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GCSE DRAMA
SECTION A
REVISION
MATERIALS
KEY WORD DEFINITIONS
Write a definition for each of the key words below to ensure that you are using Drama language
accurately and appropriately in your exam answers.
KEY WORD DEFINITION Naturalistic
Non-naturalistic
Body Language
Posture
Gesture
Facial Expressions
Status
Pitch
Pace
Tone
Volume
Proxemics
Ensemble
RE-CAP QUIZ
SECTION A Q1:
1. What do you need to do to get the marks in this question? (1)
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2. What is the genre of our piece? (1)
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3. What was your skill/contribution? (1)
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4. What is the target audience of our piece? (1)
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5. What is the style of our piece? Can you give an example to back this up? (1)
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6. What is the performance space? (Don’t forget to refer to staging) (1)
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7. What technical element did we use? (1)
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8. What was the period and where was it set? (1)
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9. What have I missed? (2)
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FINAL QUESTIONS ABOUT SECTION A
If you got a question asking you to EVALUATE how you achieved your aims which
question from section A would you be looking at? (Circle the correct answer).
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If you got a question asking you to STATE what you did which question from section
A would you be looking at? (Circle the correct answer).
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If you got a question asking you to EXPLAIN or DESCRIBE your role as an actor (how
you developed throughout rehearsals) which question from section A would you be
looking at? (Circle the correct answer).
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If you got a question asking you to ANALYSE how you worked as a team (probably
during rehearsals) which question from section A would you be looking at? (Circle the
correct answer).
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Section A – Q1 (Student Copy)
Describe what the piece was about; state the period, style and genre of
the piece, your target audience, the performance space and any technical
or design elements used. You should state whether your involvement was as
actor or designer or technician.
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MARKING CRITERIA SECTION A QUESTION 1:
- Style (1), - Genre (1), - Target Audience (1), - Performance Space (1), - Skill (1)
- Period (1), - Technical Elements (1), - Explain what the piece is about (2)
- Does the answer flow? Have they used capital letters? Is their spelling correct? (1)
11 – Section A Question 2
NAME:
SECTION A QUESTION 2 (this question is worth 10 marks and you should spend at
least 10 minutes on this question):
TASK 1 – Read the question below and underline the keywords. THINK – what is
this question asking you to do?
Explain how you applied your skill as an actor or designer or technician in the early stages of preparing this piece of practical work to help create an engaging piece of drama.
TASK 2 – Reword the question as your first sentence in the space below to
focus your writing.
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TASK 3– Choose a moment in our performance where you think you were
successful in creating a believable character and showing a clear emotion and
describe it below completing the sentence:
The scene I will be focussing on is _____________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ In this scene... (describe what happens and the emotion you had to show and why) _______________________________________________________________
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TASK 4 – Complete the following sentence in your own words
In the early stages of rehearsal I was able to apply my skill as an actor in this scene by using … _____________________ _________________________________
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TASK 5 – Explain the impact using this technique had on your acting.
This technique impacted my body language by (describe in detail how you used body language to show your emotion) _______________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ This technique impacted my facial expressions by (describe in detail how you used facial expressions to show your emotion)________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ This technique impacted my voice by (describe in detail how you used voice (volume, pause, pitch, tone, pace etc) to show your emotion)_________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________
TASK 6 – Briefly refer back to the question in a concluding sentence summing
up how you applied your skill in the early stages of rehearsal and how it helped
you prepare. ____________________________________________________
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TASK 7 – On the next page you are going to have a go at answering this
question using the steps you have gone through on this page. Do not allow
yourself more than 15minutes for this question (in the exam you will only have
10)
Section A Question 2:
Explain how you applied your skill as an actor or designer or technician in the early stages of preparing this piece of practical work to help create an engaging piece of drama. (10 Marks) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Below are examples of QUESTION 2 from SECTION A.
This question is worth 10 marks and you should spend about 10 minutes on this
question
Underline the key words in the question.
