Hawadet | The Crossing to Andalusia — Cinematic 3D Series

Original ProjectThe Crossing to Andalusia ========================= A cinematic 3D historical series telling of Tariq ibn Ziyad's crossing to Andalusia in 711 CE — not as a single heroic set piece, but as a chain of small decisions: silence, timing, discipline. A race against time before word reaches the other shore.

GenreHistorical narrative

FormatCinematic 3D

StatusEpisode one in production

Scripts4 episodes written

![The Crossing to Andalusia — key art](https://media.hawadet.com/website/portfolio/andalus-keyart.webp)

A scene from production ----------------------- A shot from work on the first episode.

How we make it -------------- The entire creative cycle is human and traditional. AI's only role is to turn our approved drawings into 3D environments and cinematic camera motion — a tool for executing the image, not the author or the director.

**Script**A narrative screenplay with a single voiceover, built on historical sources, without exaggeration.

**Sketch & storyboard**Every shot is hand-drawn and approved before execution.

**Voice acting**A human performance, directed music, and a full mix.

**Environment execution**The director reviews every shot; we regenerate until the result matches the drawn board.

[Read our full methodology](/en/studio)

The written episodes -------------------- - **Episode 1** — The Crossing - **Episode 2** — The Battle of Guadalete - **Episode 3** — Toledo - **Episode 4** — The Crossing of Musa ibn Nusayr

Case Study ----------

The concept & the challengeTurning a well-known historical event — Tariq ibn Ziyad's 711 CE crossing — into a cinematic 3D series without slipping into overblown epic or documentary dryness. The production challenge: epic environments (sea, strait, Visigothic cities, crowds) on a sensible budget and schedule.

Our approachWe started from the script: a single-voiceover narrative built on historical sources, focused on the real tension — a race against time before the movement is discovered — not on rhetoric. We hand-drew the sketch, storyboard and animatic, recorded a human voice performance and directed the music. The 3D environments are executed with generation from our approved drawings, shot by shot under the director's review.

The outcomeFour fully written episodes (The Crossing, Guadalete, Toledo, The Crossing of Musa ibn Nusayr), with episode one in production — executed scenes and a promo with sound design.

What it demonstratesIt shows Hawadet can build a historical narrative at cinematic visual scale and a lower cost than traditional 3D, while keeping historical accuracy and human direction.

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