Key Extracts: Performer and Designer Routes
In Component 2 you present two key extracts from your play. Learn the difference between the performer route and the designer route, and how to choose the one that shows your skills.
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Two extracts, two routes 🎭
In Component 2 you present TWO key extracts from your chosen play. You can take part as a performer, or contribute as a designer. This module covers the two routes, what each involves, and how to choose the one that shows your skills best.
Words to know 🔑
Four terms run through this topic. Learn them first.
Perform or design? ⚖️
The two routes offer different ways to show your skills across the two extracts.
Support both extracts 💡
Whichever route you take, your work must cover BOTH key extracts, not just one. A designer supports both extracts with their chosen area, and a performer appears in both. Choose the route that best shows your skills, and remember you are marked on AO2.
Match the term 🔗
- Key extract
- Performer route
- Designer route
- AO2
- A significant scene you present
- Taking part by acting
- Contributing costume, lighting, set or sound
- The objective Component 2 is marked on
How many extracts? 🎯
How many key extracts do you present in Component 2?
- Two
- One
- Three
- Five
Match the designer area 🎬
- Costume
- Lighting
- Set
- Sound
- The clothes a character wears
- How the stage is lit
- The scenery and objects on stage
- Music and sound effects
Designer areas ✅
Which TWO of these are designer areas for Component 2? Choose all that apply.
- Lighting
- Sound
- Acting the lead role
- Learning your lines
Plan your route 🪜
An interactive activity.
Complete the sentences 🧩
In Component 2 you present _____ key extracts from your play. You can take the _____ route and act, or the _____ route and design costume, lighting, _____ or sound. Either way you are marked on _____.
Count the areas 🔢
An interactive activity.
Spot the designer work 🖍
An interactive activity.
Performer or designer? 🧭
An interactive activity.
Explain the routes ✍
An interactive activity.