Drama study guides

An overview of acting skills at SQA National 5 Drama: how voice, movement and characterisation combine to create and sustain a believable role for the performance, and how the performance coursework is assessed.

An overview of creating drama at SQA National 5: responding to a stimulus, generating and developing ideas, and shaping them with a clear purpose, target audience, form, genre, structure and style, using dramatic conventions to communicate meaning.

An overview of evaluating drama at SQA National 5: the externally marked written question paper, reflecting on and judging your own and others' drama, and analysing a live theatre production, all of which reward explanation and supported judgement over description.

An overview of production skills at SQA National 5 Drama: how costume and make-up, lighting, sound, props, set, staging and directing create mood, setting and meaning, and how each can support the style and purpose of a production.