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Performing from a Text (Component 2)

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How do you apply acting skills to perform a text for Eduqas Component 2?

Acting skills for performance: applying vocal, physical and interpretive skills to realise a character and communicate the writer's intentions in the two text extracts for the visiting examiner (AO2 dominant).
How to apply acting skills for Eduqas GCSE Drama Component 2: using vocal, physical and interpretive skills to realise a character and communicate the writer's intentions in the two text extracts for the visiting examiner, to earn AO2.
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How do you build an interpretation and concept for the two extracts in Eduqas Component 2?

Building an interpretation and concept: deciding how the extracts should be interpreted and unified by a clear concept, and rehearsing to realise that interpretation consistently for the visiting examiner (AO2).
How to build an interpretation and concept for Eduqas GCSE Drama Component 2: deciding how the extracts should be interpreted and unified by a clear concept, and rehearsing to realise that interpretation consistently for the visiting examiner, to earn AO2.
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How do you choose a play and two extracts for Eduqas Component 2?

Choosing a play and two extracts: selecting a published performance text and two extracts from it that suit the performers, show contrasting demands, and meet the requirements for the visiting examiner (AO2).
How to choose a play and two extracts for Eduqas GCSE Drama Component 2: selecting a published performance text and two extracts that suit the performers, show contrasting demands, and meet the requirements for the visiting examiner, to earn AO2.
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How is a designer assessed in Eduqas Component 2?

Performing as a designer: realising a design (set, costume, lighting, sound or puppets) for the two extracts that supports the text and communicates to the audience, assessed by the visiting examiner (AO2).
How a designer is assessed in Eduqas GCSE Drama Component 2: realising a design (set, costume, lighting, sound or puppets) for the two extracts that supports the text and communicates to the audience, assessed by the visiting examiner, to earn AO2.
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How does the visiting examiner assess Eduqas Component 2, and how do you prepare for it?

The visiting examiner: how Component 2 is assessed live by an Eduqas examiner against AO2, what they reward, and how to prepare a performance that realises the text to a high standard on the day.
How the visiting examiner assesses Eduqas GCSE Drama Component 2: the live assessment against AO2, what the examiner rewards, and how to prepare a performance of the two extracts that realises the text to a high standard on the day.
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