A-LEVEL
DRAMA AND THEATRE e e
7262/W Component 1 Drama and Theatre
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Report on the Examination
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7262
Junee2022
Version:e1.0
,FurtherecopieseofethiseReporteareeavailableefromeaqa.org.uk
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AQAeretainsetheecopyrighteonealleitsepublications.eHowever,eregisteredeschools/collegeseforeAQAeareepermittedetoecopyematerialefromethise
bookleteforetheireowneinternaleuse,ewithetheefollowingeimportanteexception:eAQAecannotegiveepermissionetoeschools/collegesetoephotocopye
anyematerialethateiseacknowledgedetoeaethirdepartyeeveneforeinternaleuseewithinetheecentre.
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GeneraleComments
Teacherseareetoebeecommendedeforenavigatingetheeuniqueechallengeseposedebyeteachingeae
subjectesucheaseDramaeandeTheatreeinetheeturbulentetimesepresentedebyetheepandemic.
Thereewereeveryefewerubriceinfringements,ewhereestudentsehadeselectedeaeforbiddenecombin
ationeofetextseforeSectioneAeorewritteneaboutetheewrongeextracteforeSectioneBealthougheseveralei
nstanceseofewereeseeneofestudentsegoingeoutsideetheelimitseofetheeextracteineSection,eorecontra
venederubricerequirementseineSectioneC.
Thereewere,ehowever,esomeepooreproduction/questionecombinationseforeSectioneC,ewhereeae
student’sefavouriteeproductione(oreonlyeproductionestudied)ewasepairedewitheaneunsuitableequ
estion.
Theeuseeofesketcheseandediagramseforerelevantequestionseineallethreeesectionsewasevariedeinet
ermseofequalityeandeusefulness.eHowever,eexaminersenotedeaemarkedeimprovementeinetheeq
ualityeofecostumeedesignesketches,ewhichewereegenerallyemoreedetailedeandeoftenemoreeskilf
ullyeexecutedethaneinepreviouseseries.eStudentseshouldebeeremindedethatetheyemusteprovidee
sketchesetoesupportetheireanswersetoequestionseonedesigneforeset,ecostumes,emake-
upeandeaccessories.
e
Students’ereferencesetoe‘Social,eCulturaleandeHistoricalecontexts’ewereevariedeinequality.eMoste
studentseattemptedeateleasteaepassingereferenceetoecontexteineSectioneA.eForeSectioneBequesti
ons,eaegoodenumbereofestudentseunfortunatelyeincludedeae‘freestanding’egenericeSCHeparagr
apheaseane‘introduction’etoeallethreeeofetheireanswers;ethiseinformation,enotebeingealignedewithet
heespecificefocuseofetheethreeediscreteeanswersethatefollowed,eattractedenoecredit.
Studentsewhoehadememorisedeae‘chunk’eofeSCHe‘matter’eanderepeatedethise‘matter’eatetheebe
ginningeofeeacheofetheirethreeeanswersesimplyewastedetimeewhichewouldehaveebeenebettereex
pendedeonemakinge‘questione-erelevant’epoints.
Studentseshouldebeeremindedethatetheemosteeffectiveemethodeofequotationeisetoeuseecompletee
phraseseorelines.eUseeofelineenumberseorepageenumbersetoeidentifyetexteisenoteacceptable,ease
editionsediffer.eNoreiseitehelpfuletoeoffereindividualewordseandephrasesefromeaespeechejoinedetog
etherebyeellipses.
ReferenceetoeTotaleDramaticeEffectivenesseforeSectioneCewasealsoeinconsistent.eManyewrotee‘
whichecontributedetoetheetotaledramaticeeffectivenesseofetheeproduction’eatetheeendeofeeachepa
ragraph,ewithouteexplainingehow.eSomeeanswersedidn’teincludeereferenceetoeTDEeateall.
Thereewasestillesomeeconfusingeoreinaccurateeuseeofeterminology.eMostefrequentlyemisusedet
ermseincludeereferenceetoe‘proxemics’eandetoe‘gait’.
Studenteshouldebeeencouragedetoeuseephrasesesuchease‘IewouldemoveecloseretoeCreon’eore‘Ie
wouldedirectetheesistersetoestandeoneeitheresideeofetheestage’eratherethaneofferingegarbledesu
ggestionseinvolvingethee‘opening’eore‘closing’eofetheire‘proxemics’,esuchephraseseareemeanin
gless.
Studentseshouldealsoebeemadeeawareethatenothingetoedoewithe‘proxemics’ewilleeverebee
creditedeaseae‘performanceeskill’.
Theeterme‘gait’eisealsoefrequentlyemisunderstoodeand/oremisused.eAse‘gait’erefersetoeaestyleeofe
walking,eiteisenevereappropriateeaseaetermeappliedetoeaecharactereeitheresittingeorestanding.eIteis
ealsoeimpossibleetoewalkewitheae‘sympathetic’eore‘loving’egait,ethoughestudentsefrequentlyedide su
ggestetheseequalitiesemightebeecommunicatedethroughegait.
