Deck 15: Directing I: Aesthetics

Question 1

The first thing directors do is become as familiar with the script as its writer.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Murder, She Wrote and Law and Order are examples of the use of as the major dramatic value.

A) ideas
B) spectacle
C) language
D) character
E) plot

Answer 2

E

Question 3

The only major dramatic value in Hamlet is language.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

All other variables notwithstanding, for an actor,

A) downstage left
B) downstage center
C) downstage right
D) upstage center
E) upstage left
Has the strongest emphasis.

Question 5

In a shot, when Talent A focuses on Talent B, and Talent B focuses on Talent C, you have

A) direct focus
B) indirect focus
C) symmetrical focus
D) asymmetrical focus
E) a whole lotta focusing goin' on

Question 6

Story movement is "business."

Question 7

Sitting is a stronger movement than standing up.

Question 8

The longest time transition of them all is the

A) cut/take
B) dissolve
C) fade

Question 9

Who has compositional focus in this shot?

A) The girl playing the piano
B) The woman standing in the center
C) The woman sitting at the right

Question 10

The talent in the left foreground provides asymmetric balance for this shot.

Question 11

Picturization provides no aid to dialogue in telling the story.

Question 12

Tempo is the rate at which rhythms occur.

Question 13

Matching :
-______ Business mostly used for entrances and exits.

A) Asymmetrical Balance
B) Background (scenes of)
C) Background Movement
D) Business
E) Character
F) Character Movement
G) Cinematic
H) Compositional balance
I) Compositional movement
J) Dramatized Emotional Relationships (scenes of)
K) Ideas
L) Incidental Action (scenes of)
M) Language
N) Main Action (scenes of)
O) Major dramatic value
P) Pantomimic dramatization
Q) Picturization
R) Plot
S) Spectacle/Music
T) Story movement
U) Symmetrical Balance
V) Technical movement
W) Tempo
X) Transitional movement

Question 14

Matching :
-______ Compositional balance "Weight against weight" in a picture.

A) Asymmetrical Balance
B) Background (scenes of)
C) Background Movement
D) Business
E) Character
F) Character Movement
G) Cinematic
H) Compositional balance
I) Compositional movement
J) Dramatized Emotional Relationships (scenes of)
K) Ideas
L) Incidental Action (scenes of)
M) Language
N) Main Action (scenes of)
O) Major dramatic value
P) Pantomimic dramatization
Q) Picturization
R) Plot
S) Spectacle/Music
T) Story movement
U) Symmetrical Balance
V) Technical movement
W) Tempo
X) Transitional movement

Question 15

Matching :
-______ The rate at which a scene's (or a program's) rhythm occurs.

A) Asymmetrical Balance
B) Background (scenes of)
C) Background Movement
D) Business
E) Character
F) Character Movement
G) Cinematic
H) Compositional balance
I) Compositional movement
J) Dramatized Emotional Relationships (scenes of)
K) Ideas
L) Incidental Action (scenes of)
M) Language
N) Main Action (scenes of)
O) Major dramatic value
P) Pantomimic dramatization
Q) Picturization
R) Plot
S) Spectacle/Music
T) Story movement
U) Symmetrical Balance
V) Technical movement
W) Tempo
X) Transitional movement

Question 16

Matching :
-______ Action not vital to the plot that can be used for character exposition and other purposes.

A) Asymmetrical Balance
B) Background (scenes of)
C) Background Movement
D) Business
E) Character
F) Character Movement
G) Cinematic
H) Compositional balance
I) Compositional movement
J) Dramatized Emotional Relationships (scenes of)
K) Ideas
L) Incidental Action (scenes of)
M) Language
N) Main Action (scenes of)
O) Major dramatic value
P) Pantomimic dramatization
Q) Picturization
R) Plot
S) Spectacle/Music
T) Story movement
U) Symmetrical Balance
V) Technical movement
W) Tempo
X) Transitional movement

Question 17

Matching :
-______ The element of dramatic structure that the director favors over all others in the script.

