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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. Which story of the farmer's did the class decide to go with in Chapter 5?

2. Everything in the old cartoons was based on what, according to Mamet?

3. Mamet says that it's not the actor's job to be emotional. It's the actor's job to be what?

4. What was the last beat about in the hypothetical film in Chapter 5?

5. What, in Mamet's analogy in Chapter 6, are the marker buoys?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are modern film actors lacking in their education of storytelling, according to Mamet?

2. What does Mamet say regarding the training of film actors in today's world?

3. What is the Cult of Self which Mamet refers to in Chapter 6?

4. What did Mamet suggest directors should strive for in terms of film dialogue in movies, in Chapter 4?

5. What was Mamet's response to "performance art" questions which arise in shooting?

6. What does Mamet say to give yourself over to in directing, in Chapter 5?

7. What did Mamet caution against with having multiple motivations for the farmer in Chapter 5?

8. What metaphor did Mamet use to illustrate the work in pre-production, in Chapter 6?

9. What storytelling genres did Mamet suggest the director study in Chapter 5?

10. What did Mamet write about the Navaho Indians in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Mamet's point of view regarding identification of the audience with the hero of the story. How much description should surround this character, and why?

Essay Topic 3

Compare the films of Frank Capra and Werner Herzog. How do these directors differ in their approach and storytelling? With whom do Mamet's theories most relate?

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