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. A documentary is created in the...
edit suite
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
Yes cross out so they can focus more
makes running a set more efficient


2. Why is it not a good idea to tell an actor after a take to 'do exactly what you just did?
To have an idea of how they talk
Show commitment show ability to perform
Emotions and emphasis
Repetition is the death of creativity


3. What is a story bored
Pictorial representation of the film
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
Eye contact
Show commitment show ability to perform


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

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5. What does gaffer do?
Yes cross out so they can focus more
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
What they gain.
moves and sets the direction of DOP.


6. Directors Dramatic Breakdown
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Tell a story
Eye contact


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

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8. Directors Dramatic Breakdown
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
To eyes of the audience.
In visioning a result
Tell a story


9. What is the relationship of the storyboard to the shot list?
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Conversion
Director


10. What is the point of a director on fiction and doc.
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Tell a story
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
it's portable


11. Why should give compliments or suggestions to the actors on a set?
Emotions and emphasis
Director
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.


12. Why should give compliments or suggestions to the actors on a set?
They Need to observe
B-Roll
Camera movement
Director


13. What is meant in 'actors language' by the word action - how is it expressed?
In visioning a result
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
Report to the 1st AD
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.


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?
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
Repetition is the death of creativity
Yes cross out so they can focus more
To eyes of the audience.


15. What is a pitch in one world?
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
Conversion
Camera movement
You want to be there not looking at a screen.


16. Why is it important to pre-interview your documentary subject?
Because that's result direction.
To have an idea of how they talk
Result direction
Repetition is the death of creativity


17. Why is craft services important?
Call sheets
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
Keys
Director


18. Why shouldn't a director read with the actors during the casting?
Pictorial representation of the film
Because that's result direction.
They Need to observe
Eye contact


19. In pre production who others that actors should the director hold meetings with?
What they gain.
Pictorial representation of the film
Keys
To eyes of the audience.


20. What is the point of a director on fiction and doc.
To eyes of the audience.
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
Tell a story
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.


21. Three important direction to give an actor.
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Repetition is the death of creativity


22. Why do you do a callback?
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
Sitting and standing is more powerful
edit suite
Show commitment show ability to perform


23. In directing a film - what is a director's primary goal?
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Repetition is the death of creativity
To eyes of the audience.
Result direction


24. Give an example of using blocking to enhance the dramatic content of a scene between two people?
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Because that's result direction.
To be a mirror
Sitting and standing is more powerful


25. What is meant by 'crossing the axis' by 'coverage?'
They Need to observe
Director
Eye contact
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.


26. What does a drawn storyboard give you information about that a written storyboard will not?
Camera movement
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
Director
To be a mirror


27. Why is craft services important?
Call sheets
Result direction
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage


28. Why do you do a callback?
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
Director
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
Show commitment show ability to perform


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

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30. Three important direction to give an actor.
Director
Director
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
Who's scene is it


31. What is the role of the assistant director in both pre-production and production?
it's portable
Call sheets
In visioning a result
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage


32. What is the relationship of the storyboard to the shot list?
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Emotions and emphasis
Because that's result direction.


33. What does gaffer do?
Director
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Conversion
To be a mirror


34. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?
B-Roll
Conversion
makes running a set more efficient
Eye contact


35. What is meant in 'actors language' by the word action - how is it expressed?
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
To be a mirror
makes running a set more efficient
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.


36. What is a pitch in one world?
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
it's portable
Director
Conversion


37. 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?
edit suite
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Tell a story
What they gain.


38. What does a drawn storyboard give you information about that a written storyboard will not?
it's portable
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Camera movement


39. What is result direction?
In visioning a result
Issue of power and sex
Director
To have an idea of how they talk


40. A documentary is created in the...
Report to the 1st AD
edit suite
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
Conversion


41. Why should you not tell an actor what to feel?
Report to the 1st AD
Result direction
Show commitment show ability to perform
Pictorial representation of the film


42. What is the directors ultimate duty to an actor?
Yes cross out so they can focus more
To be a mirror
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
You want to be there not looking at a screen.


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

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44. What is a story bored
Result direction
Pictorial representation of the film
Because that's result direction.
Show commitment show ability to perform


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

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46. What is the importance of close-ups?
Tell a story
Camera movement
To eyes of the audience.
Emotions and emphasis


47. What does 'raising the stakes' mean in terms of directing actors?
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
What they gain.


48. Why is not a good idea for a director to only look at the video assist monitor while shooting a scene?
To have an idea of how they talk
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Result direction


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

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50. Name two of the most frequent central conflicts of scenes.
Tell a story
Issue of power and sex
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
To eyes of the audience.