Film Directing Exam

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• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In pre production who others that actors should the director hold meetings with?
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
To have an idea of how they talk
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Keys


2. Name two of the most frequent central conflicts of scenes.
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Repetition is the death of creativity
Emotions and emphasis
Issue of power and sex


3. Three important direction to give an actor.
Sitting and standing is more powerful
Who's scene is it
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.


4. What is the role of the assistant director in both pre-production and production?
Camera movement
Call sheets
Show commitment show ability to perform
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.


5. In directing a film - what is a director's primary goal?
To eyes of the audience.
Repetition is the death of creativity
Eye contact
Why not - b roll helps tell the story


6. What is the relationship of the storyboard to the shot list?
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
In visioning a result


7. Why do you do a callback?
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
Show commitment show ability to perform
Conversion


8. Directors Dramatic Breakdown
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
Keys
Camera movement
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage


9. Why is it important to pre-interview your documentary subject?
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
edit suite
Who's scene is it
To have an idea of how they talk


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

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11. What does gaffer do?
To eyes of the audience.
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Keys


12. 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?
Yes cross out so they can focus more
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
makes running a set more efficient
They Need to observe


13. If as a PA on a set you notice a boom reflection in a toaster on the set - who should you talk to?
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
edit suite
Report to the 1st AD
B-Roll


14. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?
makes running a set more efficient
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
Show commitment show ability to perform
Emotions and emphasis


15. Why is not a good idea for a director to only look at the video assist monitor while shooting a scene?
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
Director
To have an idea of how they talk
You want to be there not looking at a screen.


16. Why is craft services important?
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Call sheets
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.


17. What is result direction?
Who's scene is it
In visioning a result
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Sitting and standing is more powerful


18. What is a story bored
makes running a set more efficient
Conversion
Camera movement
Pictorial representation of the film


19. Name two of the most frequent central conflicts of scenes.
Issue of power and sex
Emotions and emphasis
Eye contact
Who's scene is it


20. What does a drawn storyboard give you information about that a written storyboard will not?
Camera movement
Report to the 1st AD
Conversion
Director


21. Directors Dramatic Breakdown
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
Repetition is the death of creativity
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Emotions and emphasis


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

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23. Why is it important to pre-interview your documentary subject?
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
Result direction
To have an idea of how they talk
You want to be there not looking at a screen.


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

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25. What is the role of the assistant director in both pre-production and production?
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
In visioning a result
Call sheets
Conversion


26. What is meant by 'crossing the axis' by 'coverage?'
Emotions and emphasis
Result direction
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Repetition is the death of creativity


27. What is a story bored
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
it's portable
Pictorial representation of the film
Repetition is the death of creativity


28. Why shouldn't a director read with the actors during the casting?
Pictorial representation of the film
They Need to observe
B-Roll
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.


29. Do you shoot b-roll with a subject or interview them first? Why or why not?
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
Show commitment show ability to perform
They Need to observe
B-Roll


30. In directing a film - what is a director's primary goal?
They Need to observe
Pictorial representation of the film
To eyes of the audience.
B-Roll


31. Why should give compliments or suggestions to the actors on a set?
Director
Result direction
In visioning a result
Who's scene is it


32. Name an important aspect of conducting an interview in a documentary.
Eye contact
Because that's result direction.
To be a mirror
In visioning a result


33. 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?
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Call sheets
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Tell a story


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

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35. What is the importance of close-ups?
To have an idea of how they talk
Sitting and standing is more powerful
Emotions and emphasis
Tell a story


36. What is meant by 'crossing the axis' by 'coverage?'
Who's scene is it
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Pictorial representation of the film
In visioning a result


37. What is the directors ultimate duty to an actor?
Director
To be a mirror
Who's scene is it
Camera movement


38. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
B-Roll
makes running a set more efficient
Result direction


39. What is the point of a director on fiction and doc.
Keys
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Tell a story
To be a mirror


40. 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
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
In visioning a result
Director


41. What in documentary shooting terms - is meant by a sequence.
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
B-Roll
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
Yes cross out so they can focus more


42. A documentary is created in the...
edit suite
Who's scene is it
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
Show commitment show ability to perform


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

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44. What is result direction?
Show commitment show ability to perform
it's portable
They Need to observe
In visioning a result


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

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46. Do you shoot b-roll with a subject or interview them first? Why or why not?
Director
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
What they gain.
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.


47. What is meant in 'actors language' by the word action - how is it expressed?
Eye contact
Director
Issue of power and sex
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.


48. Why do you do a callback?
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
Eye contact
Show commitment show ability to perform
Director


49. Give an example of using blocking to enhance the dramatic content of a scene between two people?
Sitting and standing is more powerful
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
To be a mirror
Tell a story


50. What is the importance of close-ups?
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
Director
Emotions and emphasis
Result direction