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Film Directing Exam

Subjects : performing-arts, film
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is meant by 'crossing the axis' by 'coverage?'






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


3. Why do you do a callback?






4. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?






5. What is a pitch in one world?






6. Why do you do a callback?






7. A documentary is created in the...






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


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






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






11. What is a story bored






12. Three important direction to give an actor.






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






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






15. What is a pitch in one world?






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. What is result direction?






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


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






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






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






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






28. What does gaffer do?






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






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






31. 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?






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






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


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






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






36. Directors Dramatic Breakdown






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


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


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






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






41. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Three important direction to give an actor.