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AQA Drama 8261/W - 18 May 2018 [Exam discussion]

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Reply 20

Phoenix181

You do get a choice but acting is always there and then it's another 2 out of costume, sound, set, lighting

Reply 21

Phoenix181

Also how do you do the design question in component two?

Reply 22

AJFreeney

Original post by princesslife

yh it probs will be v. similar cos they can't ask anything specific like describe how the actors present tension or comedy or whatever. cos everyone's focusing on different live theatres so it will be v. vague like the specimen, which is good cos then you can basically plan it at home and just write it up in the exams whoopp whooopppp

Im not 100% sure tho but fingers crossed

It will probably not be simple because they are expecting everyone to do that. I would expect a really retarded question for the 32 marker tomorrow.

Reply 23

AJFreeney

I actually don't know how to write in drama. Whenever I write it sounds so shite and unrealistic. I've adopted the ******** strategy of just making everything up and not worrying if it's realistic or not.

Reply 24

username3626988

Original post by AJFreeney

It will probably not be simple because they are expecting everyone to do that. I would expect a really retarded question for the 32 marker tomorrow.

yh i know it won't be simple. i just said that it has to be similar to the questions before

Reply 25

J.Gottlieb

Will the Section C design question always be to support the action? I can't think of anything else it could be.

Reply 26

username3766892

Original post by Phoenix181

You do get a choice but acting is always there and then it's another 2 out of costume, sound, set, lighting

are you 100% sure acting is always there? because if only design comes up i'm screwed. i heard my teacher saying that one year there was just design questions.

Reply 27

xxxooo

Original post by Phoenix181

It will either be:

Analyse one or more actors and the characters they portrayed in ONE scene or section

OR

Analyse one actor and how they developed their character throughout the whole play

So multiple actors in one scene or one actor in the whole play

Good ideas, thanks.

Reply 28

judem101

Original post by J.Gottlieb

Will the Section C design question always be to support the action? I can't think of anything else it could be.

Yes it mainly is everytime. Not entirely sure, but every exam and question I've done before has been to 'support the action'. Hope that helps :smile:

The specimen mock released by AQA earlier this year was on sound, which makes me wonder whether a lighting question is more likely to come up today.

Reply 29

mamasaywhatnow

Original post by judem101

Yes it mainly is everytime. Not entirely sure, but every exam and question I've done before has been to 'support the action'. Hope that helps :smile:

The specimen mock released by AQA earlier this year was on sound, which makes me wonder whether a lighting question is more likely to come up today.

beside design, will they also have acting as a question, or do you know that it will be design?

Reply 30

judem101

Original post by mamasaywhatnow

beside design, will they also have acting as a question, or do you know that it will be design?

For Section C of the paper, they always have an acting question, a set OR Costume question, and a Lighting OR Sound question. Sorry I couldn't reply in time, hope it went well! I wrote about lighting in my section C as I predicted earlier.