Q1: Give an advantage and a disadvantageof using Thrust Staging.
A1: Advantages -
The main advantage of Thrust Staging is the freedom it gives you to stage a scene. You don't constantly have to turn to face the audience making some scene seem unrealistic as you need to face the audience even when speaking to one another. With Thrust Staging it gives you the freedom to roam around the space without having to keep your body facing forward at all times. It also gives the audience a very intamite feel, that they are a part of the scene rather than excluded from it. It gives them a sense of being a part of what is going on stage meaning they feel included and can often make the play more relatable for the audience.
Disadvantages -
A disadavntage is that sight lines may be a problem as there are three places that the audiences view could be coming from. Plays using this staging are often staged more naturaly as you don't have to always direct it to one plcae, this means the actors will have there backs to one side of the audience at various time blocking their view. It also makes moving across the stage harder as their are three different sigh lines coming too you, therefore you must work out the way you cross the stage without blocking other actors from view. The fact its a square also means the number of ways you can move across the stage increase because you can move in different directions, not just up and down.
Q2: As an actor what are the challenges you think you will have personally being directed in this space?
A1: Advantages -
Disadvantages -
A disadavntage is that sight lines may be a problem as there are three places that the audiences view could be coming from. Plays using this staging are often staged more naturaly as you don't have to always direct it to one plcae, this means the actors will have there backs to one side of the audience at various time blocking their view. It also makes moving across the stage harder as their are three different sigh lines coming too you, therefore you must work out the way you cross the stage without blocking other actors from view. The fact its a square also means the number of ways you can move across the stage increase because you can move in different directions, not just up and down.
Q2: As an actor what are the challenges you think you will have personally being directed in this space?
A2: Some challenges I will have are understanding the concept of this stage. As an actor i'am used to being diected in a Proscenium stage. I find it hard to understand thst in a thrust stage having your back to the audience at points is okay as I'am used to always having o be aware that your back is not to the auidence. Obviously I will still have to be aware of my position as their is a limit to how much you have your back to the audience. Therefore it is about finding a balance as you still must be spatialy aware. A challenge is that as I start to adapt to this staging I may start to lose my awareness of positions. This is because its easier to adapt by forgeting your spaitial awareness rather than slowly change your think process through hard work. If this happens then I may start to close in and block the audiences view completley. This means I must work hard to find the middle ground between the two stagings.
Q3: How have we staged the prologue? Why have we made these choices? What is the effect that is created?
A3: The prologue has been staged using light. We had around 8 groups, each one representing the same taxi. Each group had about 3 to 4 people in them, the main boy who had the lines would sit on the stool and the other 2 or 3 people would represent the headlights and passenger if theres a 4th person. The groups would be scattered about the room facing different directions apart from facing the back. Each groups torch light would turn on when it was their time to speak, so you get the effect of it rippling across the room from group to group. We made the choice to have the lights on one at a time to draw the audiences attention to that particluar groups piece. Lights are very interesting to work with and can easily distract an audience member if everyones lights are on at the same time, drawing them away from the piece as a whole. The choice to have small grouped taxis rather than one whole taxi was done to represent the aspect of many taxis and how they are all linked. It is one passage of text yet it is shared between many people. This shows how things in the East End are all connected and you can't have one incident that doen't affect other people. It also links back to the conversation the taxi driver is having with his passenger. The effect of darkness with small amounts of light creates a sense of intimacy and enhances the connection the audience has with the play. This also links to the intimacy that is created with Thurst Staging. It creates an effect of mysteriousness as with the lights off its hard to see whats going on in the background. This atmophsere also links to the East End as its a very mesterious place where no one knows whats going on behind closed doors or down the ally ways. Overall, the atmosphere created is very intamite yet distant as you feel connected and close to whats happening on stage yet the full picture isn't shown so you aren't completely aware of what you are connecting to.
Q4: What is your role in the tale 1? How has it been staged? Why have these choices been made? What are the strengths of this piece so far? What developments need to happen throughout the rehearsal period?
