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. What does a drawn storyboard give you information about that a written storyboard will not?
Camera movement
What they gain.
it's portable
Yes cross out so they can focus more


2. In directing a film - what is a director's primary goal?
B-Roll
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
Director
To eyes of the audience.


3. If as a PA on a set you notice a boom reflection in a toaster on the set - who should you talk to?
it's portable
Report to the 1st AD
Because that's result direction.
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage


4. Why is craft services important?
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
Pictorial representation of the film
it's portable
edit suite


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

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6. Why should give compliments or suggestions to the actors on a set?
Director
In visioning a result
it's portable
What they gain.


7. Directors Dramatic Breakdown
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
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.
Repetition is the death of creativity


8. What is result direction?
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
Pictorial representation of the film
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
In visioning a result


9. What does 'raising the stakes' mean in terms of directing actors?
Result direction
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
In visioning a result
What they gain.


10. Do you shoot b-roll with a subject or interview them first? Why or why not?
To have an idea of how they talk
They Need to observe
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
To eyes of the audience.


11. Three important direction to give an actor.
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
Camera movement
In visioning a result
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.


12. Why is it important to pre-interview your documentary subject?
Eye contact
To have an idea of how they talk
To be a mirror
Why not - b roll helps tell the story


13. What is meant by 'crossing the axis' by 'coverage?'
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Report to the 1st AD
Yes cross out so they can focus more


14. A documentary is created in the...
B-Roll
edit suite
In visioning a result
Repetition is the death of creativity


15. Who should ideally say 'Action' and 'Cut' on set? Why
To have an idea of how they talk
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
To be a mirror
Director


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

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17. What does 'raising the stakes' mean in terms of directing actors?
They Need to observe
What they gain.
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
moves and sets the direction of DOP.


18. Name two of the most frequent central conflicts of scenes.
makes running a set more efficient
In visioning a result
Issue of power and sex
Tell a story


19. What is the relationship of the storyboard to the shot list?
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Eye contact
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.


20. Why is craft services important?
Who's scene is it
Who's scene is it
Because that's result direction.
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.


21. 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?
To have an idea of how they talk
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Show commitment show ability to perform


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

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23. Why shouldn't a director read with the actors during the casting?
Director
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Repetition is the death of creativity
They Need to observe


24. What is the point of a director on fiction and doc.
Director
Tell a story
To be a mirror
Director


25. In directing a film - what is a director's primary goal?
it's portable
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
To eyes of the audience.
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.


26. Why shouldn't a director read with the actors during the casting?
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
They Need to observe
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
Sitting and standing is more powerful


27. Give an example of using blocking to enhance the dramatic content of a scene between two people?
Sitting and standing is more powerful
What they gain.
In visioning a result
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage


28. Why should give compliments or suggestions to the actors on a set?
Repetition is the death of creativity
Report to the 1st AD
To be a mirror
Director


29. Why is it important to mark a script with camera setups?
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Result direction
edit suite
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.


30. What is the point of a director on fiction and doc.
Tell a story
it's portable
Show commitment show ability to perform
You want to be there not looking at a screen.


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

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32. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
Director
What they gain.
makes running a set more efficient


33. Give an example of using blocking to enhance the dramatic content of a scene between two people?
Sitting and standing is more powerful
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage


34. What is the directors ultimate duty to an actor?
What they gain.
Camera movement
To be a mirror
moves and sets the direction of DOP.


35. Do you shoot b-roll with a subject or interview them first? Why or why not?
B-Roll
Who's scene is it
Camera movement
Why not - b roll helps tell the story


36. What is a story bored
it's portable
Result direction
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Pictorial representation of the film


37. Three important direction to give an actor.
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Eye contact
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
Director


38. What is a story bored
Pictorial representation of the film
Director
Report to the 1st AD
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage


39. Why do you do a callback?
Who's scene is it
Tell a story
Show commitment show ability to perform
Who's scene is it


40. Why is it important to pre-interview your documentary subject?
Report to the 1st AD
To have an idea of how they talk
They Need to observe
To eyes of the audience.


41. What is meant in 'actors language' by the word action - how is it expressed?
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
Conversion
Why not - b roll helps tell the story


42. Why is not a good idea for a director to only look at the video assist monitor while shooting a scene?
Emotions and emphasis
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
Eye contact
You want to be there not looking at a screen.


43. What is a pitch in one world?
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
To be a mirror
Emotions and emphasis
Conversion


44. Why is it important to mark a script with camera setups?
Issue of power and sex
They Need to observe
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
In visioning a result


45. Directors Dramatic Breakdown
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
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.


46. Why do you do a callback?
In visioning a result
Camera movement
Issue of power and sex
Show commitment show ability to perform


47. Why should you not tell an actor what to feel?
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Result direction
Keys
Call sheets


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

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49. What in documentary shooting terms - is meant by a sequence.
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
B-Roll


50. Why should you not tell an actor what to feel?
Call sheets
Result direction
Issue of power and sex
Yes cross out so they can focus more