conducting some experiments.

experiment one

After going to central london with the group to watch a film being premiered we went off in our individual groups with the taks to film three different types of scenarios to analyse passers by , one between freind or a couple arguing, one where someone falls over and one where someone drops their purse, whilst one of the group members secretly film it. Some of the experiments worked really well especially the arguing ones, people walking by stared, builders stopped doing their work and paused with a cup of coffee and cigarette to observe as if it was a free , live version of eastenders. These reactions told us different things about our society. It kind of showed to me that we thrive off drama to a certain extent and that simple things like a couple arguing prove to be entertainment

experiment two

In our individal group Sammy , Ayla and i stuggled to come up with an experiment which was close to that of the milgrim study. In the end we came up with an idea where we could still change the variables and try new things each time.

we decided to base it on an exam like situation and conduct a short questionnaire in a classroom with random students from the college we were working in on Mondays. We would on our lunch time send someone out to recuite a few volunteers to take part in this 'survey'

During this experiment we would have two actors , one taking on board the role of the teacher conducting the 'test' and breifing everyone before and handing out the papers and one the student who was also an actor. The student was our variable we aimed to change the experiment a few times with different situations to see different reactions. the first idea we had which we did not end up performing due to health and safety was to have a smoke machine put behind the door and let into the room, the teacher and the student actor would not acknowledge the smoke, the actor would cough slightly but not react to it whilst the real student/s would have to contemplate whether to say anything or conform. We also did this experiment with the variable of a couple arguing outside, the argument would escalate and lead the student in the room to maybe react or would they conform again to the majority?...

The experiment worked really well at times and gave us a good reaction to analise and work with but at other timeshealth and safety reguulations clashed with what we were doing or the experiments simply didnt prove us right. It was a case of trial and error

It also led us to a group discussion where we questionned social behaviour such as what would you do if you saw a bag on a train unnatended , would you be suspicio? would you steal it? would you turn a blind eye?