In every instance I have tried to tell the stories and sing the songs in the most direct way possible looking straight into camera to make the audience feel as if I am telling and singing it just to them. Go to the bottom of the page to find some of the reasoning behind telling the old traditional tales.
Traditional stories are completely linear with a definite beginning, middle and end. Rather than being emotionally and socially described, the characters are usually defined by the way that they talk, the things that they say and the way that they behave. The characters are clear cut and have definite roles in the driving forward of the narrative, there is usually very little 'internalisation' of the character the definition comes from their actions and without a lot of explanation. Traditional stories have a lot of repetition in them to aid with concentration and participation, there is also a familiarity and a logical progression in the repetition.