Question 1

For an audience to remain interested in the character, the character has to be someone the audience can identify with

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

Dialogue in films and television has to be realistic, which means: (Pick all that apply)

Accepted Answer

A)   the characters have to speak in character
B)   each character has to have a heavy dialect
C)   characters have to sound as if they're real
D)   characters have to be believable A,C,D

Question 3

Visual gags are found in _________

Accepted Answer

Comedy.

Question 4

Cover up and impersonation always involves:

Accepted Answer

A)   a detective and the police force
B)   a murder
C)   a change of clothing for the actor
D)   a degree of suspense

Question 5

There are many different devices used in comedy writing.choose all that apply

Accepted Answer

A)   Dramatic Irony
B)   Running Gag
C)   Visual Gag
D)   Cover up/Impersonation
E)   Disguise and Mistaken IdentityF)  all of the above

Question 6

Dialogue is way to fill time between the action scenes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Explain what a cliché is and how we would see it in a movie.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Explain what a cliché is and how...

Question 8

Characters are always human.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Writing good dialogue is easy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

For believable conflict, most stories need

Accepted Answer

A)   a great writer and director
B)   a protagonist and an antagonist
C)   friendly cast and crew
D)   good actors, locations, and a great script

Question 11

The plot is the mechanism seen as the embedded structure of a movie or screenplay.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

A unit of composition in a screenplay is

Accepted Answer

A)   dialogue
B)   action
C)   scene
D)   act

Question 13

Movie dialogue is sparse because audience would rather watch what the characters are doing not listen to what they're saying.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Two engines of a story are _ __ and __ ___.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Two engines of a story are _...

Exam 9: Writing Techniques for Long-Form Scripts

For an audience to remain interested in the character, the character has to be someone the audience can identify with

Dialogue in films and television has to be realistic, which means: (Pick all that apply)

Visual gags are found in _________

Cover up and impersonation always involves:

There are many different devices used in comedy writing.choose all that apply

Dialogue is way to fill time between the action scenes.

Explain what a cliché is and how we would see it in a movie.

Characters are always human.

Writing good dialogue is easy.

For believable conflict, most stories need

The plot is the mechanism seen as the embedded structure of a movie or screenplay.

A unit of composition in a screenplay is

Movie dialogue is sparse because audience would rather watch what the characters are doing not listen to what they're saying.

Two engines of a story are _ and ___.