Year 12 Revision notes Unit 3 written exam
For Unit 3, students are able to prepare 2 sets of notes to use as reference material in answering 2 parts of the question paper.
In section A, students are required to demonstrate their understanding of the context surrounding the production of the play they took part in for unit 2.
So this year it is “The Permanent Way” by David Hare.
The specification requires the students to :
Analyse how characters, narrative and ideas are conveyed through theatrical presentation.
Page 1and 2: details of each character in the play and how they were interpreted. Comment on individual performances. Discuss how you used practitioner’s techniques to develop your characters and give specific examples from moments from the play to back up your points. Quotes must not be given without analysis.
Pages 3and 4: Examples of how the ideas were put across to the audience. Comments on the way the audience responded. You must analyse specific moments from the play to back up your ideas and again quotes from practitioners on the techniques used to communicate your ideas and quotes from the play and analysis to back up your points. Theatrical devices and conventions used to put across the play to an audience. Again look at the choices you all made as a group on moments from the play and also the overall vision you had. What response did you want from your audience at specific moments in the play. Were these different at different moments in the play? How did these choices come about in the rehearsal process? Discuss and use specific examples and quotes from the play.
Quotes must not be given without analysis
Interpret and evaluate a text as directors, designers and performers
Page 5: Notes on the concept for the production. What was the ruling idea? The directors vision. Analyse how this was accomplished, through style choices and acting and set. Quote from directors vision and analysis, quote from practitioners and analyse, quote from the play to back up your points and analyse.
Page 6: Notes on how the design elements reflected the ruling idea and contributed to the overall interpretation. Draw a small set to clarify the ideas, discuss and analyse which practitioner this reflects and why, quote and analyse. The same applies to lighting/ sound and costume. Which practitioner did this reflect and why and how effective was it in conveying the ruling idea. Give specific examples from the text.
Page 7: Notes on what worked and what did not work and why in the production. Give specific examples and quote from the text and analyse.
Consider the social, cultural and historical background of a text and its relevance to a contemporary audience.
Page 8: rationale for putting on the play- What does it communicate about the time it was written or the time it was performed? Why are we doing it\/ what does it mean to us as a group. What relevance does it have? Give specific examples from the text to back up any point you make and analyse.
Page 9: Summary of research notes into the social, cultural and or historical context of the play. Notes about the playwright and /or the first production of the play. Notes about other productions of the play.
Page 10: How did the audience respond to the play? What did it mean to them? Was this response expected? Did it differ from the play’s original reception?
Make sure you use your actors workbook to help you in giving specific examples from moments in rehearsals which can be quoted and analysed.
The key to good notes is lots of quotes and clear analysis.
Now do some exam questions which are at www.edexcel.org.uk. The link is at the side of the blog. Go to the Theatre studies AS level and look for exam questions section 3.
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