Rehearsal and perfomance of contrasting family scenes

• We changed the original scenes from just role plays to using thought tracking and series of still images to add a further dynamic to the scenes
• For the 1960s family scene, as the children greeted the father instead of just saying 'Hello father, how are you/ how was work/ how was your day?' we stepped out of the scene after saying 'hello father' and said what we thought of our dad using guidance from the traditional characteristics of a father in those days. These included intellectual, brave, courageous, ambitious, trustworthy, athletic and the leader. We then followed that by saying 'and I'm his favourite' to show we all really respected our father so wanted to please him in every possible way.
• For the modern family scene we added in a series of still images that happened when we added in an argument between the mother and the father as the father has just got home and decides to go to the pub. This added a further dimension to the scene and I believe it worked well as it definitely made it more interesting and visually entertaining. This is because it added more levels on the stage however,as the children weren't arguing verbally, it didn't detract the audiences attention form the main argument that had a significant purpose behind it: to show a possible attitude of the father towards the family in present life.