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Film Directing Exam

Subjects : performing-arts, film
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 do a paper edit for a documentary?

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2. What is a pitch in one world?






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






4. Three important direction to give an actor.






5. Why is craft services important?






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






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






8. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?






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






10. What is result direction?






11. 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?






12. What does gaffer do?






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






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






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






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






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






18. A documentary is created in the...






19. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?






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

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






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






23. Why is craft services important?






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

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25. Give an example of using blocking to enhance the dramatic content of a scene between two people?






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






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






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






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






30. Why do you do a callback?






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






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






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






34. Directors Dramatic Breakdown






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Why is it important to pre-interview your documentary subject?






43. What is a story bored






44. What is meant in 'actors language' by the word action - how is it expressed?






45. What is the importance of close-ups?






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






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






48. 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?






49. What is result direction?






50. What does gaffer do?