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 does a drawn storyboard give you information about that a written storyboard will not?
makes running a set more efficient
Camera movement
Sitting and standing is more powerful
edit suite


2. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
makes running a set more efficient
Yes cross out so they can focus more


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

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4. What is a story bored
Pictorial representation of the film
edit suite
Keys
makes running a set more efficient


5. What is a pitch in one world?
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
Conversion
edit suite
moves and sets the direction of DOP.


6. What is a story bored
To eyes of the audience.
Pictorial representation of the film
it's portable
Result direction


7. Why shouldn't a director read with the actors during the casting?
Keys
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Show commitment show ability to perform
They Need to observe


8. What in documentary shooting terms - is meant by a sequence.
B-Roll
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Director
Report to the 1st AD


9. What is the relationship of the storyboard to the shot list?
Eye contact
Report to the 1st AD
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage


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

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11. Why shouldn't a director read with the actors during the casting?
They Need to observe
To eyes of the audience.
Result direction
edit suite


12. Three important direction to give an actor.
Keys
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
Why not - b roll helps tell the story


13. Who should ideally say 'Action' and 'Cut' on set? Why
Director
Tell a story
Eye contact
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.


14. Why is craft services important?
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
Show commitment show ability to perform
B-Roll
Conversion


15. Why should give compliments or suggestions to the actors on a set?
They Need to observe
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Camera movement
Director


16. Three important direction to give an actor.
edit suite
Director
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.


17. Do you shoot b-roll with a subject or interview them first? Why or why not?
To have an idea of how they talk
Call sheets
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
In visioning a result


18. Why is it important to mark a script with camera setups?
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.
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Conversion


19. 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
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
Yes cross out so they can focus more


20. If as a PA on a set you notice a boom reflection in a toaster on the set - who should you talk to?
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
B-Roll
Report to the 1st AD
Yes cross out so they can focus more


21. 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?
Tell a story
Yes cross out so they can focus more
makes running a set more efficient
Tell a story


22. In directing a film - what is a director's primary goal?
Director
To eyes of the audience.
Tell a story
Because that's result direction.


23. Why do you do a callback?
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
Show commitment show ability to perform
Report to the 1st AD


24. 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
Tell a story
Tell a story


25. Why is craft services important?
Director
Conversion
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
Who's scene is it


26. What is meant in 'actors language' by the word action - how is it expressed?
What they gain.
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
Camera movement
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.


27. What does gaffer do?
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
What they gain.
Report to the 1st AD


28. What is the directors ultimate duty to an actor?
makes running a set more efficient
Conversion
To be a mirror
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.


29. Directors Dramatic Breakdown
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Report to the 1st AD


30. What in documentary shooting terms - is meant by a sequence.
Keys
B-Roll
Who's scene is it
You want to be there not looking at a screen.


31. What is the importance of close-ups?
Emotions and emphasis
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Report to the 1st AD


32. In pre production who others that actors should the director hold meetings with?
Keys
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Eye contact
Camera movement


33. What does a drawn storyboard give you information about that a written storyboard will not?
Camera movement
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Emotions and emphasis
Show commitment show ability to perform


34. Why should you not tell an actor what to feel?
What they gain.
They Need to observe
To eyes of the audience.
Result direction


35. Why is it important to mark a script with camera setups?
They Need to observe
To be a mirror
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
Yes cross out so they can focus more


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. What is a pitch in one world?
They Need to observe
Keys
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Conversion


38. What is result direction?
Eye contact
In visioning a result
Keys
Camera movement


39. What is the point of a director on fiction and doc.
Repetition is the death of creativity
Director
Tell a story
They Need to observe


40. Do you shoot b-roll with a subject or interview them first? Why or why not?
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
Repetition is the death of creativity
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
Eye contact


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

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42. Why do you do a callback?
Show commitment show ability to perform
They Need to observe
Call sheets
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.


43. What is meant in 'actors language' by the word action - how is it expressed?
Show commitment show ability to perform
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.


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

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45. 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?
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Conversion
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Show commitment show ability to perform


46. A documentary is created in the...
Sitting and standing is more powerful
In visioning a result
Conversion
edit suite


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

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48. What is result direction?
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
In visioning a result
Eye contact
B-Roll


49. Directors Dramatic Breakdown
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
Issue of power and sex
Keys
Because that's result direction.


50. What is the relationship of the storyboard to the shot list?
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
Show commitment show ability to perform