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






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






3. Why is craft services important?






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


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






6. What is the importance of close-ups?






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






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






9. What does gaffer do?






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






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


12. What is a story bored






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






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






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






16. Three important direction to give an actor.






17. What is result direction?






18. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?






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


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






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






29. What is result direction?






30. What is the importance of close-ups?






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






32. Directors Dramatic Breakdown






33. Why do you do a callback?






34. 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?






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






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


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






38. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?






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






40. What is a pitch in one world?






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






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






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






44. A documentary is created in the...






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


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


47. Why is craft services important?






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






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






50. A documentary is created in the...