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Presenting and performing texts (Component 03)

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What vocal, physical and interpretive skills does OCR Component 03 reward in a performer?

Acting skills for performance: applying vocal, physical and interpretive skills to realise two extracts for an audience, sustaining character across both extracts, and serving the writer's intentions (AO2).
The acting skills OCR GCSE Drama Component 03 rewards: applying vocal, physical and interpretive skills to realise two extracts for an audience, sustaining character across both extracts, and serving the writer's intentions to earn AO2.
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How is a designer assessed in OCR Component 03, and what does a realised design need to do?

Performing as a designer: realising a design (set, costume, lighting, sound, puppets or multimedia) for two extracts, supporting the performers and the writer's intentions, and demonstrating design skills for an audience (AO2).
How a designer is assessed in OCR GCSE Drama Component 03: realising a design (set, costume, lighting, sound, puppets or multimedia) for two extracts, supporting the performers and the writer's intentions, and demonstrating design skills for an audience to earn AO2.
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How do you build and document an interpretation of your extracts for OCR Component 03?

Building an interpretation and concept: forming a clear interpretation of the extracts grounded in the text and its context, making consistent performance or design choices, and recording them in the supporting documentation (AO1, AO2).
How to build and document an interpretation of your extracts in OCR GCSE Drama Component 03: forming a clear interpretation grounded in the text and its context, making consistent performance or design choices, and recording them in supporting documentation.
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How do you choose a performance text and two extracts for OCR Component 03?

Choosing a performance text and two extracts: selecting a published play different from the set text and devised piece, choosing two contrasting extracts that show range, and exploring the text for performance (AO1, AO2).
How to choose a performance text and two extracts for OCR GCSE Drama Component 03: selecting a published play different from the set text and devised piece, choosing two contrasting extracts that show range, and exploring the text for performance.
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How is OCR Component 03 assessed by the visiting examiner, and what should you prepare for?

The visiting examiner and assessment: how Component 03 is externally assessed in a single performance, what the examiner rewards as a theatre maker, and how to prepare for performing under examined conditions (AO2).
How OCR GCSE Drama Component 03 is assessed by a visiting examiner: the single externally assessed performance, what the examiner rewards as a theatre maker, and how to prepare for performing two extracts under examined conditions to earn AO2.
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