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OCR GCSE DRAMA
2O25 0CR GCSE Drama J316/04 Drama: Performance and
response
Question Paper and Marking Scheme Attached
INSTRUCTIONS
- Use black ink. You can use an HB pencil, but only for diagrams.
- Write your answer to each question in the space provided. If you need extra space use the lined page at the end of this booklet. The question numbers must be clearly shown.
- Answer all the questions. INFORMATION
- The total mark for this paper is 80.
- The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
- Quality of written communication will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk (*).
- This document has 16 pages. ADVICE
- Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
Section A You should spend about 55 minutes on this section. Blood Brothers – Willy Russell Death of a Salesman – Arthur Miller Find Me – Olwen Wymark Gizmo – Alan Ayckbourn Kindertransport – Diane Samuels Missing Dan Nolan – Mark Wheeller Misterman – Enda Walsh Name your performance text ................................................................................................................... 1 From the list below, select the character from your performance text. Suggest two props the actor could use during a performance. Explain briefly what the use of the prop shows the audience about the character. Blood Brothers Mickey Death of a Salesman Linda Find me Verity Gizmo Ben Kindertransport Faith Missing Dan Nolan Pauline Misterman Thomas Name of character ............................................ Prop 1 ............................................................................................................................................... What the use of the prop shows the audience about the character ................................................. .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... Prop 2 ............................................................................................................................................... What the use of the prop shows the audience about the character ................................................. .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... [4] © OCR 2025
3 Choose a character who appears in the opening scene/section of your performance text. Name of character ............................................................................................................................ Describe how an actor playing this role could use the way they sit or walk to show the audience three things about this character. Way of sitting or walking 1 ............................................................................................................... What it shows the audience about the character ............................................................................. .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... Way of sitting or walking 2 ............................................................................................................... What it shows the audience about the character ............................................................................. .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... Way of sitting or walking 3 ............................................................................................................... What it shows the audience about the character .............................................................................. .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... [6] © OCR 2025
4 As a sound designer , explain three sound effects you would use to show the social, historical or cultural context of your performance text. Give examples from your performance text to justify your answer. Sound effect Social, historical or cultural context 1 2 3 [6] © OCR 2025 Turn over
6 Choose a main character whose appearance changes in your performance text. Name of character ............................................................................................................................ Explain how you would use costume , hair , makeup or masks to show the change of appearance for this character in two scenes/sections from your performance text. You can use a combination of costume, hair, makeup or masks, or just one of them. .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................................................................... [8] © OCR 2025 Turn over
7 As a director , explain how you would direct one key moment in your performance text to create a sense of sadness for the audience. Key moment ..................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................................................................... [8] © OCR 2025
Section B You should spend about 35 minutes on this section. You must use a different performance text to answer this question from the performance text you have used in Section A. Write the name, venue and date of the live performance you have seen below. Include examples from this performance in your answer. Name of live performance: ...................................................................................................................... Venue: ..................................................................................................................................................... Date (month and year): ............................................................................................................................ 9* Evaluate how successful the designers were in creating drama in the performance you saw. In your answer, you could consider:
- set, space, levels, stage, costume, props, effects, other media
- lighting and sound design
- how effectively the design communicated meaning to you
- how successfully the directing and acting were supported by the design. You should use appropriate drama and theatre terminology. [30] .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... © OCR 2025
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EXTRA ANSWER SPACE
If you need extra space use this lined page. You must write the question numbers clearly in the margin. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. Oxford Cambridge and RSA Copyright Information OCR is committed to seeking permission to reproduce all third-party content that it uses in its assessment materials. OCR has attempted to identify and contact all copyright holders whose work is used in this paper. To avoid the issue of disclosure of answer-related information to candidates, all copyright acknowledgements are reproduced in the OCR Copyright Acknowledgements Booklet. This is produced for each series of examinations and is freely available to download from our public website (www.ocr.org.uk) after the live examination series. If OCR has unwittingly failed to correctly acknowledge or clear any third-party content in this assessment material, OCR will be happy to correct its mistake at the earliest possible opportunity. For queries or further information please contact The OCR Copyright Team, The Triangle Building, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 8EA. OCR is part of Cambridge University Press & Assessment, which is itself a department of the University of Cambridge. © OCR 2025
GCSE Drama
J316/04: Drama: Performance and response
General Certificate of Secondary Education
Mark Scheme for June 2025 Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations
J316/04 Mark Scheme June 2025
MARKING INSTRUCTIONS
PREPARATION FOR MARKING ON RM ASSESSOR
- Make sure that you have accessed and completed the relevant training packages for on-screen marking: RM Assessor Online Training: OCR Essential Guide to Marking.
- Make sure that you have read and understood the mark scheme and the question paper for this unit. These are available in RM Assessor
- Log-in to RM Assessor and mark the required number of practice responses (“scripts”) and the required number of standardisation responses. MARKING
- Mark strictly to the mark scheme.
- Marks awarded must relate directly to the marking criteria.
- The schedule of dates is very important. It is essential that you meet the RM Assessor 50% and 100% (traditional 40% Batch 1 and 100% Batch
- deadlines. If you experience problems, you must contact your Team Leader (Supervisor) without delay.
- If you are in any doubt about applying the mark scheme, consult your Team Leader by telephone or the RM Assessor messaging system, or by email.
- Crossed Out Responses Where a candidate has crossed out a response and provided a clear alternative then the crossed out response is not marked. Where no alternative response has been provided, examiners may give candidates the benefit of the doubt and mark the crossed out response where legible. Rubric Error Responses – Optional Questions Where candidates have a choice of question across a whole paper or a whole section and have provided more answers than required, then all responses are marked and the highest mark allowable within the rubric is given. Enter a mark for each question answered into RM assessor, which will select the highest mark from those awarded. (The underlying assumption is that the candidate has penalised themselves by attempting more questions than necessary in the time allowed.) 2
J316/04 Mark Scheme June 2025
Multiple Choice Question Responses When a multiple choice question has only a single, correct response and a candidate provides two responses (even if one of these responses is correct), then no mark should be awarded (as it is not possible to determine which was the first response selected by the candidate). When a question requires candidates to select more than one option/multiple options, then local marking arrangements need to ensure consistency of approach. Contradictory Responses When a candidate provides contradictory responses, then no mark should be awarded, even if one of the answers is correct. Short Answer Questions (requiring only a list by way of a response, usually worth only one mark per response ) Where candidates are required to provide a set number of short answer responses then only the set number of responses should be marked. The response space should be marked from left to right on each line and then line by line until the required number of responses have been considered. The remaining responses should not then be marked. Examiners will have to apply judgement as to whether a ‘second response’ on a line is a development of the ‘first response’, rather than a separate, discrete response. (The underlying assumption is that the candidate is attempting to hedge their bets and therefore getting undue benefit rather than engaging with the question and giving the most relevant/correct responses.) Short Answer Questions (requiring a more developed response, worth two or more marks ) If the candidates are required to provide a description of, say, three items or factors and four items or factors are provided, then mark on a similar basis
- that is downwards (as it is unlikely in this situation that a candidate will provide more than one response in each section of the response space.) Longer Answer Questions (requiring a developed response) Where candidates have provided two (or more) responses to a medium or high tariff question which only required a single (developed) response and not crossed out the first response, then only the first response should be marked. Examiners will need to apply professional judgement as to whether the second (or a subsequent) response is a ‘new start’ or simply a poorly expressed continuation of the first response.
- Always check the pages (and additional objects if present) at the end of the response in case any answers have been continued there. If the candidate has continued an answer there, then add a tick to confirm that the work has been seen. 3
