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Performance Analysis
Quick questions on Evaluating live theatre in Higher Drama: performance analysis - SQA Higher Drama
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What is prepare a performance in advance?Show answer
Because you must write about a real performance, prepare one in detail before the exam. Watch a production (live where possible), take notes on memorable acting and design choices and their effects, and learn a few specific moments you can describe precisely. A stocked memory of concrete choices is what lets you analyse and evaluate rather than fall back on vague recollection. Without a remembered, detailed performance, the section is very hard to answer.
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What two skills does a performance analysis answer require? [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Why is specific evidence from the production essential? [2 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Why can noting a less effective moment improve an answer? [2 marks]
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