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DRAMA AND THEATRE e e
7262/W Component 1 Drama and Theatre
e e e e e
Report on the Examination
e e e
7262
Junee2022
Version:e1.0
,FurtherecopieseofethiseReporteareeavailableefromeaqa.org.uk
Copyrighte©e2022eAQAeandeitselicensors.e Allerightsereserved.
AQAeretainsetheecopyrighteonealleitsepublications.eHowever,eregisteredeschools/collegeseforeAQAeareepermittedetoecopyematerialefromethise
bookleteforetheireowneinternaleuse,ewithetheefollowingeimportanteexception:eAQAecannotegiveepermissionetoeschools/collegesetoephotocopye
anyematerialethateiseacknowledgedetoeaethirdepartyeeveneforeinternaleuseewithinetheecentre.
, REPORTe ONe THEe EXAMINATIONe –e A-LEVELe DRAMAe ANDe THEATREe –e 7262/We –
e JUNEe 2022
GeneraleComments
Teacherseareetoebeecommendedeforenavigatingetheeuniqueechallengeseposedebyeteachingeae
subjectesucheaseDramaeandeTheatreeinetheeturbulentetimesepresentedebyetheepandemic.
Thereewereeveryefewerubriceinfringements,ewhereestudentsehadeselectedeaeforbiddenecombin
ationeofetextseforeSectioneAeorewritteneaboutetheewrongeextracteforeSectioneBealthougheseveralei
nstanceseofewereeseeneofestudentsegoingeoutsideetheelimitseofetheeextracteineSection,eorecontra
venederubricerequirementseineSectioneC.
Thereewere,ehowever,esomeepooreproduction/questionecombinationseforeSectioneC,ewhereeae
student’sefavouriteeproductione(oreonlyeproductionestudied)ewasepairedewitheaneunsuitableequ
estion.
Theeuseeofesketcheseandediagramseforerelevantequestionseineallethreeesectionsewasevariedeinet
ermseofequalityeandeusefulness.eHowever,eexaminersenotedeaemarkedeimprovementeinetheeq
ualityeofecostumeedesignesketches,ewhichewereegenerallyemoreedetailedeandeoftenemoreeskilf
ullyeexecutedethaneinepreviouseseries.eStudentseshouldebeeremindedethatetheyemusteprovidee
sketchesetoesupportetheireanswersetoequestionseonedesigneforeset,ecostumes,emake-
upeandeaccessories.
e
Students’ereferencesetoe‘Social,eCulturaleandeHistoricalecontexts’ewereevariedeinequality.eMoste
studentseattemptedeateleasteaepassingereferenceetoecontexteineSectioneA.eForeSectioneBequesti
ons,eaegoodenumbereofestudentseunfortunatelyeincludedeae‘freestanding’egenericeSCHeparagr
apheaseane‘introduction’etoeallethreeeofetheireanswers;ethiseinformation,enotebeingealignedewithet
heespecificefocuseofetheethreeediscreteeanswersethatefollowed,eattractedenoecredit.
Studentsewhoehadememorisedeae‘chunk’eofeSCHe‘matter’eanderepeatedethise‘matter’eatetheebe
ginningeofeeacheofetheirethreeeanswersesimplyewastedetimeewhichewouldehaveebeenebettereex
pendedeonemakinge‘questione-erelevant’epoints.
Studentseshouldebeeremindedethatetheemosteeffectiveemethodeofequotationeisetoeuseecompletee
phraseseorelines.eUseeofelineenumberseorepageenumbersetoeidentifyetexteisenoteacceptable,ease
editionsediffer.eNoreiseitehelpfuletoeoffereindividualewordseandephrasesefromeaespeechejoinedetog
etherebyeellipses.
ReferenceetoeTotaleDramaticeEffectivenesseforeSectioneCewasealsoeinconsistent.eManyewrotee‘
whichecontributedetoetheetotaledramaticeeffectivenesseofetheeproduction’eatetheeendeofeeachepa
ragraph,ewithouteexplainingehow.eSomeeanswersedidn’teincludeereferenceetoeTDEeateall.
Thereewasestillesomeeconfusingeoreinaccurateeuseeofeterminology.eMostefrequentlyemisusedet
ermseincludeereferenceetoe‘proxemics’eandetoe‘gait’.
Studenteshouldebeeencouragedetoeuseephrasesesuchease‘IewouldemoveecloseretoeCreon’eore‘Ie
wouldedirectetheesistersetoestandeoneeitheresideeofetheestage’eratherethaneofferingegarbledesu
ggestionseinvolvingethee‘opening’eore‘closing’eofetheire‘proxemics’,esuchephraseseareemeanin
gless.
Studentseshouldealsoebeemadeeawareethatenothingetoedoewithe‘proxemics’ewilleeverebee
creditedeaseae‘performanceeskill’.
Theeterme‘gait’eisealsoefrequentlyemisunderstoodeand/oremisused.eAse‘gait’erefersetoeaestyleeofe
walking,eiteisenevereappropriateeaseaetermeappliedetoeaecharactereeitheresittingeorestanding.eIteis
ealsoeimpossibleetoewalkewitheae‘sympathetic’eore‘loving’egait,ethoughestudentsefrequentlyedide su
ggestetheseequalitiesemightebeecommunicatedethroughegait.
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