ROOPKALA KENDRO Film and Social Communication Institute, Govt. of West Sector-V, Block-GM, Salt Lake City, - 700 091 MODEL QUESTIONS

Please note that the question papers of the earlier Admission test have been enclosed for reference only. For the Combined Group comprising Direction, Motion Picture Photography, Editing and Sound Design, there will be one single Specialisation Question Paper for the Admission test in the Academic Session 2011-2013. For Development Communication and Animation Creation & Direction, there will be separate Specialisation Question Papers like earlier times.

17 Essay : Paper I Full Marks : 100 Time : 3 Hours

Write an essay on any of the topics within 1000 words. Candidates have to choose the topic from his/her own stream.

Animation Creation & Direction 1. My most favourite BABY - so funny and lovable. 2. Small birds and small animals – the world around us. 3. The Novel that I like most.

Direction 1. “All art must be primarily truthful .... Truth does not make any work a piece of art, but without truth, no art is worth its salt.” 2. “Documentary is the highest medium to express the reality of the marginalized people.” 3. Documentary filmmaking poses more challenges to filmmaker than a fiction film.

Editing 1. “Reality changes. In order to represent it, modes of representation must change.” 2. Editing freed cinema from the dependence of time and space, and allowed it to create new space, new time, another geography and impossible people. 3. Documentary filmmaking poses more challenges to a filmmaker than a fiction film.

Motion Picture Photography 1. Visual memories of my childhood and my coming days with the camera. 2. Photography is the best medium of communication today. 3. One winter day in a room with 3 windows – my experiences with day light.

Sound Design 1. Sound can make a good cinema bad or a bad cinema watchable. Development Communication 1. We have got the kind of media we deserve. 2. Mainstream Media and Marginal people : is there a space? 3. Development is not possible without people mobilisation and free flow of information.

18 Discipline : Development Communication Full Marks : 200 Time : 3 Hours

Answer ten questions from the following:

1. What in your view will be the attributes that a person trained as a Development Communication professional will possess and what performance outputs will s/he be expected to deliver? (20 Marks)

2. As a journalist, you are responsible for a social reporting section in the newspaper. Your work requires your association with organizations working on media advocacy. As you are well aware the cut-throat competition of the print media necessitates that your reporting is appealing and creates an impression even as Page 3 glamourises uneventful news. Mention 10 creative and innovative ways to promote media advocacy. (20Marks)

3. Folk media are being increasingly used in development communication campaign. Do you think that this will destroy the originality of its form and content or will this fusion be a value-addition? Suggest the folk medium being used in mass awareness campaigns and state your arguments to support your stand. (20 Marks)

4. Films, audio programmes, posters, leaflets, ready reckoners, brochures are different types of communication materials designed and used for different target groups. These materials could be cost intensive and low cost based on available resources. However, no matter how low-cost, other locally viable communication means and materials could also supplement these materials like miking etc. Can you suggest and explain at least five such materials. (20 Marks)

5. In an era of new media the immense potentiality of the Internet is being explored in multiple ways. As a new entrant to a development organization, you have been assigned to prepare the concept plan for the home-page design and content. Suggest the ‘look’ of your website. What are the major links and menu under which you would like to design your profile? (20 Marks)

6. You are a coordinator in a Gender Sensitization camp in a village where 60% of girls get married below the age of 16 years. Who will primarily be your target group? Why? What will be your strategy to communicate? [You can use Print and / or Video / any local art form] (20 Marks)

7. What according to you are the characteristics of a promotional film for urban audience? Write a concept of a promotional film of 60 seconds on anything of your choice. (20 Marks)

8. Choose a developmental theme of your choice. Write concepts notes for one commercial advertisement and one social spot of 60 seconds concerning the theme. (20 Marks)

19 9.1) Relate A with B: (10 Marks)

A. a) Ratan Thiyam, B. a) News Personality,

b) Brinda Karat, b) Film Maker,

c) Nagesh Kukunur, c) Documentary Filmmaker

d) Mahesh, Sarita d) Baul Singer,

e) Anand Patwardhan, e) Theatre Personality,

f) Girija Vyas, f) Social Activist,

g) Pronnoy Roy, g) Chairperson, NCW,

h) Prahlad Kakkar h) Writer,

i) Mahasweta Devi, i) Ad. Filmmaker.

j) Paban Das

9.2) Write full forms and basic objectives in brief (any five) (5 X 2) =10

• ICDS

• SSA

• BPL

• JFM

• SHG

• EPC

• SGSY

10. Popular films can also evoke social awareness. Do you agree? Give at least two examples in support of your answer. (20 Marks)

11. Write notes on (any four) (5X4) =20 Marks

• Hegemony

• Civil Society

• Feminism

• Globalisation

• Gender

• Modernism

• Orientalism

• Realism

12. Does the mass media reflect social reality or create it? Answer the question with reasons.

20 Discipline : Direction Full Marks : 200 Time : 3 Hours

1. Name you favourite film or television programme with explanatory notes. (26 Marks) 2. Assume that you are travelling by a state bus on a long route. Due to break down, the bus has to take a halt near a village for almost an hour. Narrate your experience through audiovisual expressions of your own. (530 words) (40 Marks)

3. How do you react to this photograph / painting? Explain your views. (200 words) (40 Marks) 4. Match the following: (8 X 3) = 24 Marks a. Palatak b. 36 Chowringhee Lane Bimal Roy c. Garam Hawa Hrishikesh Mukherjee d. Satranj Ki Khiladi Tarun Majumder e. Pyasaa Aparna Sen f. Meghe Dhaka M.S. Sathyu g. Anand h.Do Bigha Zamin Guru Dutt 5. Write any one of the following: (40 Marks) a. A romantic narrative involving a boy and a girl. OR b. Write with reasons about your most favourite book.

