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 in documentary shooting terms - is meant by a sequence.
Keys
Eye contact
B-Roll
Tell a story


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

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3. In directing a film - what is a director's primary goal?
Conversion
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Show commitment show ability to perform
To eyes of the audience.


4. Why do you do a callback?
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
Call sheets
Show commitment show ability to perform
Yes cross out so they can focus more


5. What is the directors ultimate duty to an actor?
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
To be a mirror


6. What does 'raising the stakes' mean in terms of directing actors?
Yes cross out so they can focus more
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
What they gain.
Conversion


7. If as a PA on a set you notice a boom reflection in a toaster on the set - who should you talk to?
What they gain.
Call sheets
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
Report to the 1st AD


8. What is the point of a director on fiction and doc.
In visioning a result
Report to the 1st AD
Tell a story
To eyes of the audience.


9. If as a PA on a set you notice a boom reflection in a toaster on the set - who should you talk to?
Tell a story
Report to the 1st AD
Pictorial representation of the film
Why not - b roll helps tell the story


10. What does gaffer do?
They Need to observe
Tell a story
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.


11. 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.
Conversion
Camera movement


12. What is the relationship of the storyboard to the shot list?
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
edit suite
it's portable
Emotions and emphasis


13. Directors Dramatic Breakdown
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
Report to the 1st AD
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.


14. Why do you do a callback?
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
Result direction
Show commitment show ability to perform
it's portable


15. In pre production who others that actors should the director hold meetings with?
Keys
Camera movement
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
it's portable


16. Name two of the most frequent central conflicts of scenes.
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
What they gain.
Issue of power and sex
Result direction


17. What does 'raising the stakes' mean in terms of directing actors?
In visioning a result
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
What they gain.
Emotions and emphasis


18. What is the role of the assistant director in both pre-production and production?
What they gain.
Call sheets
Show commitment show ability to perform
To be a mirror


19. What is meant by 'crossing the axis' by 'coverage?'
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Sitting and standing is more powerful
To have an idea of how they talk


20. Why should give compliments or suggestions to the actors on a set?
Director
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
Issue of power and sex
Tell a story


21. Name two of the most frequent central conflicts of scenes.
Issue of power and sex
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.


22. A documentary is created in the...
edit suite
makes running a set more efficient
What they gain.
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.


23. What is a pitch in one world?
Director
edit suite
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Conversion


24. Three important direction to give an actor.
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
Emotions and emphasis
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage


25. What is the importance of close-ups?
Emotions and emphasis
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Call sheets


26. Name an important aspect of conducting an interview in a documentary.
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Eye contact
Conversion


27. Why is it important to pre-interview your documentary subject?
edit suite
To have an idea of how they talk
makes running a set more efficient
Call sheets


28. What is the relationship of the storyboard to the shot list?
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Show commitment show ability to perform
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Camera movement


29. Give an example of using blocking to enhance the dramatic content of a scene between two people?
B-Roll
Sitting and standing is more powerful
They Need to observe
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.


30. What is meant in 'actors language' by the word action - how is it expressed?
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
What they gain.
Show commitment show ability to perform
They Need to observe


31. What is the role of the assistant director in both pre-production and production?
Who's scene is it
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Call sheets
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.


32. What is meant in 'actors language' by the word action - how is it expressed?
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Repetition is the death of creativity
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
edit suite


33. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?
makes running a set more efficient
Eye contact
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Pictorial representation of the film


34. In directing a film - what is a director's primary goal?
To eyes of the audience.
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
it's portable
Yes cross out so they can focus more


35. 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?
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Director


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

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37. A documentary is created in the...
Result direction
In visioning a result
edit suite
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.


38. What is a story bored
Pictorial representation of the film
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
Camera movement
makes running a set more efficient


39. Give an example of using blocking to enhance the dramatic content of a scene between two people?
Keys
it's portable
Sitting and standing is more powerful
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.


40. Who should ideally say 'Action' and 'Cut' on set? Why
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Pictorial representation of the film
Director
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.


41. What is result direction?
To have an idea of how they talk
Call sheets
In visioning a result
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.


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

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43. Why should give compliments or suggestions to the actors on a set?
To eyes of the audience.
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
B-Roll
Director


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. What is a story bored
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
B-Roll
it's portable
Pictorial representation of the film


46. What does a drawn storyboard give you information about that a written storyboard will not?
Repetition is the death of creativity
In visioning a result
Who's scene is it
Camera movement


47. What is a pitch in one world?
To have an idea of how they talk
Eye contact
Conversion
Why not - b roll helps tell the story


48. Why is it important to mark a script with camera setups?
it's portable
Repetition is the death of creativity
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
Conversion


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

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50. 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.
Sitting and standing is more powerful
edit suite
What they gain.