Thursday, July 23, 2009

So, this is regarding the first freezeframe we did about
Competition within a Family.
The role i froze as was The Father, who is the sole breadwinner.

Research on Office politics:
Trouble with bosses- Bosses that do not acknowledge work done, that do not make an effort to show concern about employees, that make employees feel insignificant (see the movie: The Devil wears Prada or the trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zicgut4gpwU cant upload sorry!)
Backstabbers and whistle blowers
Stealing credit- We might already have these unplesant experiences in school.
Rumours- Sexual harrasment? How to deal with it?
Climbing the ladder- and stepping on everyone along the way? or being too nice and ending up at the bottom?
Boss's pets- jealousy/envy!
co-workers who are: overachievers? bootlickers? appear helpful to all?

main ideas from http://www.officepolitics.com/

Ideas!
In addition to what we had brainstormed, about the father having "trouble" in the workplace and feeling unhappy with his wife's constant comparisons,
maybe we can add some more dimensions to his character:
+ he could be involved in something illegal? (if he is an accountant, maybe faking the financial records?) This could make him even more stressed and snappy towards his family.
+ he could be sexually harrassed? (and maybe so unhappy with his wife that he encourages it?)
+ he could be a workaholic because he would rather be at work than at home (and face the feuding siblings and disgusting [to him?] wife)

ZhiPing!