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Film Directing Exam

Subjects : performing-arts, film
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Should you demonstrate how a line should be said to an actor? Why or why not?


2. What is result direction?






3. What does gaffer do?






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


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






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






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


8. Directors Dramatic Breakdown






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






18. 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?






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






20. A documentary is created in the...






21. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?






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






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






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






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


26. What does gaffer do?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. What is a pitch in one world?






37. What is a story bored






38. Why do you do a callback?






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






40. What is result direction?






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






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






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


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






45. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?






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






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






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






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






50. What is a pitch in one world?