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Final Assignments and Outline including Deadlines
Posted: Nov 19, 2004
ProfessorRogoff November 18th, 2004
Discover New York
Final Assignments and Outline including Deadlines
Remember your TREE
– Thesis, Reasons, Evidence and Examples in both essays.
Deadlines listed below are real! Those who do not meet deadlines via email of discussion board posting will be given an extra final exam.!.
Essay #1
In essay form, compare and contrast a Broadway Play with the Broadway Show’s adaptation or precursor. Please incorporate answers to the questions 1-8 on “Adaptations of Plays” on page 427, of The Art of Watching Films. Essay should be two pages double spaced. Please print out and bring to class, as well as post essay on Web CT by November 30th.
Essay #2
Outline posted on discussion board by November 23rd. Essay must be a minimum of 600 words. Please choose an area of interest in film making that we have discussed in class in reference to one of the following:
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Reminder: No Maps on My Taps, Discover NY in Song and Dance Festival
Posted: Nov 17, 2004
Students: Be prepared for a question in our Q & A , Thursday evening.
Email me a question regarding this film today, Wednesday.
Regards,
Professor Rogoff.
No Maps On My Taps- Discover New York in Song and Dance
No Maps on My Taps - Discover NY Film Festival
2004 Discover New York Film Festival in Song and Dance -
No Maps on My Taps
November 18, 2004 7:00 PM
Bent Hall Auditorium, Room 101A, Queens Campus
As part of the 2004 Discover New York Film Festival in Song and Dance, Discover New York presents
No Maps on My Taps
Professor Rogoff's film No Maps on My Taps has aired nationally and internationally for over two decades. Her film was honored with two Emmy Awards and First Prize's at film festivals worldwide. In addition, Rogoff won a Nomination for Outstanding Writing Achievement from the Writers Guild of America. This feature film, No Maps on My Taps was produced on grants from the AFI, PBS, the CPB, the Ford Foundation and the NEA. This film w
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http://facpub.stjohns.edu/%7Erogoffl/taps.htm
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Laptops for Quiz 11/16 ! Chapters 4-6
Posted: Nov 15, 2004
Please bring your laptop for your quiz on Tuesday 11/16
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Gangs of New York Web Site
Posted: Nov 4, 2004
Here you can choose your area of interest for further exploration
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http://video.movies.go.com/gangsofnewyork/
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Chapter 1 Asbury Book Gangs of New York Excerpt
Posted: Oct 29, 2004
Dear Students:
I was able to find an excerpt from Chapter 1 of
The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld
by Herbert Asbury
Here you will learn the location of Five Points,nd the background of the area and the various Gangs.
You can read this online at Amazon.com. You can buy a used copy online or a used copy at Strand Book store in Manhattan
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1560252758/ref=sib_rdr_ex/002-0869726-6048012?%5Fencoding=UTF8&p=S00I#reader-page
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An Excerpt from Gangs of New York The History of Five Points
Posted: Oct 29, 2004
Students:
Below, I was able to find an online site at Amazon.com where you can read an excerpt on the History of Five Points by Luc Sante.
This is an excerpt from the book, Gangs of New York: Making the Movie by Martin Scorsese. At this site you can also buy used copies of the assigned book by Herbert Asbury, Gangs of New York.
Enjoy your short holiday and don't forget to vote.
Professor Rogoff
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0786868937/ref=sib_rdr_zmin/002-0869726-6048012?%5Fencoding=UTF8&p=S00E&j=1#reader
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Midterm Exam Only on Your Laptop Thursday 10/14
Posted: Oct 13, 2004
Students:
You must have your laptop in class on Thursday. There are no makeup exams and no printouts of the exam. Each class will receive a different exam. This exam is a one-time exam. It is a timed exam. It will begin as class time begins.. Please be on time. It is a combination of True and False with Multiple Choice on Chapters 1-3.
Professor Rogoff
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Directions to Free & Mandatory Screening of Brother from Another Planet
Posted: Oct 8, 2004
Students: I confirmed your reservation for a free Screening of Brother from Another Planet for Homework This weekend only 2PM !!!
