CCEA A-Level Performing Arts A2 2 The Production Company quiz quiz

Sit a written exam on management theory

Audition individually for drama school

Write a history of the company

Research, plan, promote and realise an event in response to a commission brief

A budget summary

A list of company members

A set requirement defining the event's purpose, audience and constraints

A review written after the event

Because it pulls together the skills of every earlier unit

Because it is the shortest unit

Because it has the only written exam

Because it is optional

AO1 and AO2

AO1 and AO4

AO3 and AO4

AO2 and AO1

The central evidence: a research report, promotional materials, task evidence and an evaluation

A single final photograph

A copy of the commission brief only

The company's bank statement

Because the audience was too small

Because the company was too large

Because the brief is the standard the work is judged against

Because promotion is not assessed

Spending the largest possible budget

Keeping the commission brief central to every decision

Making the show as long as possible

Avoiding promotional materials

Generically, to suit any audience

As an afterthought once the show is built

Targeted at the commissioned audience

Only in black and white

By a written exam

By coursework, internally assessed and externally moderated

By the client paying an invoice

By a national audition panel

How much the company enjoyed it

Other companies' events

How well the event met the commission brief, with evidence

The length of rehearsals

Do every job yourself

Evidence the role and decisions that were yours within the company's work

Record only the company's collective output

Avoid taking any defined role

Because it is the easiest unit

Because it most resembles professional practice and draws on every earlier skill

Because it has no assessment

Because it is unrelated to the other units

Only performers

Director, producer, marketing, technical and performance roles

Only a director and nobody else

Only an audience