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1. Name two of the most frequent central conflicts of scenes.
Conversion
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.
Issue of power and sex


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

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3. Why shouldn't a director read with the actors during the casting?
it's portable
To have an idea of how they talk
They Need to observe
Call sheets


4. Why is it not a good idea to tell an actor after a take to 'do exactly what you just did?
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Director
Emotions and emphasis
Repetition is the death of creativity


5. Why should you not tell an actor what to feel?
Result direction
Director
B-Roll
Pictorial representation of the film


6. What is the point of a director on fiction and doc.
To eyes of the audience.
Keys
Tell a story
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.


7. In pre production who others that actors should the director hold meetings with?
Because that's result direction.
What they gain.
Report to the 1st AD
Keys


8. What is the role of the assistant director in both pre-production and production?
To be a mirror
Call sheets
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Conversion


9. If as a PA on a set you notice a boom reflection in a toaster on the set - who should you talk to?
Report to the 1st AD
Emotions and emphasis
Because that's result direction.
In visioning a result


10. What is the directors ultimate duty to an actor?
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Conversion
To be a mirror
To have an idea of how they talk


11. What is the importance of close-ups?
They Need to observe
To have an idea of how they talk
edit suite
Emotions and emphasis


12. A documentary is created in the...
Pictorial representation of the film
Report to the 1st AD
edit suite
Why not - b roll helps tell the story


13. Why do you do a callback?
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
To have an idea of how they talk
Sitting and standing is more powerful
Show commitment show ability to perform


14. 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?
Who's scene is it
Emotions and emphasis
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.


15. What does 'raising the stakes' mean in terms of directing actors?
Camera movement
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Sitting and standing is more powerful
What they gain.


16. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?
To eyes of the audience.
Repetition is the death of creativity
makes running a set more efficient
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.


17. What is meant in 'actors language' by the word action - how is it expressed?
Pictorial representation of the film
To be a mirror
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
In visioning a result


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

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19. What is the directors ultimate duty to an actor?
To be a mirror
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
Show commitment show ability to perform
moves and sets the direction of DOP.


20. Why is craft services important?
Show commitment show ability to perform
Conversion
What they gain.
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.


21. Why is not a good idea for a director to only look at the video assist monitor while shooting a scene?
Who's scene is it
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Conversion


22. Give an example of using blocking to enhance the dramatic content of a scene between two people?
Because that's result direction.
Sitting and standing is more powerful
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
Result direction


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

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24. What is result direction?
Issue of power and sex
To eyes of the audience.
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
In visioning a result


25. A documentary is created in the...
Sitting and standing is more powerful
edit suite
makes running a set more efficient
To have an idea of how they talk


26. What in documentary shooting terms - is meant by a sequence.
B-Roll
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
Issue of power and sex
Result direction


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

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28. What does 'raising the stakes' mean in terms of directing actors?
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
To be a mirror
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
What they gain.


29. Who should ideally say 'Action' and 'Cut' on set? Why
Director
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
They Need to observe
Because that's result direction.


30. Why is craft services important?
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Issue of power and sex
Repetition is the death of creativity


31. What is the relationship of the storyboard to the shot list?
Keys
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
Yes cross out so they can focus more
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage


32. What is a story bored
Conversion
Sitting and standing is more powerful
Pictorial representation of the film
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.


33. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?
Tell a story
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
Emotions and emphasis
makes running a set more efficient


34. Why should you not tell an actor what to feel?
Eye contact
Conversion
Result direction
Sitting and standing is more powerful


35. What is a pitch in one world?
Tell a story
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
In visioning a result
Conversion


36. Why is it important to mark a script with camera setups?
Who's scene is it
edit suite
Director
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.


37. What is a story bored
Pictorial representation of the film
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
Director


38. What does gaffer do?
Director
Pictorial representation of the film
What they gain.
moves and sets the direction of DOP.


39. In directing a film - what is a director's primary goal?
Who's scene is it
Because that's result direction.
In visioning a result
To eyes of the audience.


40. Give an example of using blocking to enhance the dramatic content of a scene between two people?
Director
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
Sitting and standing is more powerful
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.


41. What does gaffer do?
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
Who's scene is it


42. What does a drawn storyboard give you information about that a written storyboard will not?
Camera movement
Eye contact
B-Roll
Director


43. What is the relationship of the storyboard to the shot list?
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Director
Eye contact
Result direction


44. Who should ideally say 'Action' and 'Cut' on set? Why
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Director
Who's scene is it
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage


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

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46. Name an important aspect of conducting an interview in a documentary.
Eye contact
To eyes of the audience.
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.


47. Why should give compliments or suggestions to the actors on a set?
Conversion
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Director


48. What is meant in 'actors language' by the word action - how is it expressed?
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Director
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Camera movement


49. Why do you do a callback?
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Show commitment show ability to perform
it's portable
Yes cross out so they can focus more


50. Why shouldn't a director read with the actors during the casting?
B-Roll
They Need to observe
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
Keys