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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 should you not tell an actor what to feel?






2. Who should ideally say 'Action' and 'Cut' on set? Why






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






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


5. Directors Dramatic Breakdown






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






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


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






9. Why is it not a good idea to tell an actor after a take to 'do exactly what you just did?






10. What is result direction?






11. A documentary is created in the...






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






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






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






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






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






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


18. What is the importance of close-ups?






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






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






21. What is a pitch in one world?






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






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






24. Why is not a good idea for a director to only look at the video assist monitor while shooting a scene?






25. Why do you do a callback?






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






27. Why is craft services important?






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






29. What does gaffer do?






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






31. What is result direction?






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






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






34. Directors Dramatic Breakdown






35. What does gaffer do?






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






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






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






39. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?






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






41. If as a PA on a set you notice a boom reflection in a toaster on the set - who should you talk to?






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






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






44. What is the importance of close-ups?






45. A documentary is created in the...






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






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


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






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






50. Three important direction to give an actor.