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 is it important to mark a script with camera setups?
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
What they gain.
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
Tell a story


2. What is meant in 'actors language' by the word action - how is it expressed?
Director
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Eye contact
Show commitment show ability to perform


3. Directors Dramatic Breakdown
To be a mirror
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Conversion
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.


4. Why is it important to pre-interview your documentary subject?
Tell a story
Result direction
They Need to observe
To have an idea of how they talk


5. Three important direction to give an actor.
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
B-Roll
Camera movement
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.


6. What is meant in 'actors language' by the word action - how is it expressed?
Call sheets
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Pictorial representation of the film
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.


7. What is result direction?
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
They Need to observe
In visioning a result
Repetition is the death of creativity


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

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9. What does gaffer do?
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
Issue of power and sex
B-Roll


10. In directing a film - what is a director's primary goal?
To eyes of the audience.
makes running a set more efficient
edit suite
What they gain.


11. Do you shoot b-roll with a subject or interview them first? Why or why not?
To be a mirror
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
To have an idea of how they talk
Issue of power and sex


12. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?
B-Roll
makes running a set more efficient
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
To eyes of the audience.


13. Why is it important to mark a script with camera setups?
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Camera movement
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
makes running a set more efficient


14. Name two of the most frequent central conflicts of scenes.
What they gain.
They Need to observe
Issue of power and sex
Director


15. Why is craft services important?
They Need to observe
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
Tell a story
Conversion


16. What is the role of the assistant director in both pre-production and production?
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Call sheets
Because that's result direction.
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.


17. What is the point of a director on fiction and doc.
B-Roll
Who's scene is it
Tell a story
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage


18. Why is it not a good idea to tell an actor after a take to 'do exactly what you just did?
Repetition is the death of creativity
To eyes of the audience.
Keys
Emotions and emphasis


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

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

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21. Why is not a good idea for a director to only look at the video assist monitor while shooting a scene?
B-Roll
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Issue of power and sex
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.


22. What does a drawn storyboard give you information about that a written storyboard will not?
Tell a story
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
Camera movement
B-Roll


23. What does 'raising the stakes' mean in terms of directing actors?
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
What they gain.
Emotions and emphasis
Pictorial representation of the film


24. What is the directors ultimate duty to an actor?
edit suite
Tell a story
makes running a set more efficient
To be a mirror


25. What is a pitch in one world?
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Result direction
Conversion


26. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
makes running a set more efficient
Result direction
To have an idea of how they talk


27. What is a story bored
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
Pictorial representation of the film
Issue of power and sex
Yes cross out so they can focus more


28. What is the importance of close-ups?
What they gain.
Report to the 1st AD
it's portable
Emotions and emphasis


29. What in documentary shooting terms - is meant by a sequence.
Result direction
B-Roll
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Show commitment show ability to perform


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

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31. Why should you not tell an actor what to feel?
Keys
To have an idea of how they talk
To eyes of the audience.
Result direction


32. Why should give compliments or suggestions to the actors on a set?
Result direction
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
B-Roll
Director


33. Why is it not a good idea to tell an actor after a take to 'do exactly what you just did?
Repetition is the death of creativity
In visioning a result
Report to the 1st AD
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.


34. What is the importance of close-ups?
Show commitment show ability to perform
Conversion
Emotions and emphasis
They Need to observe


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

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

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37. Who should ideally say 'Action' and 'Cut' on set? Why
To have an idea of how they talk
Director
In visioning a result
To be a mirror


38. 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?
They Need to observe
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Pictorial representation of the film
Director


39. 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?
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Camera movement
To be a mirror
makes running a set more efficient


40. What is the point of a director on fiction and doc.
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
Repetition is the death of creativity
Tell a story
Eye contact


41. What is result direction?
Camera movement
Conversion
In visioning a result
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage


42. Why should you not tell an actor what to feel?
makes running a set more efficient
Result direction
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.


43. Do you shoot b-roll with a subject or interview them first? Why or why not?
Who's scene is it
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
Director
Report to the 1st AD


44. Give an example of using blocking to enhance the dramatic content of a scene between two people?
Sitting and standing is more powerful
Conversion
it's portable
Keys


45. What is the relationship of the storyboard to the shot list?
it's portable
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


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

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47. What is the relationship of the storyboard to the shot list?
Who's scene is it
Who's scene is it
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


48. What is meant by 'crossing the axis' by 'coverage?'
Yes cross out so they can focus more
To have an idea of how they talk
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.


49. Three important direction to give an actor.
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Result direction


50. What does 'raising the stakes' mean in terms of directing actors?
Who's scene is it
What they gain.
Keys
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.