ASSIGNMENT 1 due Sept 3

Materials are in LECTURE 0

TASK 1: SCREEN VIDEOS     1   3   7   8    9   10

CUES

For each of these videos, take notes, in bullet form. Your notes may be just to help you remember a particularly significant detail, something that struck you for whatever reason: maybe the message, maybe the symbolism, maybe the filming technique. You can also jot down your personal observations and reflections (you will need your notes for quizzes and exams.)

TASK 2:  screen THE BLACK HAND

CUES for classroom discussion

What are the overt ITALIAN cues in the video, the details that the audience of those times (primarily non-Italian) would easily identify, OR, would learn to identify from this video. Make an effort to put yourself in the shoes of the contemporary audience for whom going to the movies was a real big deal and an extraordinary experience. How easy was it to be manipulated? How easy is it today to be manipulated by the media?
 

TASK 3:  screen SKYSCRAPERS OF NEW YORK    Notes with a summary of the plot.

CUES  What are the common traits attributed to Italians in Black Hand and Skyscrapers? 

TASK 4:   CUES

What are the dominants traits attributed to Italians in the cartoons? What is the "narrative" about them?