CHOOSE A PIECE OF PRACTICAL WORK IN WHICH YOU WERE INVOLVED AS
ACTOR OR DESIGNER OR TECHNICIAN. EXPLAIN HOW YOU APPLIED YOUR
CHOSEN SKILL TO AT LEAST ONE ASPECT OF THE PIECE
EXPLAIN HOW YOU DEVELOPED YOUR CREATIVE IDEAS FOR THIS PIECE OF
PRACTICAL WORK. GIVE AT LEAST ONE SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU
APPLIED YOUR SKILL AS ACTOR, DESIGNER OR TECHNICIAN IN PREPARATION
FOR PERFORMANCE.
What do you think both of these questions are asking you to do? What is the key word
that unites them both together?
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Below is a model answer for:
EXPLAIN HOW YOU DEVELOPED YOUR CREATIVE IDEAS FOR THIS PIECE OF
PRACTICAL WORK. GIVE AT LEAST ONE SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU
APPLIED YOUR SKILL AS ACTOR, DESIGNER OR TECHNICIAN IN PREPARATION
FOR PERFORMANCE.
Below is an answer I did for a completely different play.
Underline where it is that you think I have answered the question.
In our devised performance of The Witches I applied my skill as an actor. The scene I am going to
focus on is where my character (Anthony) is a contestant on a quiz show where the prize is a woman.
This scene showed the inequality of the sexes and (through humour) made the audience question the
role of women in society and if attitudes have changed. I had to show I was a high status sexist man;
in rehearsal I developed my creative ideas for the piece by taking on the highest status in an image
and I then applied it to my scene. On the line ‘Contestant number two’ I showed my high status
through a straight backed posture, direct eye line with the host, head held high, shoulders back and
a firm pointing gesture when I selected the girl for me. I also made sure that my feet were shoulder
width apart to take up more space. I also demonstrated my high status through voice on the line
‘have to see what her cooking is like first’; I used a low pitch, loud volume, and a commanding tone. I
also emphasised the word ‘cooking’ to highlight what my character thought the role of women is.
To get high marks for this answer you must look back to how you developed in rehearsals and
how the use of rehearsal techniques improved your overall performance.
Now have a go at answering this second question based on your performance. REMEMBER TO
DESCRIBE IN DETAIL.
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Section A: Q3 (Process / How you improved)
ANALYSE HOW YOU DEVELOPED YOUR OWN SKILL TO TACKLE PROBLEMS. YOU SHOULD
REFER TO AT LEAST ONE OCCASSION IN THE PREPARATION PERIOD WHEN YOU USED YOUR
ACTING OR DESIGN OR TECHNICAL SKILLS TO OVERCOME AT LEAST ONE SPECIFIC
PROBLEM.
Underline the key words in this question – THINK! What is the question asking you to do?
Reword the question above as a statement:
What was the problem you faced and how did you know it was a problem? (E.g. peer feedback / filmed and watched
back etc).You could also make reference to your aim here – you were not achieving it and that was the problem.
What did you do to solve the problem? (Describe the process you went through to solve it)
Why was this more effective? How do you know? (Audience quote)
How did this impact your performance? (Describe your acting in detail)
NAME: This sheet is going to help you prepare for your written exam in May. Section A is where you answer 4 questions (each worth 10 marks) based on a devised piece of practical work. This sheet focuses on Question 4. Q4 is all about evaluation. Did we achieve what we set out to do? How? Why was it effective? TASK 1: Explain below what you think our GROUP AIM was: ___________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Name the scene where we achieved the aim and describe what happens.
How did we achieve it (describe in detail how we managed to achieve it)
Why was this effective for the audience?
TASK 2: This time we are going to think about IMPROVEMENTS. What could we have done to be more successful with our aim? Why would this be better? REMEMBER – do this for the SAME SCENE to focus your answer.
Recap the scene we are focussing on:
What could we have done differently in order to be more successful in achieving our aim?
Why would this be more effective for the audience?
