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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 enhances Rodriguez' technical skills?
2. What inspires Rodriguez enough to do two takes of one scene?
3. In his TV interview, what does Rodriguez give the viewers?
4. What is Robert Rodriguez' classic film made on a budget of $7000?
5. What interests the professor in Rodriquez' work?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Rodriguez turn down the first offer he is given for the movie?
2. Describe the first thing Rodriguez does in post production.
3. What are some of the progressive steps Rodriguez takes toward his film while in the Pharmaco study?
4. Describe the premise of the story for EL MARIACHI.
5. Where do Rodriguez and Gallardo first try to sell the movie?
6. At what age did Rodriguez get interested in making movies and how did it begin?
7. Discuss Rodriguez' period of depression during post production.
8. Tell something about Rodriguez' borrowed camera.
9. Unable to talk a famous actress into being in their movie, how is the problem solved?
10. What does Rodriguez' brief association with Alfonzo Arau and his wife give him the impetus to do?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay about perseverance. In your essay discuss how disappointments should never cause one to abandon a dream. Use the way Rodriguez and Gallardo went about finding a distributor for their film and apply the principle to any worthwhile endeavor.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay giving your opinion about the relative merits of seeing a movie in a theater or a video at home. Give examples of movies that are too grand to really be appreciated on a small screen. State the advantage of being able to stop a scene and go back to view it again if you watch the movie on video.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay about borrowing money. In your essay use Rodriguez as an example. Explain the advantage he had from doing everything with whatever money he had or could earn to make his movie. Discuss in your essay the value of being creative to reach a goal.
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