A4: My role in tale 1 is the role of a young girl, probaly quiet a gossipy one who texts her friends a lot and enjoys social media.We represent the use of social medias and socilaizing like phoning, texting and reading tweets. I have the lines 'so 18', 'sort of' and 'doesnt even see them anymore'. The lines 'If the east end was my friend', 'which is a start' and 'even the traffic stops for him when he crosses the road' are said altogther as an ensamble. My first line is said sitting down as if your reading a twitter post. The second line is said as if it was a text and the third is as if it was a phone call, while saying the third line i must stand up and walk arounnd the room to add some movment to the piece. The ensamble ones are said with strength and power. There are 7 to 8 stools with are put in the centre of the room is a staggered line with one person sitting on each chair. In between the chair yet slightly in front one person sits. Each person is activley acting on their phone while they sit. The lines then echo around the room untill a certian point where you stand up and move away when it your line. Different people were given different phyiscial things to go when they stand up. Through out all of this your phone is near you face with the torch pointing towards your face. The atmosphere of a connection yet distance is again created to represent the East End. At first everybody is stitting together is a culump. This represent the connection between each other and how everybody is entertwinned in each others lives. However, as we start to move away one by one the distance is show as we are no longer connected. To me, these choices were made to show how people in the East End may look like they are in each others lives they are actually distant from society. It shows how what looks like something is not the realtiy of it and how their are always hidden messsages in everything in the East End. I think the strengths of the piece so far are that everyone knows what they are doing and preformes their actions accuratly. Secondly, when the direction was given to be activly acting on your phone everbody took that on boared and it made the piece seem a bit more real. The focus in the room was intense as everyone was working hard to act like your on your phone. Even though everbody know their actions the times of lights going on and off are not precise. This then means some of the effect is lost as its not a sharp drastic change in lighting, its a slow comftable change. Maybe some counts should be introduced so everybody knows exactly how long to have the lights on for. If not an actual count then a rythem should be found that everyone can tune into.
Q4: What is your role in the tale 1? How has it been staged? Why have these choices been made? What are the strengths of this piece so far? What developments need to happen throughout the rehearsal period?
A4: My role in tale 1 is the role of a young girl, probaly quiet a gossipy one who texts her friends a lot and enjoys social media.We represent the use of social medias and socilaizing like phoning, texting and reading tweets. I have the lines 'so 18', 'sort of' and 'doesnt even see them anymore'. The lines 'If the east end was my friend', 'which is a start' and 'even the traffic stops for him when he crosses the road' are said altogther as an ensamble. My first line is said sitting down as if your reading a twitter post. The second line is said as if it was a text and the third is as if it was a phone call, while saying the third line i must stand up and walk arounnd the room to add some movment to the piece. The ensamble ones are said with strength and power. There are 7 to 8 stools with are put in the centre of the room is a staggered line with one person sitting on each chair. In between the chair yet slightly in front one person sits. Each person is activley acting on their phone while they sit. The lines then echo around the room untill a certian point where you stand up and move away when it your line. Different people were given different phyiscial things to go when they stand up. Through out all of this your phone is near you face with the torch pointing towards your face. The atmosphere of a connection yet distance is again created to represent the East End. At first everybody is stitting together is a culump. This represent the connection between each other and how everybody is entertwinned in each others lives. However, as we start to move away one by one the distance is show as we are no longer connected. To me, these choices were made to show how people in the East End may look like they are in each others lives they are actually distant from society. It shows how what looks like something is not the realtiy of it and how their are always hidden messsages in everything in the East End. I think the strengths of the piece so far are that everyone knows what they are doing and preformes their actions accuratly. Secondly, when the direction was given to be activly acting on your phone everbody took that on boared and it made the piece seem a bit more real. The focus in the room was intense as everyone was working hard to act like your on your phone. Even though everbody know their actions the times of lights going on and off are not precise. This then means some of the effect is lost as its not a sharp drastic change in lighting, its a slow comftable change. Maybe some counts should be introduced so everybody knows exactly how long to have the lights on for. If not an actual count then a rythem should be found that everyone can tune into.
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