KEY WORDS TO CONSIDER: Immersive Audience Empathise High status Think Tone Body Language Pitch Volume Ensemble Facial Expressions Movement Gesture Chorus Unison
SECTION A QUESTION 4 –
WORTH 10 MARKS – SPEND ABOUT 10 MINUTES ON THIS QUESTION.
Underline the key words in each of these examples of question 4 that have been in exam papers
before.
EVALUATE HOW FAR YOU ACHIEVED YOUR PERSONAL AIMS IN THE FINAL
PERFORMANCE. YOU SHOULD REFER TO PARTICULAR MOMENTS FROM THE PIECE TO
SUPPORT YOUR ANSWER.
EVALUATE AND EXPLAIN WHAT YOU FEEL WERE THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
OF YOUR OWN PRACTICAL SKILLS IN THE FINAL PERFORMANCE.
EVALUATE WHAT YOU LEARNT FROM ABOUT WORKING IN A GROUP FROM THE
EXPERIENCE OF PERFORMING THIS PIECE. GIVE DETAILS OF YOUR OWN STRENGTHS
AND WEAKNESSES IN THIS PIECE.
In your own words write down what you think this question is asking you.
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NOW WRITE DOWN ONE OBJECTIVE FOR YOUR OWN PERSONAL PERFORMANCE.
Think – don’t write that you wanted to improve your confidence. This should be focussed on performance. It
could refer to creating a believable character that the audience could empathise with (care about), it could
be about using an accent, it could be about using body language to create a high status etc.
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IN THE SPACE BELOW EXPLAIN WHETHER OR NOT YOU THINK YOU ACHIEVED THIS AIM.
IF YOU DID HOW DID YOU ACHIEVE THEM? (refer to specific things that you did in the
performance) IF YOU DIDN’T HOW WOULD YOU IMPROVE TO ACHIEVE YOUR PERSONAL
AIM?
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NOW WRITE DOWN ONE OBJECTIVE THAT WE WANTED TO ACHIEVE AS A GROUP AND SAY
WHY THIS WAS IMPORTANT.
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IN THE SPACE BELOW EXPLAIN WHETHER OR NOT YOU THINK WE ACHIEVED THIS AIM. IF
WE DID HOW DID WE ACHIEVE THEM? (refer to specific things that you did in the
performance) IF WE DIDN’T HOW WOULD YOU IMPROVE TO ACHIEVE YOUR GROUP AIM?
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NOW HAVE A GO AT ANSWERING THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:
EVALUATE WHAT YOU LEARNT FROM ABOUT WORKING IN A GROUP FROM THE EXPERIENCE
OF PERFORMING THIS PIECE. GIVE DETAILS OF YOUR OWN STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
IN THIS PIECE.
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SECTION A: QUESTION 2
TASKS:
1. Look at the examples for Section A: Question 2 below and reword each one as a
statement to give you your first sentence.
2. Bullet point your answer to each one (be brief)
3. Choose one / work your way through them and answer the question (using notes if
necessary but try and do without). Whatever questions you answer, remember to keep
and give to your teacher so you can get feedback.
4. Write your own question that could appear based on what you know about question 2
(you could do this with a friend and swap).
CHOOSE A PIECE OF PRACTICAL WORK IN WHICH YOU WERE INVOLVED AS
ACTOR OR DESIGNER OR TECHNICIAN. EXPLAIN HOW YOU APPLIED YOUR
CHOSEN SKILL TO AT LEAST ONE ASPECT OF THE PIECE
EXPLAIN HOW YOU DEVELOPED YOUR CREATIVE IDEAS FOR THIS PIECE OF
PRACTICAL WORK. GIVE AT LEAST ONE SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU
APPLIED YOUR SKILL AS ACTOR, DESIGNER OR TECHNICIAN IN PREPARATION
FOR PERFORMANCE.
SECTION A: QUESTION 3
TASKS:
1. Look at the examples for Section A: Question 3 below and reword each one as a
statement to give you your first sentence.
2. Bullet point your answer to each one (be brief)
3. Choose one / work your way through them and answer the question (using notes if
necessary but try and do without). Whatever questions you answer, remember to keep
and give to your teacher so you can get feedback.
