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 is meant in 'actors language' by the word action - how is it expressed?
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
Pictorial representation of the film
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.


2. Why should give compliments or suggestions to the actors on a set?
Director
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
To be a mirror
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage


3. What is the relationship of the storyboard to the shot list?
In visioning a result
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage


4. What is meant in 'actors language' by the word action - how is it expressed?
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Pictorial representation of the film
Sitting and standing is more powerful
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.


5. What is a story bored
Report to the 1st AD
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
In visioning a result
Pictorial representation of the film


6. Why do you do a callback?
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
Eye contact
Show commitment show ability to perform
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.


7. What is the directors ultimate duty to an actor?
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
Sitting and standing is more powerful
To be a mirror
Camera movement


8. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
makes running a set more efficient
Director


9. Directors Dramatic Breakdown
Show commitment show ability to perform
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
To have an idea of how they talk


10. What does gaffer do?
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Because that's result direction.
Conversion
Pictorial representation of the film


11. Give an example of using blocking to enhance the dramatic content of a scene between two people?
Sitting and standing is more powerful
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Result direction
B-Roll


12. Do you shoot b-roll with a subject or interview them first? Why or why not?
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Emotions and emphasis
What they gain.


13. Why should you not tell an actor what to feel?
Result direction
Sitting and standing is more powerful
B-Roll
Eye contact


14. Why shouldn't a director read with the actors during the casting?
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
it's portable
Who's scene is it
They Need to observe


15. 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?
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
Director


16. What is the point of a director on fiction and doc.
In visioning a result
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Repetition is the death of creativity
Tell a story


17. Why is it not a good idea to tell an actor after a take to 'do exactly what you just did?
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Repetition is the death of creativity
Pictorial representation of the film
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.


18. In directing a film - what is a director's primary goal?
To eyes of the audience.
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
it's portable
Conversion


19. What is the point of a director on fiction and doc.
Tell a story
Because that's result direction.
To be a mirror
Yes cross out so they can focus more


20. What does gaffer do?
Emotions and emphasis
Conversion
Result direction
moves and sets the direction of DOP.


21. In pre production who others that actors should the director hold meetings with?
Keys
Emotions and emphasis
Director
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.


22. If as a PA on a set you notice a boom reflection in a toaster on the set - who should you talk to?
Who's scene is it
They Need to observe
Report to the 1st AD
it's portable


23. Why do you do a callback?
What they gain.
Camera movement
Emotions and emphasis
Show commitment show ability to perform


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

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25. What does a drawn storyboard give you information about that a written storyboard will not?
Pictorial representation of the film
Who's scene is it
Emotions and emphasis
Camera movement


26. If as a PA on a set you notice a boom reflection in a toaster on the set - who should you talk to?
What they gain.
Show commitment show ability to perform
Sitting and standing is more powerful
Report to the 1st AD


27. Directors Dramatic Breakdown
Repetition is the death of creativity
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Pictorial representation of the film


28. What is the importance of close-ups?
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Camera movement
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Emotions and emphasis


29. A documentary is created in the...
edit suite
Sitting and standing is more powerful
Repetition is the death of creativity
Because that's result direction.


30. What in documentary shooting terms - is meant by a sequence.
To have an idea of how they talk
B-Roll
Conversion
Pictorial representation of the film


31. What is the role of the assistant director in both pre-production and production?
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Call sheets
Issue of power and sex
Keys


32. Why is it important to mark a script with camera setups?
Emotions and emphasis
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
You want to be there not looking at a screen.


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

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34. What is a pitch in one world?
In visioning a result
Conversion
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
To eyes of the audience.


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

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36. What is the importance of close-ups?
Issue of power and sex
Emotions and emphasis
To eyes of the audience.
Call sheets


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?
B-Roll
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Sitting and standing is more powerful
To be a mirror


38. Why should you not tell an actor what to feel?
makes running a set more efficient
Repetition is the death of creativity
Sitting and standing is more powerful
Result direction


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

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40. Why is not a good idea for a director to only look at the video assist monitor while shooting a scene?
Because that's result direction.
Keys
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
moves and sets the direction of DOP.


41. What is a story bored
makes running a set more efficient
Pictorial representation of the film
They Need to observe
To eyes of the audience.


42. Name two of the most frequent central conflicts of scenes.
edit suite
Issue of power and sex
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
To have an idea of how they talk


43. Name two of the most frequent central conflicts of scenes.
Show commitment show ability to perform
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
Issue of power and sex
Result direction


44. What does a drawn storyboard give you information about that a written storyboard will not?
Camera movement
Sitting and standing is more powerful
makes running a set more efficient
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.


45. Name an important aspect of conducting an interview in a documentary.
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Eye contact
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Director


46. Who should ideally say 'Action' and 'Cut' on set? Why
Director
it's portable
What they gain.
Result direction


47. What is a pitch in one world?
Result direction
B-Roll
Conversion
Report to the 1st AD


48. What is the role of the assistant director in both pre-production and production?
To eyes of the audience.
Pictorial representation of the film
Call sheets
Why not - b roll helps tell the story


49. What does 'raising the stakes' mean in terms of directing actors?
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
Director
What they gain.
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.


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

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