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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. What is the directors ultimate duty to an actor?






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






4. What is a story bored






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






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


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






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






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






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






11. What is a story bored






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






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






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






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






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






17. Three important direction to give an actor.






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


19. What does gaffer do?






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


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






22. Why is craft services important?






23. What is the importance of close-ups?






24. 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?






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






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






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


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






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






30. What is a pitch in one world?






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






32. What is a pitch in one world?






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






34. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?






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






36. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?






37. A documentary is created in the...






38. Why do you do a callback?






39. What does gaffer do?






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


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






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






43. Three important direction to give an actor.






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






45. What is result direction?






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






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






48. What is the importance of close-ups?






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






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