About Us
Plano Secuencia Props & Scenography was born more than fifteen years ago from the culmination of decades of experience in Art Direction and Set Decoration for Cinema, Television, Theater, Advertising and Events. Based in Madrid, Spain, we have thousands of set decoration elements from all kinds of ages and styles available for rental to audiovisual productions.
Our link with the audiovisual and artistic sector dates back more than five decades ago, when Emilio Ardura Ruiz began working as an upholsterer on films, getting to participate in more than two hundred productions to date, in twenty-nine of them as Set Decorator.
Cinematographic Career of Emilio Ardura Ruiz
Our wide selection of vintage specialised props covers innumerable historical periods, from Prehistory to the Contemporary Age, passing through the Metals Ages, Ancient times, Middle Age and Modern era. Some examples of our exclusive material are:
- Siege Armory: Cannons, bombards, chariots, swords, and shields of the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
- Tents, Yurts and Tents: Medieval camps, Arab haimas, military and Roman tents, Indian tipis and Old West styled..
- Lighting: Chandeliers, floor and table lamps, lanterns, torches, sconces, candlesticks and candles.
- Decoration: Basketry, bales, carpets, printing and engravings, books, elements of ornamentation, specific items.
- Glassware, Ceramics and Glass: Dishes, vases, jars, inkwells, cutlery, cooking and farming varied items, vessels and amphoras.
- Basketry: Nets, ropes of all kinds, bales of different sizes, wicker cages, baskets and mats.
- Painting: Replicas of Renaissance and Spanish Golden Age oil paintings, prints.
- Furniture: Medieval, Arab, colonial, rustic and Art Deco furniture, tapestries, clocks, cartography, astrolabes, spyglasses, instruments, typewriters, cash registers, armchairs, thrones, desks, pens, stamps, sealing wax and music stands.
Our props have starred in hundreds of productions and we have had the privilege of working with great directors such as Ridley Scott, Terry Gilliam, Richard Lester, Pedro Almodóvar, Milos Forman, Alejandro Amenábar, Franklin J. Schaffner, Pedro Lazaga, Gonzalo Suárez, Vicente Aranda, Agustín Díaz Yanes, Fernando Trueba, José Luis Cuerda, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Carlos Saura, Jaime de Armiñán ...
... and artists such as Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Christian Bale, Michael Fassbender, Robert de Niro, Nicole Kidman, Brad Pitt, Harvey Keitel, Natalie Portman, Marion Cotillard, Stellan Skarsgard, Viggo Mortensen, Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Orlando Bloom, Liam Neeson, Gabino Diego, Luis Tosar, Javier Cámara, Antonio Resines ...
... together with the best national and international professionals in various technical departments of the audiovisual industry.