PERFORMING ARTS BTEC

PERFORMING ARTS

BTEC Level 3 Extended Certificate in Performance (Acting)

Exam Board: Pearson Head of Department: Rebecca Atack BEd (Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, London) Members of Department: Rhiannon Bland BA (Cardiff Metropolitan) PGCE

Are you right for the course?

To succeed in the course you should have already gained at least a Grade 4 in Drama and English GCSE. You need to have a desire to learn about and explore different Drama practitioners and styles of performance. You need to be organised and work methodically in order to meet deadlines and keep on top of workload, but most importantly, you must be inquisitive and have a thirst to know more.

What does the course consist of?

Y1 Unit 2: Developing Skills and Techniques for Live Performance (60GLH) Students explore technical performance skills with a focus on developing skills and techniques in at least two performance styles and submit a portfolio of evidence. Internally set and assessed body of work, verified by Edexcel.

Unit 21: Improvisation (Devising) (60GLH)

Unit 29: Storytelling (60GLH)

Y2 Unit 3: Group Performance Workshop (120GLH) Students develop skills and techniques in improvisation and devising, applying them to a stimulus to create a performance. Internally set and assessed body of work, verified by Edexcel.

Students explore fairy tales and traditional stories and develop techniques in performing existing written pieces to a target audience. Internally set and assessed body of work, verified by Edexcel.

Students explore and integrate creative, physical and vocal skills and techniques, working collaboratively to create a performance in response to a given stimulus. Externally set and assessed by Edexcel.

Unit 19: Acting Skills (60GLH) Students develop acting methods by exploring different acting styles and then apply these techniques to the development, rehearsal and performance of their practical work. Internally set and assessed body of work, verified by Edexcel.

The course runs over the full two years of Sixth Form and all five units must be passed to gain the qualification.

Where will it lead you?

Performance requires an individual to have confidence to work in a team and manage the personalities within that team, to resolve issues that are presented in a positive manner and to have the confidence to stand up and publicly perform. These are skills which are required in today’s workplace, be it as an apprentice, undergraduate or employee, and are highly valued by every institution, be that the workplace or further education.