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Film Directing Exam

Subjects : performing-arts, film
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the first question to ask yourself when deciding where to put the camera in shooting a scene?


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






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






4. Do you shoot b-roll with a subject or interview them first? Why or why not?






5. What is a story bored






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


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






8. Why is not a good idea for a director to only look at the video assist monitor while shooting a scene?






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






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






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






12. 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?






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






14. Why is not a good idea for a director to only look at the video assist monitor while shooting a scene?






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






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






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


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






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






20. If as a PA on a set you notice a boom reflection in a toaster on the set - who should you talk to?






21. What is a pitch in one world?






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






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






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






25. Do you shoot b-roll with a subject or interview them first? Why or why not?






26. What is a story bored






27. What is result direction?






28. If as a PA on a set you notice a boom reflection in a toaster on the set - who should you talk to?






29. What is a pitch in one world?






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






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






32. Why is it important to mark a script with camera setups?






33. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?






34. A documentary is created in the...






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






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






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






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


39. What is meant in 'actors language' by the word action - how is it expressed?






40. Why is it important to mark a script with camera setups?






41. What is result direction?






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


43. What does gaffer do?






44. Directors Dramatic Breakdown






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






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






47. A documentary is created in the...






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






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






50. 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?