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Devising and making theatre

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How do you use an extract from a performance text through the lens of two practitioners to feed your OCR devised piece?

Exploring an extract for the devised piece: practically investigating one extract from a performance text through the methods of the two chosen practitioners, to generate ideas, techniques and material for the original devised work (AO1).
How to use one extract from a performance text through the lens of two practitioners to feed an OCR devised piece: practically investigating the extract to generate ideas, techniques and material for the original work, to earn AO1.
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What is the OCR Practitioners in Practice component, and how is the practitioner-influenced devised piece assessed?

Component 01 (H459/11 to 14), Practitioners in Practice: the non-exam devising unit, creating an original practitioner-influenced piece as a performer or designer with a portfolio, assessing AO1, AO2 and AO4 (120 marks, 40 percent).
How the OCR Practitioners in Practice component (H459/11 to 14) works: the non-exam devising unit in which you create an original practitioner-influenced piece as a performer or designer, with a portfolio, assessing AO1, AO2 and AO4 across 120 marks (40 percent).
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What is the OCR Practitioners in Practice portfolio, and how do you use it to evidence your devising process and earn AO1?

The devising portfolio: documenting the practitioner research, the development and selection of ideas, and the creative process of the devised piece, in OCR's permitted written and recorded formats, to evidence AO1 (with AO4).
What the OCR Practitioners in Practice portfolio is and how to use it: documenting the practitioner research, the development and selection of ideas, and the creative process of the devised piece, in OCR's permitted written and recorded formats, to evidence AO1 alongside AO4.
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How do you take a devised piece from a stimulus to a finished performance in OCR Drama and Theatre, shaped by your practitioners?

The devising process: working from a stimulus through research, exploration and improvisation, developing and structuring original material, and refining it into a finished practitioner-influenced performance (AO1 dominant).
How to take a devised piece from a stimulus to a finished performance in OCR Drama and Theatre: research, exploration and improvisation, developing and structuring original material, and refining it into a practitioner-influenced performance, to earn AO1.
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How do you write the reflective evaluation of your devised piece in OCR Drama and Theatre, and what earns AO4?

The reflective report: evaluating the devised piece and your own contribution, judging how effectively the practitioner-influenced work communicated to an audience, what succeeded and what would be developed, to earn AO4.
How to write the reflective evaluation of your devised piece in OCR Drama and Theatre: judging how effectively the practitioner-influenced work communicated to an audience, what succeeded and what would be developed, evaluating your own contribution, to earn AO4.
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