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Film Directing Exam

Subjects : performing-arts, film
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Why is not a good idea for a director to only look at the video assist monitor while shooting a scene?






2. Name an important aspect of conducting an interview in a documentary.






3. Name two of the most frequent central conflicts of scenes.






4. Why is it a good idea to cross out scene/stage direction from a script once you have begun rehearsing it? What should not be crossed out?






5. What is the point of a director on fiction and doc.






6. Who should ideally say 'Action' and 'Cut' on set? Why






7. What is the relationship of the storyboard to the shot list?






8. A documentary is created in the...






9. Directors Dramatic Breakdown






10. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?






11. What does gaffer do?






12. In pre production who others that actors should the director hold meetings with?






13. Why should give compliments or suggestions to the actors on a set?






14. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?






15. Why is craft services important?






16. Why is it a good idea to cross out scene/stage direction from a script once you have begun rehearsing it? What should not be crossed out?






17. Why is it important to do a paper edit for a documentary?


18. Why do you do a callback?






19. What is a pitch in one world?






20. What is the role of the assistant director in both pre-production and production?






21. Directors Dramatic Breakdown






22. What is meant by 'crossing the axis' by 'coverage?'






23. Why shouldn't a director read with the actors during the casting?






24. What is a story bored






25. What in documentary shooting terms - is meant by a sequence.






26. Why is craft services important?






27. Why shouldn't a director read with the actors during the casting?






28. In directing a film - what is a director's primary goal?






29. What is the importance of close-ups?






30. Why should you not tell an actor what to feel?






31. What is the relationship of the storyboard to the shot list?






32. Why is it not a good idea to tell an actor after a take to 'do exactly what you just did?






33. What is the role of the assistant director in both pre-production and production?






34. What is the directors ultimate duty to an actor?






35. A documentary is created in the...






36. What in documentary shooting terms - is meant by a sequence.






37. Why is it important to pre-interview your documentary subject?






38. What is the benefit of a written story bored over a drawn storyboard?


39. What does a drawn storyboard give you information about that a written storyboard will not?






40. Why do you do a callback?






41. Why is it important to pre-interview your documentary subject?






42. What is the point of a director on fiction and doc.






43. What does 'raising the stakes' mean in terms of directing actors?






44. What is meant by 'crossing the axis' by 'coverage?'






45. Name an important aspect of conducting an interview in a documentary.






46. What is the first question to ask yourself when deciding where to put the camera in shooting a scene?


47. Give an example of using blocking to enhance the dramatic content of a scene between two people?






48. Why should give compliments or suggestions to the actors on a set?






49. What is the first question to ask yourself when deciding where to put the camera in shooting a scene?


50. What is a story bored