Backstage

The Palio of Pomarance, less famous than that of Siena, but certainly equally spectacular, Each year sees challenge in theater the city's inhabitants divided into four districts, assessed at the end of the event by a jury of industry professionals.
Also this year (I had already worked with the district of 'The Centre’ in 2008) I took part in the realization of the performance as head of makeup, assisted in the execution of the make-up of actors and extras from Giorgia and two girls of the district.
Makeup and costumes are original inspiration in the comic 'Cavalier of Gommasgonfia', in which Don Quixote, after a period of inactivity, back into the spotlight, But in a society that no longer belong to him anymore, driven by love for his Dulcinea will be to challenge a world dominated by technology.
The show takes place in a choreography and then strictly in black and white, to remind the viewer the idea of ​​comics, bulwark of amusement yesterday that the company wants to challenge what it is today, the wrong side of the multimedia: chat e interent, strictly color.
So,the show was held, the length of just over 20 minutes, that has staged 87 between actors and extras, All make-up on the spot and eventually won the Palio as a better representation.
All the characters have been loaded with water-based paints, the bottom of which is lying on the sponge or airbrush, and to complete the trick has been applied prosthetic noses made of latex (Hence the creation of the backstage) , cap, mustaches and beards.
To fix the makeup on your face I used the hairspray, that has been sorely tested by the hot temperatures of the day.

Contacted by the agency that was responsible for directing and implementing the movie, I turned the white skin of the actor, in the tan of a farmer who spends his life in the countryside.

The trick has been achieved with a slightly orange cream base, lying on the sponge on the face and arms, buffered with a dark powder, and then airbrushed shaded in darker parts (backs of the arms, front, tip of the nose and cheekbones) with a chocolate brown color, to give the proper effect of a brownish skin and sunburned.

All this took place on location in the estates Mutti, at the foot of the castle of Torrechiara (Parma).