisual. 23 October 2017.
- ^ Costas, N. (29 August 2017). "El hermano de Mario Casas, Óscar Casas, protagonista de 'Si fueras tú' en TVE". El Confidencial.
- ^ Marcos, Natalia (4 October 2017). "'Si fueras tú', la serie que hace cómplice a su espectador". El País.
- ^ Hidalgo Marí & Segarra-Saavedra, pp. 113–120.
- ^ a b Gasparyan, Suren (8 December 2017). "Si fueras tú, rodaje exprés al dictado de la audiencia". El Mundo.
- ^ Rascón Sánchez, Mar (4 September 2017). "RTVE prepara el estreno de Si fueras tú, la primera serie transmedia interactiva en España". Hobby Consolas.
- ^ Vázquez-Herrero, González-Neira & Quintas-Froufe 2019, pp. 73–93.
- ^ Peláez, Raquel (25 October 2017). "Playz, la plataforma transmedia de TVE, se estrena el 30 de octubre con 'Inhibidos', 'Colegas' y 'Dorien'". FormulaTV.
- ^ "La serie de Playz 'Si fueras tú' de RTVE, finalista en la primera edición del Festival de Series de Cannes". La Vanguardia. 15 March 2018.
- ^ "Si fueras tú". TV Time. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- Bibliography
- Hidalgo Marí, Tatiana; Segarra-Saavedra, Jesús (2020). "Interactividad transmedia en la ficción televisiva. Análisis del capítulo piloto de 'Si fueras tú' (RTVE)". Documentación de las Ciencias de la Información. 43. Madrid: Ediciones Complutense: 113–120. doi:10.5209/dcin.65965. hdl:10045/107956. S2CID 225536232.
- Vázquez-Herrero, J; González-Neira, A.; Quintas-Froufe, N. (2019). "La audiencia activa en la ficción transmedia: plataformas, interactividad y medición". Revista Latina de Comunicación Social. 74 (74): 73–93. doi:10.4185/RLCS-2019-1322. hdl:2183/25620. ISSN 1138-5820. S2CID 149599052.