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Text in Performance (Component 3)
Quick questions on The Text in Performance exam structure - WJEC A-Level Drama and Theatre Component 3
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What is section A?Show answer
Section A asks shorter, structured questions on one of your complete set texts. You realise specified moments in performance, giving concrete vocal, physical, spatial and design choices and stating their effect on an audience. Because the questions are structured and the marks per part are smaller, the discipline is to answer the exact question quickly and concretely, not to write an unfocused mini-essay.
What is section B?Show answer
Section B is a single extended essay on a second complete set text from a different period. Here you build a sustained directorial or design concept for the whole play and justify your staging choices, with examples drawn from across the text, by their effect on an audience. The marker rewards a clear, controlling idea developed consistently, not a tour of unrelated moments.
What is section C?Show answer
Section C gives you an extract from a third, contrasting text, printed in the paper, and asks a question on realising it in performance. You apply the same theatre-maker skills to a passage you work from directly, making specific staging and design choices justified by audience effect. Because the extract is supplied, the focus is on close, detailed realisation of the moment.
What is choices with no audience effect?Show answer
A choice ("a red light", "a slow exit") is incomplete until you state what it does to the audience. Always pair the choice with its effect.
What is q1?Show answer
How long is the Component 3 exam and how many marks is it worth? [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
What is the difference between Section B and Section C? [3 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Explain how you would approach answering a Component 3 question as a theatre maker. [10 marks]
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