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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. What did the pig have around its neck in the hypothetical film from Chapter 5?
2. What does Mamet say that dramatic analysis is like in Chapter 6?
3. What does Mamet say is useless filler in film, and the giveaway to a joke's punch line, in Chapter 5?
4. Mamet compared the work of the film director to what, in Chapter 6?
5. What example did Mamet use in Chapter 4 to demonstrate how you don't or do shoot a scene?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the appropriate response to the actor who asks "how do I walk down the hall", in the example in Chapter 4?
2. What did Mamet write about the Navaho Indians in Chapter 6?
3. What was Mamet's reply to the question, "Is it possible to do everything "right" and still make a bad movie?"
4. What suggestions did the students give for the motivation of the protagonist in Chapter 5's scenario?
5. What decision did Mamet suggest is in the hands of the director, in Chapter 6?
6. What metaphor did Mamet use to illustrate the work in pre-production, in Chapter 6?
7. In the hypothetical film from Chapters 3 and 4, what would Mamet suggest as direction to the protagonist?
8. What are modern film actors lacking in their education of storytelling, according to Mamet?
9. What did Mamet suggest to the new director regarding animated films, in Chapter 5?
10. What did Mamet write in Chapter 4 of the director's instructions to the actor?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the career of author David Mamet and how he came to the world of film. What was the principle area of his expertise at the time he wrote On Directing Film?
Essay Topic 2
Why did Mamet believe that the steadicam was a contributor to the downfall of American cinema? What approach is common with the use of the steadicam?
Essay Topic 3
Describe Mamet's metaphor for film and the Countercultural Architecture movement.
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