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. Why shouldn't a director read with the actors during the casting?
They Need to observe
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
To eyes of the audience.
Because that's result direction.


2. Three important direction to give an actor.
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Director
What they gain.
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.


3. In directing a film - what is a director's primary goal?
To eyes of the audience.
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
it's portable
Because that's result direction.


4. A documentary is created in the...
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
In visioning a result
edit suite
Show commitment show ability to perform


5. Why should give compliments or suggestions to the actors on a set?
Director
Who's scene is it
makes running a set more efficient
To be a mirror


6. 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.
Eye contact
Camera movement
it's portable


7. Give an example of using blocking to enhance the dramatic content of a scene between two people?
Emotions and emphasis
Who's scene is it
Sitting and standing is more powerful
Director


8. What does 'raising the stakes' mean in terms of directing actors?
What they gain.
Director
To eyes of the audience.
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.


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

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10. Why is it important to mark a script with camera setups?
Because that's result direction.
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
Director
Director


11. Directors Dramatic Breakdown
Camera movement
edit suite
Director
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.


12. Why is it important to pre-interview your documentary subject?
it's portable
Sitting and standing is more powerful
Director
To have an idea of how they talk


13. What is a story bored
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
B-Roll
Pictorial representation of the film
You want to be there not looking at a screen.


14. What is the importance of close-ups?
To have an idea of how they talk
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
Emotions and emphasis
In visioning a result


15. Why do you do a callback?
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Show commitment show ability to perform
Yes cross out so they can focus more
To have an idea of how they talk


16. What is the point of a director on fiction and doc.
Camera movement
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Tell a story
Keys


17. In pre production who others that actors should the director hold meetings with?
B-Roll
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Keys
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.


18. In directing a film - what is a director's primary goal?
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Issue of power and sex
To eyes of the audience.
What they gain.


19. Why is it important to mark a script with camera setups?
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
Conversion


20. Who should ideally say 'Action' and 'Cut' on set? Why
Call sheets
What they gain.
it's portable
Director


21. Why is craft services important?
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Tell a story
Repetition is the death of creativity
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.


22. What is the relationship of the storyboard to the shot list?
Tell a story
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Camera movement
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage


23. Why is it important to pre-interview your documentary subject?
Camera movement
Yes cross out so they can focus more
To have an idea of how they talk
Director


24. If as a PA on a set you notice a boom reflection in a toaster on the set - who should you talk to?
Repetition is the death of creativity
edit suite
To be a mirror
Report to the 1st AD


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

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26. What is result direction?
Emotions and emphasis
To have an idea of how they talk
In visioning a result
makes running a set more efficient


27. Why should you not tell an actor what to feel?
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
Emotions and emphasis
Result direction


28. In pre production who others that actors should the director hold meetings with?
Keys
To have an idea of how they talk
Director
Emotions and emphasis


29. If as a PA on a set you notice a boom reflection in a toaster on the set - who should you talk to?
Show commitment show ability to perform
Call sheets
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
Report to the 1st AD


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

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31. Give an example of using blocking to enhance the dramatic content of a scene between two people?
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
Keys
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Sitting and standing is more powerful


32. What is meant by 'crossing the axis' by 'coverage?'
it's portable
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Tell a story
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.


33. A documentary is created in the...
Issue of power and sex
edit suite
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.


34. What does gaffer do?
edit suite
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Pictorial representation of the film
Director


35. What is the role of the assistant director in both pre-production and production?
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
makes running a set more efficient
Because that's result direction.
Call sheets


36. What is meant in 'actors language' by the word action - how is it expressed?
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Tell a story
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Issue of power and sex


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

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

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39. What in documentary shooting terms - is meant by a sequence.
To have an idea of how they talk
makes running a set more efficient
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
B-Roll


40. Why should give compliments or suggestions to the actors on a set?
To eyes of the audience.
Director
Show commitment show ability to perform
Issue of power and sex


41. 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?
Eye contact
Because that's result direction.
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Repetition is the death of creativity


42. What is meant by 'crossing the axis' by 'coverage?'
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
They Need to observe
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
In visioning a result


43. What is the importance of close-ups?
Pictorial representation of the film
Emotions and emphasis
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage


44. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
Because that's result direction.
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
makes running a set more efficient


45. What does a drawn storyboard give you information about that a written storyboard will not?
Call sheets
Camera movement
Tell a story
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.


46. Do you shoot b-roll with a subject or interview them first? Why or why not?
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
Result direction
Emotions and emphasis
Show commitment show ability to perform


47. Name two of the most frequent central conflicts of scenes.
Issue of power and sex
Who's scene is it
They Need to observe
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.


48. Why is it not a good idea to tell an actor after a take to 'do exactly what you just did?
Camera movement
Who's scene is it
it's portable
Repetition is the death of creativity


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

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

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