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Screenplay

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Screen plays are written in three acts -- Setup, Confrontation, and what?

a)

structure

b)

form

c)

resolution

d)

rising action

2.

What is a logline?

a)

the end of a tagline

b)

a one sentence statement that summarizes what the screenplay is about

c)

the beginning of the novel that the screenplay is using as a base story

d)

a camera angle

3.

This person is responsible for planning, organizing, and overseeing the shooting of a film

a)

actor

b)

director

c)

screenwriter

d)

producer designer

4.

This person is responsible for creating the storyboard

a)

director

b)

actor

c)

producer

d)

production designer

5.

This person is responsible for executing the director's vision for the various camera angles and shots in the film

a)

cinematophrapher

b)

costume designer

c)

art director

d)

producer

6.

This person selects appropriate music to enhance the scenes and emotionality of the film

a)

artistic director

b)

actor

c)

music director

d)

costume designer

7.

Which of the following genres includes spoofs, slapstick and humor through exaggeration

a)

comedy

b)

adventure

c)

action

d)

crime and gangster

8.
Which of the following would be blocking, or action text?
a)
"Don't ever call here again!"
b)
Seraphina stands up, knocking the glass onto the floor. She walks away as Rudolfo scrambles to clean up the mess.
c)
RUDOLFO
d)
EXT. -- BOAT IN SOUTHAMPTON HARBOR
9.
The HIGH CONCEPT of a script is
a)
A detailed summary of the plot.
b)
A storyboard.
c)
The official trailer.
d)
The main idea of the story, written in "what if" format.
10.
Which of the following should be completely capitalized in a script?
a)
The scene heading, character names, voice-overs, montages, and inter-cuts.
b)
Character names, voice-overs, and montages.
c)
Scene headings, inter-cuts, voice-overs, and montages.
d)
Scene headings and character names.
11.
Which of the following elements are essential for a screenwriter to consider and include in a script?
a)
Plot and character
b)
Setting, plot, and character
c)
Plot, setting, character, dialogue, and action
d)
Character, dialogue, and action
12.
What's another name for the term "script"?
a)
Screen sheet.
b)
Screenplay.
c)
Screen paper.
d)
Screenshot.
13.
How is a script different from a book? 
a)
A script is not different from a book.
b)
A script follows a standard format and terminology and books have a variety of formats and styles.
c)
A script has more pages than a book.
d)
A script is written with many styles and books with very specific styles.
14.
What are the type of characters you can find on a screenplay?
a)
Good guys , bad guys and so-so guys.
b)
Protagonists, antagonists, support characters.
c)
Heroes, villains and family.
d)
Characters, animals and objects.
15.

What is the following element:


EXT. Classroom - Day

a)

Screenplay

b)

Slug Line

c)

Movie

d)

Dialogue

16.

What is the underlined element:


Larry

Why are you doing this to me?

a)

Dialogue

b)

Slug Line

c)

Character Name

d)

Action

17.

What is the underlined element:


Larry

Why are you doing this to me?

a)

Dialogue

b)

Slug Line

c)

Action

d)

Character Name

18.

What is the underlined element:


Eve

I can't see you.


Eve holds her hand above her eyes to block the sun.

a)

Character Name

b)

Dialogue

c)

Slug Line

d)

Action

19.

What is the premise?

a)

The overarching idea of the story

b)

What are the rules of world. What does it look like and feel.

20.

What a plot?

a)

A series of events deliberately arranged so as to reveal their dramatic, thematic, and emotional significance.


A literary term used to describe the events that make up a story.

b)

A series of events recorded in their chronological order

21.

What is a beat

a)

Points where the story line changes.

b)

Music

22.

Logline

a)

The story in one sentence.

b)

Writing about the story in prose format.