Exam 16: Directing II: Techniques

Matching: -______ A theatrical unit of time, roughly equivalent to a normal heartbeat.

Matching: -______ The audio equivalent of a dissolve.

Matching: -______ The time an individual program element takes, from start to finish A) Audio Fade B) Back-timing C) Beat D) Bed Level E) Box Shot F) Bumper G) (Audio) Crossfade H) Demonstration Program I) Director's Notes J) Dissolve K) Execution Command Shorthand L) Fadeup M) Fadeout N) Intro O) Line-reading P) Lose Key Q) Mike and Cue Talent R) News Hole S) OTS T) Outro U) Product Shot V) Ready (or Stand-by) W) Roll X) Roll Silent Y) Rundown Script Z) Running time AA) Segment time BB) Sound Under CC) Sound Up DD) Split Screen EE) Take FF) Talking Heads GG) Teaser HH) Thank You II) Visual jiggle JJ) Wipe KK) Wrap It

Matching: -______ Usually the most important shot in a commercial, which attractively displays the product or service, advertised to increase audience recognition.

Matching: -______ A cooking, home improvement, or similar show in which the host and/or guests show the audience how to do something.

During camera technical rehearsals, the camera operators don't have to write down their shots because the director has already done that for them.

Matching: -______ The script abbreviation for "over-the-shoulder shot."

Matching: -______ An interview format in which most of the visual elements are medium shots and medium close-ups of persons sitting and talking with each other. A) Audio Fade B) Back-timing C) Beat D) Bed Level E) Box Shot F) Bumper G) (Audio) Crossfade H) Demonstration Program I) Director's Notes J) Dissolve K) Execution Command Shorthand L) Fadeup M) Fadeout N) Intro O) Line-reading P) Lose Key Q) Mike and Cue Talent R) News Hole S) OTS T) Outro U) Product Shot V) Ready (or Stand-by) W) Roll X) Roll Silent Y) Rundown Script Z) Running time AA) Segment time BB) Sound Under CC) Sound Up DD) Split Screen EE) Take FF) Talking Heads GG) Teaser HH) Thank You II) Visual jiggle JJ) Wipe KK) Wrap It

Matching: -______ A term used as part of a preparatory command to differentiate it from an execution command.

In interview ("talking heads") show directing, the most important thing to do is keep the speaking talent on-line most of the time.

Matching: -______ An unsound directing practice in which a director doesn't direct actors but instead acts the part out and instructs the actors to imitate him/her.

Which of the following means that everyone is to stop what they're doing, but hold for further instructions?

Matching: -______ The amount of time in a newscast available to a TV news producer to fill, after subtracting intro, outro, and commercial breaks.

Matching: -______ The total amount of time a program is allotted.

Storyboarding makes the most sense when:

Matching: -______ This command results in one picture slowly fading out, while another picture simultaneously fades up to take its place.

A is a brief version of a longer script, used by a director in a multiple-camera production.

Matching: -______ An audio level "underneath" (lower than) another audio source.

Matching: -______ This execution command causes the instantaneous replacement of one video source with another. A) Audio Fade B) Back-timing C) Beat D) Bed Level E) Box Shot F) Bumper G) (Audio) Crossfade H) Demonstration Program I) Director's Notes J) Dissolve K) Execution Command Shorthand L) Fadeup M) Fadeout N) Intro O) Line-reading P) Lose Key Q) Mike and Cue Talent R) News Hole S) OTS T) Outro U) Product Shot V) Ready (or Stand-by) W) Roll X) Roll Silent Y) Rundown Script Z) Running time AA) Segment time BB) Sound Under CC) Sound Up DD) Split Screen EE) Take FF) Talking Heads GG) Teaser HH) Thank You II) Visual jiggle JJ) Wipe KK) Wrap It

When directing amateur talent, it's best to rehearse them in long blocks of time.