Travel Directions
The Museum (http://www.ammi.org/site/about/index.html) entrance is on 35th Avenue at the corner of 36th Street in Astoria.
On WEEKDAYS, use the R or V to Steinway.
On WEEKENDS, take the R or G.
Travel Advisories: Be sure to check the MTA website for complete weekend travel advisories. (http://www.mta.info/nyct/service)
click on map for larger view
By Subway
FROM MANHATTAN:
• Take the R or V (the V has no weekend Steinway service) to Steinway Street.
Use the 34 Avenue exit near end of train. Walk south along Steinway Street, turn right on 35 Avenue. Proceed 2 1/2 blocks to Museum entrance at the corner of 36 Street.
• E to Queens Plaza. Change to R or V
(G on weekends) and proceed to Steinway Street.
Follow the directions from the 34 Avenue exit as detailed above.
• N or W (the W has no weekend Qu
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http://www.mta.info/nyct/service
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Gangs of New York Mid Term Paper
Posted: Oct 7, 2004
Dante Ferretti has been the production designer for many highly regarded European and American films, including Interview with a Vampire, Titus, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, and Fellini's City of Women. Learn how he recreated nineteenth-century Manhattan at Cinécitta Studios in Italy for Martin Scorsese's The Gangs of New York at http://www.theasc.com/magazine/jan03/mean/index.html. Since Gangs is a period piece, Ferretti based its design on careful research, but he also took some liberties in order to convey the film's central themes and emotional power. How, for example, did he create different color palettes to highlight the class distinctions that are central to Scorsese's film? What role did digital augmentation play in the design process and why? What does this article tell you about the relationship of a director and a production designer?
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http://www.theasc.com/magazine/jan03
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Cinematography on Gangs of New York
Posted: Oct 7, 2004
read online essay's on read online essay's on Cinematography of Gangs of New York
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http://www.theasc.com/magazine/jan03/native/page2.html
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Dante Ferretti production Design of Gangs of NY
Posted: Oct 7, 2004
Read Essay online on Dante Ferretti production Design of Gangs of NY
http://www.theasc.com/magazine/jan03/mean/index.html
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http://www.theasc.com/magazine/jan03/mean/index.html
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Movies at the Museum This Weekend You Can See
Posted: Oct 6, 2004
SUBWAY CENTENNIAL FILM FESTIVAL
The Subway Centennial Film Festival continues this holiday
weekend with Hitchcock's classic THE WRONG MAN, the cult
favorite THE WARRIORS, the underground indie feature SUBWAY
RIDERS featuring John Lurie, a documentary about the #7 train,
and a Columbus Day matinee show of COMING TO AMERICA.
Saturday and Sunday both open with a screening of THE #7
TRAIN: AN IMMIGRANT JOURNEY, a short documentary by Hye Jung
Park and J.T. Takagi that explores the lives of four immigrants
who live along and ride the 7 train which traverses Queens, the
most ethnically diverse region in the United States. Saturday
continues with Alfred Hitchcock's THE WRONG MAN, starring Henry
Fonda in a harrowing tale of a musician falsely accused of
murder, and THE WARRIORS, Walter Hill's action-packed drama of
street gangs battling from the Bronx to Coney Island.
The series continues on Sunday with two American
independent features. John Sayles's BROTHER F
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http://www.movingimage.us.
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Thursday 9/23 class in Room 304 of the library!
Posted: Sep 21, 2004
Dear Students:
I have arrange for the Library Information Tutorial program to give us a class on Thursday, September 23. We will meet there for class. Thus, you have more time to find, view and write your essay on "The Pawnbroker."
The Librarian will show us how to do research on films and filmakers throught he St. Johns Library resources. Please meet us at the Library. He will help us learn how to conduct inline research and thus write a better researched paper for this class and all you classes. This is a mandatory class for Discover New York.The Librarian
has written us directions to the room, below.
" The students will come to room 304 of the library, on the 3rd floor, east side of the lobby (facing the great lawn.) Take a right out of the elevator, or left out of the staircase, and you won't miss it.Your class sounds really interesting. I will design the in-class exercise to incorporate the subject matter you have just outlined."
