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Film Directing Exam

Subjects : performing-arts, film
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Do you shoot b-roll with a subject or interview them first? Why or why not?






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






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






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






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






6. 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?






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






8. Directors Dramatic Breakdown






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


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






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






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






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


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






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






16. What is a story bored






17. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?






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






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






20. What is the importance of close-ups?






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






22. What does gaffer do?






23. What is a pitch in one world?






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






25. Why is craft services important?






26. What does gaffer do?






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


28. What is result direction?






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






30. A documentary is created in the...






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






32. What is the importance of close-ups?






33. Why do you do a callback?






34. Three important direction to give an actor.






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






36. What is a pitch in one world?






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






38. What is a story bored






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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


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