Hi girls!
So, after the break, now we’re back with our blogs and our weekly discussions. This week we focus on the elections. It is an interesting and complex period, I try to follow it and I have to say that here in Italy it’s quite difficult, due to new associations within political parties, quarrels on the distribution of tasks etc.
Our task was to follow the candidates on the left or on the right and I followed the candidates on the right: senator McCain and Partito delle Libertà.
I watched the videos and I noticed some differences:
· In his videos, McCain focuses on individual values: courage, faith, strength; instead Berlusconi focuses on the people’s will of reaffirmation after the government of the left parties.
· McCain’s videos are much more evocative than those of Berlusconi. McCain videos are done like short films (with sound-tracks, scenes montage, sets, landscapes); instead Berlusconi’s videos are mostly interviews done in television news studios.
I think that these differences are linked with the fact that we’re talking about two different nations and cultures, but another reason is the personal history of the candidates. McCain is a veteran of Vietnam: one of his videos begins with an interview done when he was a soldier. He insists on courage, on the service for the mother country, on faith. These are the most important things for a soldier and McCain wants to behave like this to guide America. As Berlusconi is concerned, he wants to underline the negative aspects of the left government, to persuade people to vote for him and so the interview is the best way to talk about this, since it is more clear and direct. The common thing between them is the fact that both use slogans, for example McCain’s “A man in the arena” or Berlusconi’s “Stand up Italy!”. I think that these slogans are linked to the facts that I said before: McCain is a man in the arena, like a soldier who is fighting; Berlusconi underlines the fact that left parties led Italy into difficulty.
Bye,
Vale
So, after the break, now we’re back with our blogs and our weekly discussions. This week we focus on the elections. It is an interesting and complex period, I try to follow it and I have to say that here in Italy it’s quite difficult, due to new associations within political parties, quarrels on the distribution of tasks etc.
Our task was to follow the candidates on the left or on the right and I followed the candidates on the right: senator McCain and Partito delle Libertà.
I watched the videos and I noticed some differences:
· In his videos, McCain focuses on individual values: courage, faith, strength; instead Berlusconi focuses on the people’s will of reaffirmation after the government of the left parties.
· McCain’s videos are much more evocative than those of Berlusconi. McCain videos are done like short films (with sound-tracks, scenes montage, sets, landscapes); instead Berlusconi’s videos are mostly interviews done in television news studios.
I think that these differences are linked with the fact that we’re talking about two different nations and cultures, but another reason is the personal history of the candidates. McCain is a veteran of Vietnam: one of his videos begins with an interview done when he was a soldier. He insists on courage, on the service for the mother country, on faith. These are the most important things for a soldier and McCain wants to behave like this to guide America. As Berlusconi is concerned, he wants to underline the negative aspects of the left government, to persuade people to vote for him and so the interview is the best way to talk about this, since it is more clear and direct. The common thing between them is the fact that both use slogans, for example McCain’s “A man in the arena” or Berlusconi’s “Stand up Italy!”. I think that these slogans are linked to the facts that I said before: McCain is a man in the arena, like a soldier who is fighting; Berlusconi underlines the fact that left parties led Italy into difficulty.
Bye,
Vale
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