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Film Directing Exam

Subjects : performing-arts, film
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. What is the benefit of a written story bored over a drawn storyboard?

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






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






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






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






6. What is a pitch in one world?






7. Three important direction to give an actor.






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






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






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






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






12. Why is craft services important?






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






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






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






16. Why is not a good idea for a director to only look at the video assist monitor while shooting a scene?






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






18. Directors Dramatic Breakdown






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






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






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

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






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






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

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25. Why is not a good idea for a director to only look at the video assist monitor while shooting a scene?






26. What is the importance of close-ups?






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






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






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






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






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






32. A documentary is created in the...






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






34. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?






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

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36. What does gaffer do?






37. Why do you do a callback?






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






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






40. What does gaffer do?






41. What is the importance of close-ups?






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






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






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






45. What is result direction?






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






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






48. A documentary is created in the...






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






50. Why do you do a callback?