We are doing THE PAWNBROKER now,
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The Pawnbroker & Thematic Elements Chapter 2
Posted: Sep 21, 2004
Chapter 2: Thematic Elements
As this chapter in your textbook points out, the action and characters in a film often have a subtle thematic significance beyond the apparent context of the film itself.
Do you find the filmmakers's analysis of the immigrant experience theme convincing? Do you agree with the contention that this
Film’ s themes are relevant 40 years later. If so why? If not, why not?
Why, not? What do you believe to be the inherent universal themes? Do you think this film is an American classic, If so why? If not, Why not?
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THE PAWNBROKER: Q & A
Posted: Sep 17, 2004
Question
How am I going to compare The
Immigrant and the Pawnbroker if we haven't finished the movie yet? And
when is it due?
Answer:
1. You should go to the(New York Public Library) nypl.org and then go to LEO online and see if your local library has a copy or can order a copy sent to your local library. Or you can call the library and ask the same question. I trust you have a library card. Otherwise you will have to get one.
2. You should go to Blockbuster.com and then see if your local Blockbuster has a copy or can find a copy in your area. Or, you can call the store and ask the same question. I trust you have a Blockbuster card. Othe wise you will have to get one.
3. You can go to blockbuster.com/online amd rent a DVD online or netflix.com and do the same. Both give you a two week trial. You can try one for two weeks and them the other company for two weeks.
You can research, order and read the novel in the nypl.org
4. We discussed The Immiigrant in class i
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REMEMBERING SEPTEMBER 11TH
Posted: Sep 10, 2004
REMEMBERING SEPTEMBER 11TH
Body For those of you who have not read "The Media and Sept 11.doc" in the Introduction to DNY session, please do so. Then post your reactions. You can also incorporate the PBS shows and links below into your essay. Please post it on your home page and the Discussion Area on our Discover NY course web site.
REMEMBERING SEPTEMBER 11TH September 11, 2001 has taken its place in history alongside such days as D-Day, Pearl Harbor, and JFK's assassination. But it is an event that stands alone in contemporary memory. It was a day that shattered America's sense of security and forced the start of a new era in America's international relations and outlook. AMERICAN EXPERIENCE remembers the victims and their families, and offers an in-depth look at one of the targets terrorists attacked on September 11 -- the World Trade Center
. ****************** THE CENTER OF THE WORLD - NEW YORK: A DOCUMENTARY FILM http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/newyork
When filmmaker Ric B
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/newyork
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Post Internet Database Essays on Discussion Thread
Posted: Sep 7, 2004
1. Visit the Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com/), type in the title of a movie of your choice, and read five external reviews of the film. What conclusions does each reviewer draw about its meaning and value? What analysis or examples are provided to support the evaluation? Does the reviewer show any signs of categorical rejection or actor worship? Which review do you think is most effective in expressing the experience and meaning of the film?
Read your classmates postings and then post your essays on your respective classtime home web site Discussion Page Thread. Save a copy in a folder you create on your laptop entitled DSY on Film folder.
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http://www.imdb.com
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Post on Discussion Board
Posted: Sep 7, 2004
Dear Discover NY on Film Students:
I want your reactions posted on the Disccusin Board " 9/11 and the Media" which was create for you today. Please read the article on Sept 11 and
the media in 2004.doc that is in the Course Content session n for the
Introduction to Discover NY page on the original professorrogoff.pageout.net.
Include your specific, detailed reactions to each concept discussed by
the author. How is NY (and New Yorkers) portrayed three years after
9/11. Do you believe what happened on 9/11 to NY and New Yorkers
has been portrayed in both recent film and on television shows since in
2004. How have they been portrayed? How has this portrayal changed
since 2001. Have we changed our media habits? If so how? If not why not?
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http://www.professorrogoff.pageout.net
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Discover how New York City and New Yorkers are portrayed in Film. An introduction to the crafts of Filmmakers in their use of New York and it's inhabitants.
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