Senior Academic Drama

Kings Ely senior

Academic

Drama

By the very nature of Drama, pupils are stretched socially, emotionally and intellectually.

 

“I enjoyed the creative licence that came with the devising and scripted projects. GCSE Drama helped me develop strong writing skills, which I could then transfer to all my other subjects.”
Rufus, King's Ely Student 

 

The course offers students the opportunity to explore Drama as a practical art form in which ideas and meaning are communicated to an audience through choices of form, style and convention.

Students will create, perform and respond to drama informed by their theoretical knowledge of drama and theatre. Students learn to collaborate with others, think analytically and evaluate effectively. They gain the confidence to pursue their own ideas, reflect and refine their efforts.

In addition, success in a subject like this can give you plenty of transferable skills, personal satisfaction and a lifelong leisure interest.

GCSE Topic Overview

 

Component 1: Understanding Drama

There are three sections to this 1 hour and 45 minute exam. Section A is a short multiple-choice paper, testing student’s theoretical Drama knowledge. Section B focuses on a given extract from a set text studied and Section C examines students’ analytical and evaluative skills on the work of theatre makers in a single live theatre production.

Component 2: Devising Drama

Students will work towards creating their own devised Drama in a chosen genre/style. Pieces are devised from a stimulus such as a play, film/TV programme, newspaper article, poem or theme.

Students may contribute as performer or designer, and they will create a devising log that analyses and evaluates their own work in the form of audio-visual recordings and/or a written log. It is expected that pupils will stay after school to rehearse as part of their prep.

Component 3: Texts in practice

Students will perform two significant extracts from the same play, which must be different in period/genre from their set text studied in the written examination.

Performers may choose to do two out of the three following forms: a monologue, duologue or group piece. Designers may contribute to the performances either in sound, costume, lighting, set or puppetry. It is expected that pupils will stay after school to rehearse as part of their prep.
Assessment 

 

Component 1: Understanding Drama (40% - written examination)

Component 2: Devising Drama (40% - practical)

Component 3: Texts in practice (20% - practical)

Drama GCSE Exam Specification

 

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