Film Directing Exam

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• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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• Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. What is result direction?
Sitting and standing is more powerful
They Need to observe
Who's scene is it
In visioning a result


2. Why should give compliments or suggestions to the actors on a set?
Issue of power and sex
Director
Who's scene is it
Tell a story


3. What is the point of a director on fiction and doc.
Tell a story
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
Repetition is the death of creativity


4. What is meant in 'actors language' by the word action - how is it expressed?
Eye contact
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Emotions and emphasis
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.


5. What does gaffer do?
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Because that's result direction.
Keys
Yes cross out so they can focus more


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

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

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8. If as a PA on a set you notice a boom reflection in a toaster on the set - who should you talk to?
Report to the 1st AD
Director
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage


9. Do you shoot b-roll with a subject or interview them first? Why or why not?
Because that's result direction.
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
Repetition is the death of creativity
They Need to observe


10. What is a pitch in one world?
Eye contact
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Conversion
Sitting and standing is more powerful


11. If as a PA on a set you notice a boom reflection in a toaster on the set - who should you talk to?
To be a mirror
Because that's result direction.
Report to the 1st AD
edit suite


12. What does a drawn storyboard give you information about that a written storyboard will not?
Camera movement
Issue of power and sex
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
B-Roll


13. A documentary is created in the...
edit suite
Who's scene is it
Conversion
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.


14. Give an example of using blocking to enhance the dramatic content of a scene between two people?
Report to the 1st AD
Sitting and standing is more powerful
To have an idea of how they talk
Conversion


15. What is the directors ultimate duty to an actor?
In visioning a result
Who's scene is it
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
To be a mirror


16. Three important direction to give an actor.
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
Issue of power and sex
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Eye contact


17. Name an important aspect of conducting an interview in a documentary.
Keys
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Eye contact
In visioning a result


18. What does gaffer do?
Conversion
B-Roll
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage


19. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?
makes running a set more efficient
Eye contact
They Need to observe
Call sheets


20. What is meant by 'crossing the axis' by 'coverage?'
Pictorial representation of the film
Issue of power and sex
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.


21. What is the relationship of the storyboard to the shot list?
Director
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Sitting and standing is more powerful
Emotions and emphasis


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

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23. What is the role of the assistant director in both pre-production and production?
What they gain.
Call sheets
edit suite
To be a mirror


24. In directing a film - what is a director's primary goal?
Director
B-Roll
To have an idea of how they talk
To eyes of the audience.


25. In pre production who others that actors should the director hold meetings with?
Conversion
Keys
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
You want to be there not looking at a screen.


26. Do you shoot b-roll with a subject or interview them first? Why or why not?
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
Yes cross out so they can focus more
makes running a set more efficient
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage


27. Why shouldn't a director read with the actors during the casting?
it's portable
edit suite
They Need to observe
Result direction


28. Why shouldn't a director read with the actors during the casting?
Pictorial representation of the film
B-Roll
Emotions and emphasis
They Need to observe


29. Why should give compliments or suggestions to the actors on a set?
edit suite
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Director


30. Name two of the most frequent central conflicts of scenes.
Issue of power and sex
Show commitment show ability to perform
Director
Why not - b roll helps tell the story


31. What is the role of the assistant director in both pre-production and production?
edit suite
To eyes of the audience.
Call sheets
moves and sets the direction of DOP.


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

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33. Why is it not a good idea to tell an actor after a take to 'do exactly what you just did?
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Conversion
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Repetition is the death of creativity


34. Who should ideally say 'Action' and 'Cut' on set? Why
To eyes of the audience.
Director
Keys
Show commitment show ability to perform


35. Why should you not tell an actor what to feel?
Result direction
edit suite
B-Roll
Call sheets


36. 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.
Repetition is the death of creativity
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
Because that's result direction.


37. What is a story bored
Director
Pictorial representation of the film
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Eye contact


38. 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
Emotions and emphasis
it's portable


39. Name two of the most frequent central conflicts of scenes.
Director
Because that's result direction.
Issue of power and sex
Conversion


40. Why is it important to mark a script with camera setups?
Because that's result direction.
Who's scene is it
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.


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

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42. Why is it important to pre-interview your documentary subject?
To have an idea of how they talk
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
it's portable
Director


43. What in documentary shooting terms - is meant by a sequence.
Who's scene is it
B-Roll
They Need to observe
it's portable


44. What is result direction?
In visioning a result
Pictorial representation of the film
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
They Need to observe


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

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46. 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?
In visioning a result
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Call sheets
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.


47. What is the relationship of the storyboard to the shot list?
Pictorial representation of the film
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Issue of power and sex


48. In pre production who others that actors should the director hold meetings with?
Keys
it's portable
They Need to observe
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.


49. Why do you do a callback?
Tell a story
makes running a set more efficient
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Show commitment show ability to perform


50. Three important direction to give an actor.
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
To be a mirror
To have an idea of how they talk
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.