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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. According to Mamet, most movie scripts are written for an audience of what?

2. What does Mamet say is a bad idea for the third beat in Chapter 2?

3. What unit does the director want to concern himself with?

4. What craft did Mamet say he does sometimes in Chapter 3?

5. What is another term for "looping"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mamet write in Chapter 3 regarding film with political agendas?

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

3. What did Mamet indicate is the point of view of the performance artist, in Chapter 3?

4. What was Mamet's rule of thumb for cutting extraneous material from a film?

5. Describe the "School of Countercultural Architecture."

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

7. What are ways that directors attempt to keep the audience's attention when the design of a film fails?

8. Describe the objective and beats in the hypothetical film in Chapter 2.

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

10. What did Mamet write of producers in Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and define the K.I.S.S. rule. In what context did Mamet refer to this in the text?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Define the following terms and describe how they relate to one another: shot, beat, scene, film, protagonist, and objective.

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