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Film Directing Exam

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the importance of close-ups?
Emotions and emphasis
To eyes of the audience.
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
Eye contact

2. What is a story bored
Report to the 1st AD
Pictorial representation of the film
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Call sheets

3. What in documentary shooting terms - is meant by a sequence.
To be a mirror
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
To have an idea of how they talk
B-Roll

4. 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?
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
Who's scene is it
Yes cross out so they can focus more

5. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
makes running a set more efficient
To be a mirror

6. What does gaffer do?
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Eye contact
Repetition is the death of creativity
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.

7. Three important direction to give an actor.
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
Director
Show commitment show ability to perform

8. Why is it important to pre-interview your documentary subject?
To have an idea of how they talk
They Need to observe
edit suite
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.

9. What does 'raising the stakes' mean in terms of directing actors?
To be a mirror
What they gain.
Sitting and standing is more powerful
Conversion

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

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11. What is the directors ultimate duty to an actor?
Keys
Repetition is the death of creativity
Call sheets
To be a mirror

12. A documentary is created in the...
edit suite
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
makes running a set more efficient

13. Why shouldn't a director read with the actors during the casting?
Conversion
They Need to observe
Repetition is the death of creativity
Show commitment show ability to perform

14. Give an example of using blocking to enhance the dramatic content of a scene between two people?
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Camera movement
Sitting and standing is more powerful

15. What is the role of the assistant director in both pre-production and production?
They Need to observe
Call sheets
What they gain.
edit suite

16. Why is craft services important?
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
They Need to observe
In visioning a result

17. What is meant in 'actors language' by the word action - how is it expressed?
Issue of power and sex
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Keys
Director

18. What does gaffer do?
it's portable
Eye contact
Director
moves and sets the direction of DOP.

19. What is the relationship of the storyboard to the shot list?
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Tell a story
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Director

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

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21. What is meant in 'actors language' by the word action - how is it expressed?
Call sheets
it's portable
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Who's scene is it

22. What is the directors ultimate duty to an actor?
Who's scene is it
it's portable
They Need to observe
To be a mirror

23. What is result direction?
Tell a story
In visioning a result
Sitting and standing is more powerful
Who's scene is it

24. Directors Dramatic Breakdown
In visioning a result
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
makes running a set more efficient

25. In directing a film - what is a director's primary goal?
To eyes of the audience.
Tell a story
Pictorial representation of the film
B-Roll

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

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27. If as a PA on a set you notice a boom reflection in a toaster on the set - who should you talk to?
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
Report to the 1st AD
Result direction
What they gain.

28. Why should you not tell an actor what to feel?
Director
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Issue of power and sex
Result direction

29. Directors Dramatic Breakdown
Director
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
Because that's result direction.
makes running a set more efficient

30. Why is it not a good idea to tell an actor after a take to 'do exactly what you just did?
Show commitment show ability to perform
Repetition is the death of creativity
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
Pictorial representation of the film

31. If as a PA on a set you notice a boom reflection in a toaster on the set - who should you talk to?
B-Roll
Report to the 1st AD
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Issue of power and sex

32. What is a pitch in one world?
Pictorial representation of the film
Conversion
Who's scene is it
You want to be there not looking at a screen.

33. Who should ideally say 'Action' and 'Cut' on set? Why
Director
Conversion
makes running a set more efficient
B-Roll

34. Why should you not tell an actor what to feel?
Emotions and emphasis
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Director
Result direction

35. What is the role of the assistant director in both pre-production and production?
They Need to observe
Call sheets
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage

36. What does a drawn storyboard give you information about that a written storyboard will not?
Emotions and emphasis
They Need to observe
Tell a story
Camera movement

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

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38. Name two of the most frequent central conflicts of scenes.
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Issue of power and sex
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
To eyes of the audience.

39. In directing a film - what is a director's primary goal?
Director
Who's scene is it
To eyes of the audience.
Repetition is the death of creativity

40. Why is it important to mark a script with camera setups?
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Call sheets
B-Roll
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.

41. Why do you do a callback?
Pictorial representation of the film
To be a mirror
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Show commitment show ability to perform

42. What does 'raising the stakes' mean in terms of directing actors?
Sitting and standing is more powerful
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
What they gain.
To be a mirror

43. Do you shoot b-roll with a subject or interview them first? Why or why not?
Issue of power and sex
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
makes running a set more efficient
To have an idea of how they talk

44. Who should ideally say 'Action' and 'Cut' on set? Why
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
In visioning a result
They Need to observe
Director

45. In pre production who others that actors should the director hold meetings with?
In visioning a result
Report to the 1st AD
Pictorial representation of the film
Keys

46. What does a drawn storyboard give you information about that a written storyboard will not?
Camera movement
What they gain.
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage

47. What is meant by 'crossing the axis' by 'coverage?'
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Who's scene is it
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
Issue of power and sex

48. Why should give compliments or suggestions to the actors on a set?
Director
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Camera movement
Issue of power and sex

49. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
makes running a set more efficient
Keys
Director

50. A documentary is created in the...
edit suite
Sitting and standing is more powerful
makes running a set more efficient
Repetition is the death of creativity