Film Directing Exam

Instructions:

• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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• Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Why should you not tell an actor what to feel?
Result direction
B-Roll
Director
To have an idea of how they talk


2. Why is it important to pre-interview your documentary subject?
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
To have an idea of how they talk
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.


3. What does a drawn storyboard give you information about that a written storyboard will not?
To be a mirror
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Camera movement
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage


4. In directing a film - what is a director's primary goal?
To eyes of the audience.
To have an idea of how they talk
Call sheets
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.


5. In directing a film - what is a director's primary goal?
To eyes of the audience.
To have an idea of how they talk
Issue of power and sex
Why not - b roll helps tell the story


6. If as a PA on a set you notice a boom reflection in a toaster on the set - who should you talk to?
Eye contact
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
Report to the 1st AD
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage


7. Why should you not tell an actor what to feel?
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
Director
Result direction
B-Roll


8. What does 'raising the stakes' mean in terms of directing actors?
Pictorial representation of the film
What they gain.
To have an idea of how they talk
Issue of power and sex


9. Why is it important to mark a script with camera setups?
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
Keys
To have an idea of how they talk


10. Name an important aspect of conducting an interview in a documentary.
Eye contact
edit suite
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.


11. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?
Director
What they gain.
Conversion
makes running a set more efficient


12. Who should ideally say 'Action' and 'Cut' on set? Why
Who's scene is it
Because that's result direction.
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Director


13. Directors Dramatic Breakdown
Director
it's portable
makes running a set more efficient
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.


14. Directors Dramatic Breakdown
In visioning a result
Conversion
Sitting and standing is more powerful
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.


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

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

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17. Why is not a good idea for a director to only look at the video assist monitor while shooting a scene?
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
Director
What they gain.
You want to be there not looking at a screen.


18. Who should ideally say 'Action' and 'Cut' on set? Why
Director
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.


19. Why is it not a good idea to tell an actor after a take to 'do exactly what you just did?
edit suite
Repetition is the death of creativity
Tell a story
Because that's result direction.


20. What is the directors ultimate duty to an actor?
To be a mirror
Result direction
In visioning a result
Because that's result direction.


21. What is the importance of close-ups?
Emotions and emphasis
Eye contact
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
In visioning a result


22. Why shouldn't a director read with the actors during the casting?
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
makes running a set more efficient
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
They Need to observe


23. Why should give compliments or suggestions to the actors on a set?
it's portable
Director
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
Tell a story


24. What does 'raising the stakes' mean in terms of directing actors?
In visioning a result
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
What they gain.
Report to the 1st AD


25. Why is it important to pre-interview your documentary subject?
Camera movement
To have an idea of how they talk
Director
To eyes of the audience.


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

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27. What does gaffer do?
To eyes of the audience.
it's portable
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.


28. Why is not a good idea for a director to only look at the video assist monitor while shooting a scene?
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Director
Report to the 1st AD
Pictorial representation of the film


29. Why should give compliments or suggestions to the actors on a set?
Director
Conversion
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
They Need to observe


30. What is the importance of close-ups?
Sitting and standing is more powerful
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
Emotions and emphasis
Call sheets


31. What does gaffer do?
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
They Need to observe
To eyes of the audience.
Yes cross out so they can focus more


32. Why is it important to mark a script with camera setups?
Repetition is the death of creativity
What they gain.
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
In visioning a result


33. Three important direction to give an actor.
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
Show commitment show ability to perform
makes running a set more efficient
Issue of power and sex


34. Name two of the most frequent central conflicts of scenes.
Call sheets
In visioning a result
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
Issue of power and sex


35. What is a pitch in one world?
Issue of power and sex
Conversion
Camera movement
To be a mirror


36. What is a story bored
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Director
Pictorial representation of the film
Because that's result direction.


37. 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?
Call sheets
it's portable
Director
Yes cross out so they can focus more


38. What is meant by 'crossing the axis' by 'coverage?'
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Director
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.


39. What in documentary shooting terms - is meant by a sequence.
To be a mirror
B-Roll
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
Issue of power and sex


40. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
Conversion
makes running a set more efficient
You want to be there not looking at a screen.


41. A documentary is created in the...
They Need to observe
edit suite
B-Roll
B-Roll


42. What is a story bored
Pictorial representation of the film
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
Report to the 1st AD
it's portable


43. If as a PA on a set you notice a boom reflection in a toaster on the set - who should you talk to?
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
edit suite
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Report to the 1st AD


44. Three important direction to give an actor.
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
In visioning a result
Call sheets
Repetition is the death of creativity


45. Name two of the most frequent central conflicts of scenes.
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
Issue of power and sex
Result direction


46. Name an important aspect of conducting an interview in a documentary.
Camera movement
Eye contact
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Show commitment show ability to perform


47. What is meant by 'crossing the axis' by 'coverage?'
Eye contact
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Director


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

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49. 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?
Because that's result direction.
Yes cross out so they can focus more
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
moves and sets the direction of DOP.


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

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