OCR A-Level Drama and Theatre: core theatre-making skills overview quiz quiz

Four: two practical (non-exam) components and two written papers

Three components, all of them sat as formal written examinations

Two components in total: one practical performance and one written paper

Five components, every one of them assessed entirely through coursework

AO1, because creating and developing original ideas matters most of all

AO2 (realise intentions in performance), because the course is practical

AO3, because detailed knowledge of how plays work is the central concern

AO4, because critical evaluation is the hardest skill for students to master

Colour, intensity, direction, angle

Posture, gesture, gait, stillness

Pitch, pace, pause, tone, volume, accent

Period, status, condition, transformation

The choice of colour, intensity and angle in the overall design of a production's stage lighting

A particular type of vocal warm-up performers do before a show

The director's overall interpretation of the meaning of the play

The use of space and the distance between performers, which stages relationships and power

It describes a feeling rather than a performable choice and its effect on the audience

It is simply factually wrong about what the character is actually feeling at that point in the scene

Anger is an emotion that never genuinely appears in serious dramatic plays

It is far too short to count as a proper full answer in the examination

Voice, movement, characterisation and the pace of a performance

Set and staging, lighting, sound, and costume and make-up

Casting, blocking, rhythm and the focus of a given moment

Pitch, intensity, source and the period a production is set in

Proscenium, with the audience seated on one side only

Traverse, with two banks of seats facing each other

In-the-round

Thrust, with the stage pushing out into the audience

A summary of the main events of the play's plot from start to finish

The full list of all the characters who appear in the play on stage

The detailed lighting plan drawn up for the production and nothing else at all besides that one thing

A director's single controlling idea (setting, theme, style or tone) that every choice serves

Coherence: every choice in every moment serving one concept

The sheer number of separate clever ideas the answer contains

The overall length of the answer and how much it manages to cover

The number of named theatre critics the answer quotes directly

It keeps a careful record of which of the performers were present at each separate rehearsal session

It identifies the key turning point and heightens it so the audience clearly registers the shift

It is a drill used purely to help the actors memorise their lines accurately

It is the stage in the process where the physical set for the show is designed

A random and unordered list of drama warm-up games and exercises

An account of only the final live performance itself, including no rehearsal process detail whatsoever at all

Sequenced: explore (understand and discover), then shape (fix choices), then refine (run and polish)

A description of only the lighting cues used during the production's run

Describing what happens in the plot of the play at that point

Listing the technical equipment used in the staging of the show

Naming the famous actors who have previously played the role in past productions

Moving from a specific, named choice to its effect on the audience