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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, under conditions of great stress, you have to know your what?
2. Mamet says that it's not the actor's job to be emotional. It's the actor's job to be what?
3. Which chapter did Mamet recommend the students read in, A Practical Handbook for the Actor?
4. According to Mamet in Chapter 6, it isn't your job to make it what?
5. What, according to Mamet, is the answer to, "Where do we put the camera?"
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Mamet describe dealing with dialogue in Chapter 4?
2. What is the hierarchy of film? Why did Mamet suggest the actor cannot be a fallback for the film in Chapter 6?
3. What does Mamet say regarding the training of film actors in today's world?
4. What did Mamet suggest to the new director regarding animated films, in Chapter 5?
5. What are modern film actors lacking in their education of storytelling, according to Mamet?
6. What is the appropriate response to the actor who asks "how do I walk down the hall", in the example in Chapter 4?
7. What has the hypothetical film evolved to in terms of danger in Chapter 5?
8. What example did Mamet give of Humphrey Bogart's simplicity, in Chapter 4?
9. What storytelling genres did Mamet suggest the director study in Chapter 5?
10. What decision did Mamet suggest is in the hands of the director, in Chapter 6?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the similarities between film and dreams. What writers did Mamet cite in his discussion of this topic?
Essay Topic 2
What authors did Mamet quote in the book with regard to cutting extraneous text in a screenplay? What theorists did he speak about in dramatic analysis?
Essay Topic 3
What tasks does the director face in pre-production for a film? How does this prepare him/her for shooting?
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