Film Directing Exam

Instructions:

• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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• Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Why is it important to mark a script with camera setups?
B-Roll
Director
Show commitment show ability to perform
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.


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

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3. If as a PA on a set you notice a boom reflection in a toaster on the set - who should you talk to?
Repetition is the death of creativity
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
Report to the 1st AD
Who's scene is it


4. What does gaffer do?
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
They Need to observe
In visioning a result
Why not - b roll helps tell the story


5. A documentary is created in the...
edit suite
Keys
Because that's result direction.
Keys


6. What is meant by 'crossing the axis' by 'coverage?'
They Need to observe
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.


7. Name an important aspect of conducting an interview in a documentary.
To have an idea of how they talk
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
Tell a story
Eye contact


8. In pre production who others that actors should the director hold meetings with?
Emotions and emphasis
To be a mirror
Call sheets
Keys


9. What is a pitch in one world?
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
Pictorial representation of the film
Conversion
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage


10. Name two of the most frequent central conflicts of scenes.
Sitting and standing is more powerful
Issue of power and sex
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
Yes cross out so they can focus more


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

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12. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?
makes running a set more efficient
Conversion
Sitting and standing is more powerful
Issue of power and sex


13. What does gaffer do?
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
B-Roll
B-Roll
moves and sets the direction of DOP.


14. What is the point of a director on fiction and doc.
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Camera movement
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Tell a story


15. What in documentary shooting terms - is meant by a sequence.
Result direction
B-Roll
Issue of power and sex
Tell a story


16. Directors Dramatic Breakdown
To eyes of the audience.
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
Sitting and standing is more powerful


17. If as a PA on a set you notice a boom reflection in a toaster on the set - who should you talk to?
Show commitment show ability to perform
Report to the 1st AD
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
B-Roll


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

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19. 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?
Eye contact
Yes cross out so they can focus more
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Because that's result direction.


20. Why is not a good idea for a director to only look at the video assist monitor while shooting a scene?
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Who's scene is it
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.


21. What is meant by 'crossing the axis' by 'coverage?'
Tell a story
Sitting and standing is more powerful
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Report to the 1st AD


22. Who should ideally say 'Action' and 'Cut' on set? Why
What they gain.
What they gain.
Director
Keys


23. What is the role of the assistant director in both pre-production and production?
makes running a set more efficient
What they gain.
Show commitment show ability to perform
Call sheets


24. Name an important aspect of conducting an interview in a documentary.
Eye contact
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Director
Show commitment show ability to perform


25. What is the point of a director on fiction and doc.
Tell a story
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
Yes cross out so they can focus more
To be a mirror


26. Three important direction to give an actor.
Eye contact
Director
Issue of power and sex
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.


27. Why is craft services important?
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
Who's scene is it
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
Keys


28. Give an example of using blocking to enhance the dramatic content of a scene between two people?
Sitting and standing is more powerful
Eye contact
Repetition is the death of creativity
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.


29. Why is it not a good idea to tell an actor after a take to 'do exactly what you just did?
To eyes of the audience.
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Repetition is the death of creativity
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.


30. Who should ideally say 'Action' and 'Cut' on set? Why
Pictorial representation of the film
Eye contact
Because that's result direction.
Director


31. What is the importance of close-ups?
Emotions and emphasis
Who's scene is it
In visioning a result
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.


32. In directing a film - what is a director's primary goal?
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
To eyes of the audience.
They Need to observe


33. In pre production who others that actors should the director hold meetings with?
Keys
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
Report to the 1st AD
Yes cross out so they can focus more


34. Why is not a good idea for a director to only look at the video assist monitor while shooting a scene?
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Because that's result direction.
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage


35. What does 'raising the stakes' mean in terms of directing actors?
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
Result direction
What they gain.


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

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37. What does a drawn storyboard give you information about that a written storyboard will not?
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
Camera movement
Result direction
it's portable


38. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?
makes running a set more efficient
Because that's result direction.
Director
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.


39. What is a pitch in one world?
Because that's result direction.
Conversion
Repetition is the death of creativity
Pictorial representation of the film


40. What does a drawn storyboard give you information about that a written storyboard will not?
Repetition is the death of creativity
B-Roll
Camera movement
Why not - b roll helps tell the story


41. What is meant in 'actors language' by the word action - how is it expressed?
To be a mirror
Conversion
edit suite
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.


42. Why should give compliments or suggestions to the actors on a set?
Camera movement
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Keys
Director


43. In directing a film - what is a director's primary goal?
Pictorial representation of the film
To eyes of the audience.
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Sitting and standing is more powerful


44. Why is craft services important?
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
In visioning a result
To be a mirror
Issue of power and sex


45. What is result direction?
Keys
In visioning a result
Because that's result direction.
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.


46. Three important direction to give an actor.
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.
Pictorial representation of the film
edit suite


47. What is a story bored
Sitting and standing is more powerful
Pictorial representation of the film
To be a mirror
Eye contact


48. Why do you do a callback?
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Call sheets
Show commitment show ability to perform
Sitting and standing is more powerful


49. Why is it important to mark a script with camera setups?
Camera movement
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.


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

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