Rallies by Berlusconi, Prodi, Fascists and others

(8 Apr 2006) SHOTLIST
AP Television
++AUDIO AS INCOMING++
Naples
1. Wide of Berlusconi supporters and flags
2. Mid of Berlusconi supporters and flags
3. Mid of flags and banners
4. Men holding T-shirt reading (Italian) "Silvio a daft ass"
5. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Vox Pop, Supporter of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
"I vote for Berlusconi because on the other side there is the left which is not very credible, (a candidate) who is a communist, and it is not a case of voting for the left. It is hard. We are starting from a lesser point, we will try as a gesture of solidarity to our president (of his party), who is great."
5. Cutaway crowd of supporters waving flags
6. Various of two women wearing T-shirts supporting Berlusconi
7. Wide of crowd waiving flags
8. Wide set up of Berlusconi and officials on stand waiving to crowd
9. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Silvio Berlusconi, Italian Prime Minister:
Berlusconi: "Would you like to be governed by a man who idolised Stalin, Lenin, Mao Zedong, Pol Pot, by a man who still today admires Fidel Castro?"
Crowd: "No!"
Berlusconi: "I presume that to be the right answer."
10. Crowd with flags cheering
11. Wide of Berlusconi supporters signs, blue and white balloons
12. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Silvio Berlusconi, Italian Prime Minister:
"You can rest assured that Sunday and Monday we will win, because we are not morons. (he says coglione, referring to voters)"
++NIGHT SHOT++
13. Wide of supporters waving flags
AP Television
Rome, 7 April 2006
6. Wide of crowd at Romano Prodi''s rally in Piazza del Popolo
7. Mid of banner showing the cover of the Italian edition of English current affairs magazine ''The Economist'' with a picture of Berlusconi on the cover
8. Mid of flags, crowd
9. Wide of flags, crowd
10. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Romano Prodi, Italian centre-left coalition leader:
"My call is not only a call for people to go and vote, but also a call to rebuild Italy. A call for the reconstruction of Italy. It is a call for young people to learn and to dare. A call for the old people to give us wisdom and protect the memory of our history. A call for women to give their contribution to rebuild a country able to carry the mark of their skills. After five sad years, we have the opportunity for a change, and we must renew our pride in being Italians."
11. Pan of flags with Prodi waving to crowd
12. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Vox pop, Prodi supporter:
"I think Prodi is a serious person who knows how to lead the country and to rebuild it and go forward."
13. Man wearing T-shirt reading "I am a ''coglione''
14. Ulivo banner
15. Wide of supporters
AP Television
Rome, 7 April 2006
16. Medium shot of the Green party''s gazebo with nuns walking, at Greens'' rally in Piazza Torre Argentina
17. Close up of Greens stickers
18. Medium shot of Greens campaigner under the gazebo handing out items
Rome, 6 April 2006
19. Wide shot Piazza del Popolo
20. Wide of group of police gathered on plaza
21. Fiamma Tricolore (fascists) supporters arriving by cars for their campaign rally
22. Various of Fiamma Tricolore supporters in plaza holding black flags
Rome, 7 April 2006
23. Wide of stage set up for Refounded Communist Party rally in Trastevere
24. Mid of musicians playing with Communist flags behind
25. Communist supporters attending the rally
26. Police standing nearby
27. Wide of Communist supporters gathered in square
STORYLINE
Italians hoped for a break from angry political rhetoric on Saturday, a day ahead of general elections and at the end of a bitter and divisive race that was largely consumed by mudslinging.
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