1). Reflection Post#4: Placido vs Goodfellas. Variety of Biopics 2) Reflection Post #5: Suburra and Sopranos symbolic spaces 3) Reflection Post: A Chiara

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Reflection Post#4: Placido vs Goodfellas. Variety of Biopics. Due 2/21 2:00pm

Carmen WRITTEN Reflection posts (15% of Final Grade)

You are expected to post short response papers using your Discussion Group on Canvas. Prompts will be posted on Canvas under the Discussion after each class and must be submitted the day before the following class at 2:00 pm. Please compose your posts in Word or Google Docs to use the spell and grammar check and save a copy before copying and pasting your posts on the Discussion Board. To receive credit, written responses should consist of 300-350 words. These reflection posts will be graded based on content and length, and you must stay within the word limit (for written answers) and specifically answer the prompt. Incomplete posts earn partial credit reflecting their degree of completion (i.e., a post that is only half the minimum word count will earn 50%). Please avoid a simple plot summary. Your lowest WRITTEN Reflection grade will be dropped!

Preparatio

To receive full credit, you must answer all elements of the prompt, and avoid plot summary.

Academic Integrity

• • Open-book research from THE ASSIGNED READINGS ONLY FOR THIS WEEK IS PERMITTED AND ENCOURAGED AS LONG AS YOU CITE YOUR SOURCES as outlined below
    Examples: Maggitti, p. 42; Renga, p. 13

Instructions

Discussion Question for Placido and Goodfellas. Variety of biopics

• Reflect on the aesthetic form as a narrator technique in both Scimeca and Scorsese’s biopics. How would you compare these two stories and the ways through which they are presented to the viewers? What are the main characteristics that make them engaging, dark, expressive, or dissimilar? Realism and mob fascination? Storytelling or voiceover? Activism vs opportunism?
• In what ways Goodfellas, although praised for showing a more “realistic” and “grittier” depiction of the mob, still suggests a romanticization of mob life and a male dominant society?
• Pick TWO scenes, one per each film and compare them to support your argument. Include a quote by Cerro and Orsitto.

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Reflection Post: Suburra and Sopranos symbolic spaces Apr 2, 2:00pm

Carmen WRITTEN Reflection posts (15% of Final Grade)

You are expected to post short response papers using your Discussion Group on Canvas. Prompts will be posted on Canvas under the Discussion after each class and must be submitted the day before the following class at 2:00 pm. Please compose your posts in Word or Google Docs to use the spell and grammar check and save a copy before copying and pasting your posts on the Discussion Board. To receive credit, written responses should consist of 300-350 words. These reflection posts will be graded based on content and length, and you must stay within the word limit (for written answers) and specifically answer the prompt. Incomplete posts earn partial credit reflecting their degree of completion (i.e., a post that is only half the minimum word count will earn 50%). Please avoid a simple plot summary. Your lowest WRITTEN Reflection grade will be dropped!

See Rubric!

What to do: Review the instructions for this week’s discussion posting.

Preparation

To receive full credit, you must answer all elements of the prompt, and avoid plot summary.

Academic Integrity

• Open-book research from THE ASSIGNED READINGS ONLY FOR THIS WEEK IS PERMITTED AND ENCOURAGED AS LONG AS YOU CITE YOUR SOURCES as outlined below
  Examples: Maggitti, p. 42; Renga, p. 13

Instructions

Discussion Question for Suburra: Blood on Rome and Sopranos symbolic spaces

• Characters and Spaces. In what ways we can compare the spaces and places described and narrated in Suburra to previous Tv series or films, specifically The Sopranos? How are characters similarly depicted as criminals while also being projected differently in their attitudes/motives? Reflect also on the journey to Naples in the Sopranos 2.04 Commendatori. How are spaces impacting our perceptions of the characters in terms of culture, justice, redemption, ethnicity or gender? You may also reflect on the significance of spaces and how our protagonists inhabit these locations, pass by, and transform them. Are there any elements that shocked you or left you confused as viewers or intrigued you?

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Discussion Topic: Reflection Post: A Chiara Due 04/16, 2:00pmReflection Post: A Chiara Due 04/16, 2:00pm

Carmen WRITTEN Reflection posts (15% of Final Grade)

You are expected to post short response papers using your Discussion Group on Canvas. Prompts will be posted on Canvas under the Discussion section after each class and must be submitted before the next class. To receive credit, written responses should consist of 300-350 words. These reflection posts will be graded based upon content and on length, and you must stay within the word limit (for written answers) and specifically answer the prompt. Incomplete posts earn partial credit reflecting their degree of completion (i.e. a post that is only half the minimum word count will earn 50%). Please avoid simple plot summary. Your lowest WRITTEN Reflection grade will be dropped!

See Rubric!

Academic Integrity

• Getting help is not permitted.
• Copying or reusing previous work is not permitted
• Collaborating or completing the assignment with others is not permitted
• Open-book research from THE ASSIGNED READINGS ONLY FOR THIS WEEK IS PERMITTED AND ENCOURAGED AS LONG AS YOU CITE YOUR SOURCES

Discussion Questions for A Chiara

For this last reflection post, I provided the themes we discussed in class on Fridays. Please pick the category you find most interesting and provide your interpretation/thesis on its function in the narrative.

Integrate the theme with ONE scene analysis (not the car explosion, the opening, or the finale) in which you discuss and analyze cinematic aspects (techniques, camera, mise-en-scene, sound, focus…) to explore Chiara more in-depth. Guiding questions: How is Chiara presented to us? How does she navigate the whirlwind of emotions and ambivalence? Does she have agency? Does she remind you of previous strong female characters in Mafia movies?

1)Cinematography and Technical Strategies —- THE RUN, the Handheld camera, lighting, etc…

2)Unique sounds and use of silence — the bombing, hiding, the gym?

3)Spatial symbolism – places to be and places to avoid, hiding and resisting

4)Allegiance and Alignment — How can we dissect the personalities of the bad guys? What type of masculinity do they exhibit? Do they resemble previous mobsters?

5) Families’ birthday dinners and dialogues, contrasting feelings

6)Meta/reflections —- role of Antonio, the fight with the Roma community, the quest for justice….

Note to follow the instructions and let me know if you need anything also please focus on the details and get what the exact requested sources along with this i would like to inform you that you will need to reply to 2 peers for the 3 reflections but after you finish i will provide them to you so that you response .