The Performance: SQA Higher Drama practical coursework quiz quiz

20 marks

40 marks

60 marks

100 marks

Preparation for performance and the performance itself

Reading and writing

Understanding and analysis

Set design and lighting design

10 marks preparation and 50 marks performance

30 marks and 30 marks

20 marks preparation and 40 marks performance

50 marks preparation and 10 marks performance

Only an acting role

Only a directing role

An acting role or a production role

Only a design role

The amount of time spent rehearsing

The number of lines memorised

The cost of the costumes and set

The deliberate use and control of skills to communicate to an audience

Summarise the plot of the play

Memorise the entire script word for word

List the names of the whole cast

Explain and justify your choices and intended audience response

Lighting colour and angle

Voice, movement, characterisation and response to others

Set scale and layout

The ticket price of the show

Voice and projection only

Costume fabric and colour only

The use and control of concept, blocking and proxemics

The number of scenes in the play

They are completely separate and unconnected

The performance should realise the choices set out in preparation

Preparation replaces the need to perform

The performance is marked before preparation

Treating preparation and performance as separate, or rehearsing moves without justified choices

Preparing deliberately and delivering the prepared choices

Sustaining controlled choices throughout

Choosing a role that suits your strengths

Any material with no guidance at all

The recommended text list and your teacher

Only material written in the last year

Material chosen at random on the day

The performance

The question paper

The spoken language check

The portfolio

Use the highest possible energy regardless of meaning

Get through the piece as quickly as possible

Avoid responding to the other performers

Communicate clearly with controlled, motivated choices sustained throughout