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asm - As shitty as it sounds ticking the boxes is all that GCSEs are about, and if you want an easy time getting on to the college courses you want to to then half decent grades are required. I struggled with this approach for years but at the end of the day you just need to accept defeat and play the stupid games until you are at a level where you are marked without a crappy tick sheet.
I'm not saying don't make the frame either I just think it would be a smarter move to do it at a time where it can be made to a higher standard and without the risk of undeservedly fucking up your grades.
If you do decide to go for it then from what I remember from GCSE (and what is defiantly the case at A level) is to emphasis development,. You could come up with the best product ever but if that is your first sketch and you go with it you will get fuck all marks. Make sure you draw loads of crazy shaped frames (it doesn't matter if they would never really work) and slowly develop them in to the finished product.