A) Asymmetrical Balance
B) Background (scenes of)
C) Background Movement
D) Business
E) Character
F) Character Movement
G) Cinematic
H) Compositional balance
I) Compositional movement
J) Dramatized Emotional Relationships (scenes of)
K) Ideas
L) Incidental Action (scenes of)
M) Language
N) Main Action (scenes of)
O) Major dramatic value
P) Pantomimic dramatization
Q) Picturization
R) Plot
S) Spectacle/Music
T) Story movement
U) Symmetrical Balance
V) Technical movement
W) Tempo
X) Transitional movement

Question 18

Matching :
-______ Directorial techniques and tools not available to the stage director - those unique to film and television.

A) Asymmetrical Balance
B) Background (scenes of)
C) Background Movement
D) Business
E) Character
F) Character Movement
G) Cinematic
H) Compositional balance
I) Compositional movement
J) Dramatized Emotional Relationships (scenes of)
K) Ideas
L) Incidental Action (scenes of)
M) Language
N) Main Action (scenes of)
O) Major dramatic value
P) Pantomimic dramatization
Q) Picturization
R) Plot
S) Spectacle/Music
T) Story movement
U) Symmetrical Balance
V) Technical movement
W) Tempo
X) Transitional movement

Question 19

Matching :
-______ A major dramatic value that focuses directorial efforts on the development of visual grandeur or the musical performances in the script.

A) Asymmetrical Balance
B) Background (scenes of)
C) Background Movement
D) Business
E) Character
F) Character Movement
G) Cinematic
H) Compositional balance
I) Compositional movement
J) Dramatized Emotional Relationships (scenes of)
K) Ideas
L) Incidental Action (scenes of)
M) Language
N) Main Action (scenes of)
O) Major dramatic value
P) Pantomimic dramatization
Q) Picturization
R) Plot
S) Spectacle/Music
T) Story movement
U) Symmetrical Balance
V) Technical movement
W) Tempo
X) Transitional movement

Question 20

Matching :
-______ Business that conveys characters and objects into new visual combinations to aid in picturization.

A) Asymmetrical Balance
B) Background (scenes of)
C) Background Movement
D) Business
E) Character
F) Character Movement
G) Cinematic
H) Compositional balance
I) Compositional movement
J) Dramatized Emotional Relationships (scenes of)
K) Ideas
L) Incidental Action (scenes of)
M) Language
N) Main Action (scenes of)
O) Major dramatic value
P) Pantomimic dramatization
Q) Picturization
R) Plot
S) Spectacle/Music
T) Story movement
U) Symmetrical Balance
V) Technical movement
W) Tempo
X) Transitional movement

Question 21

Matching :
-______ A balance achieved through manipulation of variables other than evenly dividing weight on each side of the picture.

A) Asymmetrical Balance
B) Background (scenes of)
C) Background Movement
D) Business
E) Character
F) Character Movement
G) Cinematic
H) Compositional balance
I) Compositional movement
J) Dramatized Emotional Relationships (scenes of)
K) Ideas
L) Incidental Action (scenes of)
M) Language
N) Main Action (scenes of)
O) Major dramatic value
P) Pantomimic dramatization
Q) Picturization
R) Plot
S) Spectacle/Music
T) Story movement
U) Symmetrical Balance
V) Technical movement
W) Tempo
X) Transitional movement

Question 22

Matching :
-______ Visually interpreting the script for the audience.

A) Asymmetrical Balance
B) Background (scenes of)
C) Background Movement
D) Business
E) Character
F) Character Movement
G) Cinematic
H) Compositional balance
I) Compositional movement
J) Dramatized Emotional Relationships (scenes of)
K) Ideas
L) Incidental Action (scenes of)
M) Language
N) Main Action (scenes of)
O) Major dramatic value
P) Pantomimic dramatization
Q) Picturization
R) Plot
S) Spectacle/Music
T) Story movement
U) Symmetrical Balance
V) Technical movement
W) Tempo
X) Transitional movement

Question 23

Matching :
-______ A major dramatic value that focuses directorial efforts on the development of political/social concepts in the script.

A) Asymmetrical Balance
B) Background (scenes of)
C) Background Movement
D) Business
E) Character
F) Character Movement
G) Cinematic
H) Compositional balance
I) Compositional movement
J) Dramatized Emotional Relationships (scenes of)
K) Ideas
L) Incidental Action (scenes of)
M) Language
N) Main Action (scenes of)
O) Major dramatic value
P) Pantomimic dramatization
Q) Picturization
R) Plot
S) Spectacle/Music
T) Story movement
U) Symmetrical Balance
V) Technical movement
W) Tempo
X) Transitional movement

Question 24

Matching :
-______ "Actions without words" used to convey story information.

