GCSE Drama Component 1 Costume Designer Workbook

Having taught the Edexcel GCSE Drama specification for several years, it has become very apparent that the workload for actors in Component 1 and Component 2, is considerably higher than it is for designers, who are only required to produce a few additional documents once chosen and applied their set, costume, sound and lighting to the devised performance.

As a result of this, I have designed a work booklet for each of the design elements in both components. These are designed for students to be able to work through independently (with some group collaboration) unless directed to specific tasks by their teacher. It has been designed to work with the Edexcel specification but could equally work just as well for other exam boards.

The booklet contains:
-Information on Costume design within performance
-Useful resources
-18 tasks for the sound designer to work through (Included in these tasks are the additional documents that are required from th exam board)

Many tasks have had worksheets created alongside them for the student to use as templates and these will come as separate documents but within the same purchase.

The book that I reference within these tasks is named ‘Designing Drama’ by Sue Shewring and I would suggest buying this as it is a great resource to have.

Please note that I have a folder of exemplars of all documents that are produced from the tasks. I ensure my students take a good look at these BEFORE they make a start so they know the standard of what I expect. I also get my students to collate all their work into a well presented folder.