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Devising and the portfolio (Component 1)

4 dot points across 4 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How do you analyse and evaluate your own devised work for AO4?

Analysing and evaluating your own devising process and performance for Component 1 (AO4): making specific, honest judgements about what worked, why, and what you would change, against the piece's intention.
How to analyse and evaluate your own devising process and performance for Edexcel GCSE Drama Component 1 (AO4): making specific, honest judgements about what worked and why, supporting them with evidence, and proposing improvements, all against the piece's stated intention.
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How do you develop and rehearse a devised piece toward performance?

Developing and rehearsing the devised piece for Component 1: refining material through rehearsal, applying performance or design skills, collaborating, and shaping the piece for an audience (AO1 and AO2).
How to develop and rehearse a devised piece for Edexcel GCSE Drama Component 1: refining material through rehearsal, applying performance or design skills, collaborating effectively, responding to feedback and shaping the piece for an audience, assessed through AO1 and the AO2 performance.
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How do you create and develop a devised piece from a stimulus?

Creating and developing an original devised piece from a stimulus for Component 1: generating and selecting ideas, shaping a structure and intention, and using drama techniques to build the piece (AO1).
How to create and develop an original devised piece from a stimulus for Edexcel GCSE Drama Component 1: responding to textual, visual, aural or abstract stimuli, generating and selecting ideas, fixing an intention and audience, and shaping a structure using drama techniques for AO1.
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How do you write the Component 1 devising portfolio?

Producing the Component 1 portfolio: documenting the creating, developing and refining process and analysing and evaluating it, within the permitted formats and word or time limits (AO1 and AO4).
How to produce the Edexcel GCSE Drama Component 1 portfolio: documenting the creating, developing and refining of the devised piece and analysing and evaluating it, within the permitted formats (written, recorded or combined) and the word or time limits, to earn the AO1 and AO4 marks.
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