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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mamet says you should always do things in what way, in order to make the best movie?

2. Mamet says the audience requires not information, but what?

3. The purpose of technique is to free the what?

4. Mamet says in Chapter 3 that it is the nature of human perception to go to what?

5. Who told Alice it didn't matter which road she took, as cited by Mamet in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mamet say regarding the juxtaposition of uninflected images in Chapter 3?

2. What scenario did Mamet put forth to the class in Chapter 2? How did Mamet relate the suggested opening shot of this scenario to television?

3. How did Mamet illustrate juxtaposition of shots in documentary film in Chapter 1?

4. Describe the "School of Countercultural Architecture."

5. What does Mamet say in terms of withholding information from the audience, in Chapter 2?

6. Describe Mamet's discussion of understanding precipitation in architecture in Chapter 3.

7. What are the different approaches Mamet discussed as methods of storytelling in film, in Chapter 1?

8. How did Mamet describe Eisenstein's theory of montage?

9. How did Mamet relate the "School of Countercultural Architecture" to film directing?

10. What did Mamet write regarding dreams and film in Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Eisenstein's theory of montage. How did Mamet view this approach to storytelling in film?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Mamet's metaphor for film and the Countercultural Architecture movement.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the element of dialogue in film. What did Mamet suggest in directing scenes with dialogue? What should a director avoid in terms of dialogue?

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