Film Directing Exam

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• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Name two of the most frequent central conflicts of scenes.
Issue of power and sex
In visioning a result
They Need to observe
Who's scene is it


2. In pre production who others that actors should the director hold meetings with?
Issue of power and sex
makes running a set more efficient
Keys
Pictorial representation of the film


3. Why is it important to pre-interview your documentary subject?
To have an idea of how they talk
What they gain.
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
makes running a set more efficient


4. Why is not a good idea for a director to only look at the video assist monitor while shooting a scene?
To be a mirror
Issue of power and sex
Repetition is the death of creativity
You want to be there not looking at a screen.


5. What is a story bored
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
Result direction
Pictorial representation of the film
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.


6. What is a story bored
Pictorial representation of the film
Issue of power and sex
Report to the 1st AD
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.


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

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

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9. 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?
To eyes of the audience.
Yes cross out so they can focus more
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.


10. What is the relationship of the storyboard to the shot list?
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Sitting and standing is more powerful
Conversion


11. A documentary is created in the...
Pictorial representation of the film
makes running a set more efficient
edit suite
Who's scene is it


12. What in documentary shooting terms - is meant by a sequence.
Pictorial representation of the film
Call sheets
B-Roll
Keys


13. Three important direction to give an actor.
Sitting and standing is more powerful
Show commitment show ability to perform
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
In visioning a result


14. Do you shoot b-roll with a subject or interview them first? Why or why not?
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
To be a mirror
moves and sets the direction of DOP.


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

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16. What is result direction?
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
Repetition is the death of creativity
They Need to observe
In visioning a result


17. A documentary is created in the...
edit suite
Result direction
Keys
To be a mirror


18. What is the point of a director on fiction and doc.
Tell a story
In visioning a result
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Yes cross out so they can focus more


19. What does a drawn storyboard give you information about that a written storyboard will not?
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
What they gain.
Report to the 1st AD
Camera movement


20. Name an important aspect of conducting an interview in a documentary.
They Need to observe
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
In visioning a result
Eye contact


21. In pre production who others that actors should the director hold meetings with?
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Keys
Emotions and emphasis
Who's scene is it


22. Should you demonstrate how a line should be said to an actor? Why or why not?

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23. What is a pitch in one world?
Conversion
To eyes of the audience.
Emotions and emphasis
Result direction


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

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25. Directors Dramatic Breakdown
edit suite
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
To have an idea of how they talk


26. Why is it important to pre-interview your documentary subject?
To have an idea of how they talk
Keys
Call sheets
Pictorial representation of the film


27. What is the role of the assistant director in both pre-production and production?
In visioning a result
Pictorial representation of the film
Repetition is the death of creativity
Call sheets


28. Why shouldn't a director read with the actors during the casting?
Show commitment show ability to perform
They Need to observe
Report to the 1st AD
Who's scene is it


29. What is a pitch in one world?
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
Conversion


30. Name two of the most frequent central conflicts of scenes.
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
What they gain.
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
Issue of power and sex


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

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32. What does gaffer do?
Director
Call sheets
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
moves and sets the direction of DOP.


33. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?
makes running a set more efficient
Camera movement
Because that's result direction.
You want to be there not looking at a screen.


34. What is the directors ultimate duty to an actor?
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
B-Roll
To be a mirror
Keys


35. Why should give compliments or suggestions to the actors on a set?
To be a mirror
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
Director
Result direction


36. Should you demonstrate how a line should be said to an actor? Why or why not?

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37. What is the directors ultimate duty to an actor?
To be a mirror
Report to the 1st AD
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Because that's result direction.


38. Why should you not tell an actor what to feel?
Result direction
Tell a story
Repetition is the death of creativity
Show commitment show ability to perform


39. Why is not a good idea for a director to only look at the video assist monitor while shooting a scene?
Director
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
makes running a set more efficient
You want to be there not looking at a screen.


40. Why do you do a callback?
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Show commitment show ability to perform
Emotions and emphasis
Camera movement


41. What does 'raising the stakes' mean in terms of directing actors?
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
What they gain.
Call sheets


42. Who should ideally say 'Action' and 'Cut' on set? Why
Director
Eye contact
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Keys


43. What is the point of a director on fiction and doc.
Who's scene is it
Tell a story
Sitting and standing is more powerful
Director


44. What is meant by 'crossing the axis' by 'coverage?'
Emotions and emphasis
Who's scene is it
it's portable
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.


45. Why is craft services important?
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
Sitting and standing is more powerful
it's portable
Because that's result direction.


46. What in documentary shooting terms - is meant by a sequence.
To be a mirror
Issue of power and sex
What they gain.
B-Roll


47. What does 'raising the stakes' mean in terms of directing actors?
What they gain.
They Need to observe
Sitting and standing is more powerful
Conversion


48. Give an example of using blocking to enhance the dramatic content of a scene between two people?
Show commitment show ability to perform
Director
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
Sitting and standing is more powerful


49. What does gaffer do?
Tell a story
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Issue of power and sex
Emotions and emphasis


50. What is meant in 'actors language' by the word action - how is it expressed?
Report to the 1st AD
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
They Need to observe