A) Asymmetrical Balance
B) Background (scenes of)
C) Background Movement
D) Business
E) Character
F) Character Movement
G) Cinematic
H) Compositional balance
I) Compositional movement
J) Dramatized Emotional Relationships (scenes of)
K) Ideas
L) Incidental Action (scenes of)
M) Language
N) Main Action (scenes of)
O) Major dramatic value
P) Pantomimic dramatization
Q) Picturization
R) Plot
S) Spectacle/Music
T) Story movement
U) Symmetrical Balance
V) Technical movement
W) Tempo
X) Transitional movement

Question 25

Matching :
-______ Used to resolve the main plot problems in the story.

A) Asymmetrical Balance
B) Background (scenes of)
C) Background Movement
D) Business
E) Character
F) Character Movement
G) Cinematic
H) Compositional balance
I) Compositional movement
J) Dramatized Emotional Relationships (scenes of)
K) Ideas
L) Incidental Action (scenes of)
M) Language
N) Main Action (scenes of)
O) Major dramatic value
P) Pantomimic dramatization
Q) Picturization
R) Plot
S) Spectacle/Music
T) Story movement
U) Symmetrical Balance
V) Technical movement
W) Tempo
X) Transitional movement

Question 26

Matching :
-______ Business that transports talent and objects from one place to another.

A) Asymmetrical Balance
B) Background (scenes of)
C) Background Movement
D) Business
E) Character
F) Character Movement
G) Cinematic
H) Compositional balance
I) Compositional movement
J) Dramatized Emotional Relationships (scenes of)
K) Ideas
L) Incidental Action (scenes of)
M) Language
N) Main Action (scenes of)
O) Major dramatic value
P) Pantomimic dramatization
Q) Picturization
R) Plot
S) Spectacle/Music
T) Story movement
U) Symmetrical Balance
V) Technical movement
W) Tempo
X) Transitional movement

Question 27

Matching :
-______ Used to set the location and era of a story.

A) Asymmetrical Balance
B) Background (scenes of)
C) Background Movement
D) Business
E) Character
F) Character Movement
G) Cinematic
H) Compositional balance
I) Compositional movement
J) Dramatized Emotional Relationships (scenes of)
K) Ideas
L) Incidental Action (scenes of)
M) Language
N) Main Action (scenes of)
O) Major dramatic value
P) Pantomimic dramatization
Q) Picturization
R) Plot
S) Spectacle/Music
T) Story movement
U) Symmetrical Balance
V) Technical movement
W) Tempo
X) Transitional movement

Question 28

Matching :
-______ Business that directly moves the plot along.

A) Asymmetrical Balance
B) Background (scenes of)
C) Background Movement
D) Business
E) Character
F) Character Movement
G) Cinematic
H) Compositional balance
I) Compositional movement
J) Dramatized Emotional Relationships (scenes of)
K) Ideas
L) Incidental Action (scenes of)
M) Language
N) Main Action (scenes of)
O) Major dramatic value
P) Pantomimic dramatization
Q) Picturization
R) Plot
S) Spectacle/Music
T) Story movement
U) Symmetrical Balance
V) Technical movement
W) Tempo
X) Transitional movement

Question 29

Matching :
-______ Movement connected with handling props or to communicate meaning in the scene.

A) Asymmetrical Balance
B) Background (scenes of)
C) Background Movement
D) Business
E) Character
F) Character Movement
G) Cinematic
H) Compositional balance
I) Compositional movement
J) Dramatized Emotional Relationships (scenes of)
K) Ideas
L) Incidental Action (scenes of)
M) Language
N) Main Action (scenes of)
O) Major dramatic value
P) Pantomimic dramatization
Q) Picturization
R) Plot
S) Spectacle/Music
T) Story movement
U) Symmetrical Balance
V) Technical movement
W) Tempo
X) Transitional movement

Question 30

Matching :
-______ A major dramatic value that focuses directorial efforts on the development of characters in the script.

