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David Melani and his Cortometraggio “Natalino”
A new name to add to the list of artists working in this area – the film maker, David Melani. He has been starting to make a reputation not just with his directing or his editing skills but also with his drive, purpose and all-round organisational abilities as he has been gradually putting together over the last couple of years a complete team dedicated to film making using local actors and technicians. David was in Barga this morning with some of his production team looking for suitable places in Barga Vecchia to film some of the scenes for his latest short film with the working title, at least for the moment, “Natalino”
The film is based around a comic strip drawn by Nazareno Giusti involving the tragic story of a small boy injured during the war in 1944. Some of the scenes from this film had already been shot nearby at Ghivizzano but the streets are too narrow for the scenes involving lorries carrying German troops and so the production company is looking to Barga as a possible alternative.
Sommocolonnia with its history with the Buffalo soldiers and the Gothic line is also being looked at as a possible site for filming.
Le prove generali della prima scena, ambientata al Castello di Ghivizzano Alto, sono avvenute con successo. La settimana prossima cominceranno le riprese !!!
10/02/09 Giacomo Citti Ha passato le prove per i costumi anni 60
11/02/09 Le riprese fissate per domenica 15 sono rimandate per problemi meteorologici
14/02/09 Oggi verrà allestito il set per scene che verranno girate martedì 17 e mercoledì 18
17/02/09 Le riprese di oggi a Ghivizzano Alto si sono svolte con successo !!!
18/02/09 Anche oggi tutto è andato benissimo e sia gli assistenti che gli attori hanno fatto un lavoro eccezionale. Purtroppo non abbiamo fatto in tempo a finire il programma, quindi la settimana prossima saremo ancora a Ghivizzano Alto a girare gli anni 60
22/02/09 Le riprese di stamattina sono terminate con successo ! ringrazio Andrea e Giacomo per la grande recitazione, Moira per il MakeUp, Samantha per le bellissime foto, Nazareno per la costante assistenza e pazienza e Cesare per aver fatto un buon lavoro anche oggi !!! – source the Nuovo Cortometraggio “Natalino” on Facebook
Click on the link below to hear an interview with David (in Italiano)
http://www.barganews.com/barganewsMP3/david_melani_21feb2009.mp3
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