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1. Why is it important to mark a script with camera setups?
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
makes running a set more efficient
They Need to observe
To be a mirror


2. What is the role of the assistant director in both pre-production and production?
Yes cross out so they can focus more
To have an idea of how they talk
Pictorial representation of the film
Call sheets


3. In pre production who others that actors should the director hold meetings with?
Tell a story
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
Keys
Because that's result direction.


4. What does gaffer do?
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
Yes cross out so they can focus more


5. What is a story bored
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
Pictorial representation of the film
They Need to observe
Eye contact


6. What does a drawn storyboard give you information about that a written storyboard will not?
it's portable
B-Roll
Conversion
Camera movement


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

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8. Why shouldn't a director read with the actors during the casting?
Eye contact
Camera movement
Keys
They Need to observe


9. Name an important aspect of conducting an interview in a documentary.
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
Conversion
Because that's result direction.
Eye contact


10. Why should you not tell an actor what to feel?
Issue of power and sex
Result direction
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Director


11. What does gaffer do?
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Call sheets
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.


12. Do you shoot b-roll with a subject or interview them first? Why or why not?
Repetition is the death of creativity
Report to the 1st AD
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
moves and sets the direction of DOP.


13. Why is it important to pre-interview your documentary subject?
Because that's result direction.
Because that's result direction.
What they gain.
To have an idea of how they talk


14. In pre production who others that actors should the director hold meetings with?
Show commitment show ability to perform
Keys
Camera movement
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.


15. What is result direction?
Eye contact
In visioning a result
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Report to the 1st AD


16. What is the point of a director on fiction and doc.
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
Tell a story
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.


17. What is meant by 'crossing the axis' by 'coverage?'
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
Repetition is the death of creativity


18. Name two of the most frequent central conflicts of scenes.
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
Issue of power and sex
B-Roll


19. Why should give compliments or suggestions to the actors on a set?
Tell a story
Director
Who's scene is it
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage


20. Directors Dramatic Breakdown
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Because that's result direction.
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
Director


21. What is the role of the assistant director in both pre-production and production?
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
To have an idea of how they talk
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Call sheets


22. Why is not a good idea for a director to only look at the video assist monitor while shooting a scene?
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Show commitment show ability to perform
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
Pictorial representation of the film


23. In directing a film - what is a director's primary goal?
Issue of power and sex
B-Roll
To eyes of the audience.
Emotions and emphasis


24. Why is it important to pre-interview your documentary subject?
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
it's portable
What they gain.
To have an idea of how they talk


25. Why is crew hierarchy important on a set?
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
Yes cross out so they can focus more
makes running a set more efficient
B-Roll


26. Give an example of using blocking to enhance the dramatic content of a scene between two people?
Because that's result direction.
To eyes of the audience.
Sitting and standing is more powerful
To have an idea of how they talk


27. What is a story bored
Pictorial representation of the film
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
Director
In visioning a result


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

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29. What in documentary shooting terms - is meant by a sequence.
To have an idea of how they talk
B-Roll
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Because that's result direction.


30. What is the directors ultimate duty to an actor?
Issue of power and sex
To be a mirror
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
You want to be there not looking at a screen.


31. What does 'raising the stakes' mean in terms of directing actors?
Conversion
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
What they gain.


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

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33. Why do you do a callback?
Show commitment show ability to perform
To have an idea of how they talk
it's portable
Pictorial representation of the film


34. 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?
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Yes cross out so they can focus more
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
To have an idea of how they talk


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

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36. What in documentary shooting terms - is meant by a sequence.
B-Roll
makes running a set more efficient
edit suite
makes running a set more efficient


37. What is a pitch in one world?
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
They Need to observe
Conversion
To be a mirror


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

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39. 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?
makes running a set more efficient
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.
Yes cross out so they can focus more


40. Why is it not a good idea to tell an actor after a take to 'do exactly what you just did?
makes running a set more efficient
Repetition is the death of creativity
Keys
Director


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

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42. Three important direction to give an actor.
makes running a set more efficient
To be a mirror
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.


43. Name an important aspect of conducting an interview in a documentary.
Tell a story
Issue of power and sex
B-Roll
Eye contact


44. What is the point of a director on fiction and doc.
Tell a story
makes running a set more efficient
Camera movement
Report to the 1st AD


45. What is the relationship of the storyboard to the shot list?
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
it's portable
Issue of power and sex
Why not - b roll helps tell the story


46. Why should you not tell an actor what to feel?
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
Result direction
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
B-Roll


47. What does a drawn storyboard give you information about that a written storyboard will not?
Keys
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Camera movement
Director


48. What does 'raising the stakes' mean in terms of directing actors?
Result direction
Issue of power and sex
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
What they gain.


49. A documentary is created in the...
Because that's result direction.
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Report to the 1st AD
edit suite


50. Why should give compliments or suggestions to the actors on a set?
Eye contact
Director
What they gain.
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.