A) Asymmetrical Balance
B) Background (scenes of)
C) Background Movement
D) Business
E) Character
F) Character Movement
G) Cinematic
H) Compositional balance
I) Compositional movement
J) Dramatized Emotional Relationships (scenes of)
K) Ideas
L) Incidental Action (scenes of)
M) Language
N) Main Action (scenes of)
O) Major dramatic value
P) Pantomimic dramatization
Q) Picturization
R) Plot
S) Spectacle/Music
T) Story movement
U) Symmetrical Balance
V) Technical movement
W) Tempo
X) Transitional movement

Question 31

Matching :
-______ Used to develop the interaction between characters in a script.

A) Asymmetrical Balance
B) Background (scenes of)
C) Background Movement
D) Business
E) Character
F) Character Movement
G) Cinematic
H) Compositional balance
I) Compositional movement
J) Dramatized Emotional Relationships (scenes of)
K) Ideas
L) Incidental Action (scenes of)
M) Language
N) Main Action (scenes of)
O) Major dramatic value
P) Pantomimic dramatization
Q) Picturization
R) Plot
S) Spectacle/Music
T) Story movement
U) Symmetrical Balance
V) Technical movement
W) Tempo
X) Transitional movement

Question 32

Matching :
-______ A major dramatic value that focuses directorial efforts on the delivery of the lines (the words) in the script.

A) Asymmetrical Balance
B) Background (scenes of)
C) Background Movement
D) Business
E) Character
F) Character Movement
G) Cinematic
H) Compositional balance
I) Compositional movement
J) Dramatized Emotional Relationships (scenes of)
K) Ideas
L) Incidental Action (scenes of)
M) Language
N) Main Action (scenes of)
O) Major dramatic value
P) Pantomimic dramatization
Q) Picturization
R) Plot
S) Spectacle/Music
T) Story movement
U) Symmetrical Balance
V) Technical movement
W) Tempo
X) Transitional movement

Question 33

Matching :
-______ Business that helps establish locale and circumstances.

A) Asymmetrical Balance
B) Background (scenes of)
C) Background Movement
D) Business
E) Character
F) Character Movement
G) Cinematic
H) Compositional balance
I) Compositional movement
J) Dramatized Emotional Relationships (scenes of)
K) Ideas
L) Incidental Action (scenes of)
M) Language
N) Main Action (scenes of)
O) Major dramatic value
P) Pantomimic dramatization
Q) Picturization
R) Plot
S) Spectacle/Music
T) Story movement
U) Symmetrical Balance
V) Technical movement
W) Tempo
X) Transitional movement

Question 34

Matching :
-______ A major dramatic value that focuses directorial efforts on development of the story line elements of the script.

A) Asymmetrical Balance
B) Background (scenes of)
C) Background Movement
D) Business
E) Character
F) Character Movement
G) Cinematic
H) Compositional balance
I) Compositional movement
J) Dramatized Emotional Relationships (scenes of)
K) Ideas
L) Incidental Action (scenes of)
M) Language
N) Main Action (scenes of)
O) Major dramatic value
P) Pantomimic dramatization
Q) Picturization
R) Plot
S) Spectacle/Music
T) Story movement
U) Symmetrical Balance
V) Technical movement
W) Tempo
X) Transitional movement

Question 35

Matching :
-______ Balance achieved by equally dividing pictorial weight on each side of the frame.

A) Asymmetrical Balance
B) Background (scenes of)
C) Background Movement
D) Business
E) Character
F) Character Movement
G) Cinematic
H) Compositional balance
I) Compositional movement
J) Dramatized Emotional Relationships (scenes of)
K) Ideas
L) Incidental Action (scenes of)
M) Language
N) Main Action (scenes of)
O) Major dramatic value
P) Pantomimic dramatization
Q) Picturization
R) Plot
S) Spectacle/Music
T) Story movement
U) Symmetrical Balance
V) Technical movement
W) Tempo
X) Transitional movement

Question 36

Matching :
-______ Business that helps establish unique character traits.

A) Asymmetrical Balance
B) Background (scenes of)
C) Background Movement
D) Business
E) Character
F) Character Movement
G) Cinematic
H) Compositional balance
I) Compositional movement
J) Dramatized Emotional Relationships (scenes of)
K) Ideas
L) Incidental Action (scenes of)
M) Language
N) Main Action (scenes of)
O) Major dramatic value
P) Pantomimic dramatization
Q) Picturization
R) Plot
S) Spectacle/Music
T) Story movement
U) Symmetrical Balance
V) Technical movement
W) Tempo
X) Transitional movement