4. Write your own question that could appear based on what you know about question 3
(you could do this with a friend and swap).
ANALYSE THE WORK YOU CREATED BY IDENTIFYING AT LEAST ONE KEY SECTION OF
THE PIECE THAT DEVELOPED IN REHEARSAL AND PROVIDE DETAILS OF AT LEAST ONE
OCCASION WHERE PROGRESS AND IMPROVEMENTS WERE MADE.
ANALYSE THE SUCCESS OF YOUR GROUP’S ABILITY TO WORK AS A TEAM DURING THE
REHEARSAL PERIOD. YOU SHOULD REFER TO AT LEAST ONE SPECFIC EXAMPLE WHERE
TEAMWORK WAS IMPORTANT IN THE LATER STAGES OF YOUR PREPARATION.
ANALYSE HOW YOU DEVELOPED YOUR OWN SKILL TO TACKLE PROBLEMS. YOU SHOULD
REFER TO AT LEAST ONE OCCASION IN THE PREPARATION PERIOD WHEN YOU USED
YOUR ACTING OR DESIGN OR TECHNICAL SKILLS TO OVERCOME AT LEAST ONE SPECIFIC
PROBLEM.
ANALYSE HOW YOU DEVELOPED YOUR OWN SKILL WHEN TACKLING PROBLEMS AS A
GROUP. YOU SHOULD REFER TO AT LEAST ONE OCCASION IN THE PREPARATION PERIOD
WHEN YOU USED YOUR ACTING OR DESIGN OR TECHNICAL SKILLS TO OVERCOME AT
LEAST ONE SPECIFIC PROBLEM.
ANALYSE HOW SUCCESFUL YOU WERE AT MAKING IMPROVEMENTS DURING THE
REHEARSAL PROCESS. YOU SHOULD REFER TO AT LEAST ONE SPECIFIC EXAMPLE.
SECTION A: QUESTION 4
TASKS:
1. Look at the examples for Section A: Question 4 below and reword each one as a
statement to give you your first sentence.
2. Bullet point your answer to each one (be brief)
3. Choose one / work your way through them and answer the question (using notes if
necessary but try and do without). Whatever questions you answer, remember to keep
and give to your teacher so you can get feedback.
4. Write your own question that could appear based on what you know about question 4
(you could do this with a friend and swap).
EVALUATE HOW FAR YOU ACHIEVED YOUR PERSONAL AIMS IN THE FINAL PERFORMANCE.
YOU SHOULD REFER TO PARTICULAR MOMENTS FROM THE PIECE TO SUPPORT YOUR
ANSWER.
EVALUATE YOUR SUCCESS IN CREATING ENGAGING DRAMA FOR YOUR AUDIENCE THROU
THE APPLICATION OF YOUR SPECIFCI SKILL AS ACTOR OR DESIGNER OR TECHNICIAN. YOU
SHOULD SUPPORT YOUR ANSWER WITH REFERENCE TO AT LEAST ONE PARTICULAR
MOMENT FROM THE FINAL PERFORMANCE.
EVALUATE AND EXPLAIN WHAT YOU FEEL WERE THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF
YOUR OWN PRACTICAL SKILLS IN THE FINAL PERFORMANCE.
EVALUATE HOW FAR YOU ACHIEVED YOUR GROUP AIM IN THE FINAL PERFORMANCE. YOU
SHOULD REFER TO PARTICULAR MOMENTS FROM THE PIECE TO SUPPORT YOUR ANSWER.
EVALUATE WHAT YOU LEARNT FROM ABOUT WORKING IN A GROUP FROM THE EXPERIENCE
OF PERFORMING THIS PIECE. GIVE DETAILS OF YOUR OWN STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
IN THIS PIECE.
EVALUATE THE SUCCESS OF YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE PIECE AS A WHOLE. YOU
SHOULD REFER TO PARTICULAR MOMENTS FROM THE PIECE TO SUPPORT YOUR ANSWER.
