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1. If as a PA on a set you notice a boom reflection in a toaster on the set - who should you talk to?
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
makes running a set more efficient
Report to the 1st AD


2. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?
Report to the 1st AD
makes running a set more efficient
Eye contact
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.


3. Directors Dramatic Breakdown
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
Pictorial representation of the film
B-Roll


4. Why is it not a good idea to tell an actor after a take to 'do exactly what you just did?
it's portable
Report to the 1st AD
Repetition is the death of creativity
makes running a set more efficient


5. What is result direction?
Result direction
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
In visioning a result
edit suite


6. Why should you not tell an actor what to feel?
Result direction
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
What they gain.
Why not - b roll helps tell the story


7. In directing a film - what is a director's primary goal?
To eyes of the audience.
Who's scene is it
Show commitment show ability to perform
Conversion


8. Directors Dramatic Breakdown
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
B-Roll
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.


9. Why shouldn't a director read with the actors during the casting?
They Need to observe
Sitting and standing is more powerful
Director
Emotions and emphasis


10. What in documentary shooting terms - is meant by a sequence.
They Need to observe
B-Roll
Conversion
To be a mirror


11. Why is it important to pre-interview your documentary subject?
Who's scene is it
To eyes of the audience.
Repetition is the death of creativity
To have an idea of how they talk


12. Three important direction to give an actor.
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
Director
Who's scene is it
Tell a story


13. In pre production who others that actors should the director hold meetings with?
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Keys
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
Yes cross out so they can focus more


14. What does a drawn storyboard give you information about that a written storyboard will not?
Eye contact
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
makes running a set more efficient
Camera movement


15. Who should ideally say 'Action' and 'Cut' on set? Why
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
To have an idea of how they talk
Director
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.


16. In pre production who others that actors should the director hold meetings with?
Keys
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
To eyes of the audience.
Emotions and emphasis


17. What is the relationship of the storyboard to the shot list?
What they gain.
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.


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

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19. What is meant in 'actors language' by the word action - how is it expressed?
Sitting and standing is more powerful
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Conversion
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage


20. 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.
To be a mirror
Eye contact
moves and sets the direction of DOP.


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

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22. Why is it important to pre-interview your documentary subject?
To have an idea of how they talk
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
it's portable
makes running a set more efficient


23. If as a PA on a set you notice a boom reflection in a toaster on the set - who should you talk to?
Who's scene is it
Call sheets
They Need to observe
Report to the 1st AD


24. Why should give compliments or suggestions to the actors on a set?
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
To have an idea of how they talk
Eye contact
Director


25. Three important direction to give an actor.
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
Tell a story
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
What they gain.


26. What is a story bored
Repetition is the death of creativity
Emotions and emphasis
Who's scene is it
Pictorial representation of the film


27. 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.
edit suite
Keys
Show commitment show ability to perform


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

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29. Why is it not a good idea to tell an actor after a take to 'do exactly what you just did?
Sitting and standing is more powerful
They Need to observe
Repetition is the death of creativity
Result direction


30. Why is craft services important?
it's portable
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
What they gain.
Camera movement


31. What does 'raising the stakes' mean in terms of directing actors?
What they gain.
Director
Emotions and emphasis
They Need to observe


32. 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
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
Repetition is the death of creativity
They Need to observe


33. What is a pitch in one world?
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Conversion
To have an idea of how they talk


34. Name two of the most frequent central conflicts of scenes.
Emotions and emphasis
makes running a set more efficient
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
Issue of power and sex


35. What is the directors ultimate duty to an actor?
To be a mirror
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
Show commitment show ability to perform
Issue of power and sex


36. Give an example of using blocking to enhance the dramatic content of a scene between two people?
Emotions and emphasis
Sitting and standing is more powerful
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
Who's scene is it


37. Who should ideally say 'Action' and 'Cut' on set? Why
Yes cross out so they can focus more
In visioning a result
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Director


38. Why shouldn't a director read with the actors during the casting?
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Emotions and emphasis
Eye contact
They Need to observe


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

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40. What is a pitch in one world?
Who's scene is it
They Need to observe
They Need to observe
Conversion


41. What is meant by 'crossing the axis' by 'coverage?'
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Emotions and emphasis
Pictorial representation of the film
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.


42. In directing a film - what is a director's primary goal?
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
To eyes of the audience.
edit suite


43. What does a drawn storyboard give you information about that a written storyboard will not?
Camera movement
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
moves and sets the direction of DOP.


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

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45. What does gaffer do?
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
In visioning a result
Issue of power and sex
Report to the 1st AD


46. Why is it important to mark a script with camera setups?
To have an idea of how they talk
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
To be a mirror
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.


47. What is meant in 'actors language' by the word action - how is it expressed?
What they gain.
Camera movement
it's portable
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.


48. What does gaffer do?
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
Repetition is the death of creativity
B-Roll


49. What is the importance of close-ups?
Emotions and emphasis
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
Camera movement
Keys


50. 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
In visioning a result
Repetition is the death of creativity