Film Directing Exam

Instructions:

• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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• Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. Do you shoot b-roll with a subject or interview them first? Why or why not?
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Repetition is the death of creativity
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
Who's scene is it


2. A documentary is created in the...
Yes cross out so they can focus more
edit suite
What they gain.
Conversion


3. In pre production who others that actors should the director hold meetings with?
B-Roll
Keys
To eyes of the audience.
Director


4. Why is it not a good idea to tell an actor after a take to 'do exactly what you just did?
Because that's result direction.
Result direction
Repetition is the death of creativity
To eyes of the audience.


5. Why is not a good idea for a director to only look at the video assist monitor while shooting a scene?
Eye contact
Because that's result direction.
Result direction
You want to be there not looking at a screen.


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

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7. What in documentary shooting terms - is meant by a sequence.
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
They Need to observe
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
B-Roll


8. Why is it important to pre-interview your documentary subject?
Yes cross out so they can focus more
To have an idea of how they talk
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Emotions and emphasis


9. Why is craft services important?
In visioning a result
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
Camera movement


10. What is a pitch in one world?
Repetition is the death of creativity
Conversion
Pictorial representation of the film
moves and sets the direction of DOP.


11. What is the role of the assistant director in both pre-production and production?
Call sheets
edit suite
Who's scene is it
Eye contact


12. What is the directors ultimate duty to an actor?
To be a mirror
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Sitting and standing is more powerful
Pictorial representation of the film


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


14. What is the point of a director on fiction and doc.
Pictorial representation of the film
Tell a story
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage


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

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16. Why should you not tell an actor what to feel?
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Yes cross out so they can focus more
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Result direction


17. 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.
B-Roll
makes running a set more efficient
Why not - b roll helps tell the story


18. A documentary is created in the...
Eye contact
edit suite
What they gain.
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.


19. Who should ideally say 'Action' and 'Cut' on set? Why
Show commitment show ability to perform
Director
To have an idea of how they talk
In visioning a result


20. What is the point of a director on fiction and doc.
makes running a set more efficient
Director
Tell a story
Issue of power and sex


21. Why shouldn't a director read with the actors during the casting?
They Need to observe
Pictorial representation of the film
Keys
edit suite


22. What is the role of the assistant director in both pre-production and production?
Result direction
Director
Call sheets
Repetition is the death of creativity


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

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24. Why is it important to mark a script with camera setups?
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.
B-Roll
Repetition is the death of creativity


25. Directors Dramatic Breakdown
Camera movement
Emotions and emphasis
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.


26. What is the relationship of the storyboard to the shot list?
Conversion
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Sitting and standing is more powerful
B-Roll


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

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28. What is the importance of close-ups?
Because that's result direction.
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Emotions and emphasis
moves and sets the direction of DOP.


29. If as a PA on a set you notice a boom reflection in a toaster on the set - who should you talk to?
Report to the 1st AD
Call sheets
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage
What they gain.


30. Why should you not tell an actor what to feel?
In visioning a result
Report to the 1st AD
Eye contact
Result direction


31. What is a story bored
Emotions and emphasis
Pictorial representation of the film
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.


32. Name an important aspect of conducting an interview in a documentary.
To eyes of the audience.
Sitting and standing is more powerful
Eye contact
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.


33. Give an example of using blocking to enhance the dramatic content of a scene between two people?
Emotions and emphasis
Sitting and standing is more powerful
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.
Pictorial representation of the film


34. What does 'raising the stakes' mean in terms of directing actors?
Result direction
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Eye contact
What they gain.


35. Why shouldn't a director read with the actors during the casting?
Call sheets
They Need to observe
Conversion
So that you can per pare for the set up with camera movements and lenses.


36. 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.
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
Conversion
Why not - b roll helps tell the story


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?
Yes cross out so they can focus more
moves and sets the direction of DOP.
Because that's result direction.
Tell a story


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

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39. What is meant by 'crossing the axis' by 'coverage?'
B-Roll
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
So the editor doesn't have to look through footage


40. Who should ideally say 'Action' and 'Cut' on set? Why
Eye contact
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
Issue of power and sex
Director


41. Three important direction to give an actor.
What do they want - what they want from each other - and how can they get it.
Because that's result direction.
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Who's scene is it


42. What is result direction?
Pictorial representation of the film
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Repetition is the death of creativity
In visioning a result


43. Name two of the most frequent central conflicts of scenes.
You want to be there not looking at a screen.
Repetition is the death of creativity
Issue of power and sex
To be a mirror


44. What is a pitch in one world?
Yes cross out so they can focus more
Repetition is the death of creativity
Conversion
Tell a story


45. Directors Dramatic Breakdown
Their tactic verbs - you set up the situation for the actor.
Call sheets
Report to the 1st AD
When the director and explains what they need to project. Through needs and wants.


46. Why is it not a good idea to tell an actor after a take to 'do exactly what you just did?
Repetition is the death of creativity
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
Conversion
Call sheets


47. Give an example of using blocking to enhance the dramatic content of a scene between two people?
Tell a story
Sitting and standing is more powerful
Why not - b roll helps tell the story
Yes cross out so they can focus more


48. What does a drawn storyboard give you information about that a written storyboard will not?
To have an idea of how they talk
In visioning a result
Camera movement
the shot list is a list that obtains storyboard and additional coverage


49. Why do you do a callback?
To eyes of the audience.
Report to the 1st AD
Result direction
Show commitment show ability to perform


50. Why is craft services important?
Because a hungry crew is a angry crew.
Repetition is the death of creativity
Crossing the axis=Going beyond 180 degrees - Coverage=Shooting additional footage.
B-Roll