Performance (Acting) BTEC
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Why Performance (Acting)? Develop and enhance your acting performance skills to become a versatile and seasoned performer. Every unit emphasises practical performance, with guidance from our expert staff and occasional collaboration with industry professionals. The course offers ample opportunities to attend live theatre productions in London and beyond. BTEC Performance: Acting is a Level 3 Extended Certificate, which is a two-year course equivalent to 1 A Level. It is an exciting professional and vocational course focused on practical performance. |
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What do I need to know? Exam board: We study Performance: Acting BTEC Extended Certificate Entry Requirements: You should meet the standard Sixth Form requirements Key Content: You will be developing and extending all your performance skills in acting with a view to broadening your skills to develop you into a versatile and experienced performer. You will perform from established scripts and also develop your own performance ideas through group devised work. Every unit is practical and contains performance. There are 5 units in total; 3 to be studied in the first year and 2 in the second year. As well as being taught by our highly qualified staff, you will at times be working with industry professionals. There are numerous opportunities to go to top quality live theatre in London and beyond. Year 1 Developing Skills and Techniques: (Internally Assessed) This unit is about developing the skills required to use the voice and body to explore performance skills in a creative context. This unit enables students to develop a range of approaches to acting through studying different acting skills and techniques and applying them to performance. Acting Styles: (Internally Assessed) This unit enables students to develop a range of approaches to acting through studying different acting styles and applying them to performance. 推女郎无圣光宅福利 will rehearse and perform two contrasting performances of scenes drawn from scripted plays. Storytelling: (Internally Assessed) This unit develops students’ skills in creating performance for different target audiences. 推女郎无圣光宅福利 will explore and develop performance ideas utilising a variety of performance skills and techniques, such as puppetry and song. Year 2 Acting for Screen: (Internally Assessed) - In this unit, you will develop an understanding of how to apply your acting skills and techniques in front of the camera. You will learn how to scale your performance both physically and vocally to suit the requirements of the camera. Screen acting gives a range of employment opportunities, including working in television drama, performing in adverts motion-picture acting and corporate training and information work. This unit will provide you with the technical know-how for working on a film/TV set or location. Group Performance Workshop: (Externally Assessed) This unit requires students to develop a performance as part of a group. 推女郎无圣光宅福利 are required to follow a process of research, devising, rehearsal techniques and final performance for a public audience. Productions will be based on a stimulus set down by the exam board and students will be guided through the performance process through a series of workshops and rehearsal. |
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Methods of Teaching We encourage students to explore theatrical ideas in a practical way creating a variety of performances which will develop a range of performance skills. The course is taught through a combination of practical workshops, student led research, rehearsal and performance evaluation. Methods & Patterns of Assessment 推女郎无圣光宅福利 are rewarded along the way for consistent hard work, without the added pressure of written exams at the end. The course is totally assessed through a range of assignments, predominantly performances and some focused coursework. In the final year there is an externally assessed unit which will be set by the exam board. This assessment will involve a 5 week exam period which will culminate in a final assessment which will take place in May/June. There are no written examinations. Where Could It Take Me? BTEC Performing Arts will give you the skills you need to develop to the next stage either into Drama Schools or Theatre related courses at University. This course will also support those students who wish to take Drama or Performance as a joint honours course or who are looking to develop valuable confidence, team work and presentation skills into other subject areas or the world of work. Other costs: To be met by students Two theatre trips per year that are compulsory, costing approximately £30 per trip. One London trip costing approximately £100 per trip. |
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What is the work like? As an example of the kind of work that you will cover during the A-Level course, please find to the right the pre-A-Level material that we asked Year 11 to complete before starting their Performance (Acting) course with us in September. |
Pre-A Level Performance (Acting) |
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Who do I contact if I have any questions? Mr Evans will be happy to answer any questions that you might have. You are welcome to email him on kyle.evans@twynhamschool.com |
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