6. Write any one of the following: (30 Marks) a. Give your views on the effect of censorship in television programme and advertisement. OR b. Analyze briefly any sequence from any film of your choice.

21 Discipline: Motion Picture Photography Full Marks : 200 Time : 3 Hours

Photography (Total Marks: 100) 1. Why you had chosen photography as your discipline? Justify your answer. (15 Marks) 2. Photography is a combination of “Arts and Sciences”. Justify your answer. (15 Marks) 3. Evaluate the photograph from different aspects e.g. composition, lighting and contrast.

4. Write in detail on any one of the under-mentioned films for its excellence in photography. (10 Marks) • • • Chokher Bali • Shatranj Ke Khiladi • Abar Aranya 5. Differentiate the following from photographic point of views with at least 5 different views. (5 X 2 = 10 Marks) a. Documentary film and feature film. b. Black & White image & color image of a same subject. 6. Write the answer of the following within 7-10 sentences (5X4 = 20 Marks) a. What precautions should you take before you click for an SLR still camera? b. Write at least 5 valuable points regarding the attitude of a photographer while photographing an accident occurred in a busy street. c. Write your observations for light during a sunny day and a cloudy day. d. Write your photographic observations for photographing a subject in available sunlight and with a flash gun. 7. Match the following (5X1 = 5 Marks) a. Sun 1. Antihallation backing b. Lens 2. Shutter speed c. Fish eye 3. Glare d. Film 4. Aperture e. 90 5. Flare 6. Wide angle

22 8. Fill in the blanks (10X1 = Marks) a. Yellow + Magenta + Cyan ------b. Blue + Yellow – Cyan ------c. Sodium thiosulphate is used as ------d. In a transparency film green color is represented as ------color. e. Human eye is more sensitive to ------color. f. Size of an image formed in a 35 mm still photography negative is ------mm x ------mm. g. Number of sprockets used in one frame of a still photography negative is ------h. Number of sprockets used in one frame of a motion picture negative is ------i. On ------of human eye image is formed. j. In an aim and shoot camera the taking lens is ------as the viewing lens. Film History (Total Marks: 40)

1. Answer the followings briefly a. Satyajit Ray made two documentaries “Inner Eye” and “Bala” on two great personalities. Mention the names and their credits. b. Ritwik Ghatak made a documentary on a famous sculptor. Mention his name and the name of the documentary. c. Why Lumiere brothers are famous? What is their contribution towards world cinema? d. Name five films directed by Akira Kurosawa. e. Name five films directed by Ritwik Ghatak. f. Name five films photographed by Sri Subrata Mitra g. Name five films photographed by Sri Radhu Karmakar. h. Name five films where Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen have worked together. i. Name five films made from the stories of Sri . j. Name five films made from the stories of Sri Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. 2. Fill in the Blanks (1 X 10 = 10 Marks) a. “MUKHAMUKHAM” is directed by b. .is the recipient of first DADA SAHEB PHALKE award. c. Sri got DADA SAHEB PHALKE AWARD in the year .. d. . is the only film directed by Sri Rabindranath Tagore. e. Motion picture camera was invented for the first time by . f. “Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam” was photographed by .. g. “Kabhi Khusi Kabhi Gam” was photographed by .. h. .. . has composed the music for the film “Rudali”. i. . . has composed the music for the film “Harano Sur”. j. .. . has composed the music for the film “Mukti”.

23 3. Match the following: (1 X 5 = Marks) a. Chaplin 1. Parineeta b. Bergman 2. Pukar c. Fellini 3. Cries and Whisper d. V. Shantaram 4. Kid e. Bimal Ray 5. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahini 6. Eight and Half 4. Mention the year of establishment from the bracket: a. Films Division (1945, 1948, 1951) b. NFDC (1978, 1968, 1974) c. Directorate of Film Festivals (1973, 1975, 1979) d. Film and Television Institute of India (1970, 1962, 1960) History, Art & Painting (Total Marks:35)

1. Study the painting carefully

a. Describe briefly the painting from its composition angle of view and lighting (10 Marks) b. How many light sources do you find in this painting and justify their purposes? (5 Marks) 2. Fill in the blanks (1 X 10= 10 Marks) a. Van Gogh is from country b. “Kadambari” and “Harshra Charita” was written by .. c. Painter of Sunflower is d. Da Vinci painted a famous portrait named e. Ravi Verm a is famous for . f. .is the sculptor of the “Santal couple with child” placed in Shantiniketan. g. Madhubani painting is from ..state of India. h. The only statue of Satyajit Ray is found at .. i. Manjit Bawa resides in the state of j. is the only painter and commercial Hindi film director in India. 3. Write short note within 4-5 sentence (5 X 2 = 10 Marks) a. Satyajit Ray as an illustrator b. Your favourite painter and his painting styles.

24 General Science (Total Marks: 25)

1. Fill in the blanks (1 X 5 = 5 Marks) a. Arc lights are filled up with rays. b. A battery of 10Ah can drive a W bulb of 10V for two hours. c. A magnifies and virtual image of an object can be obtained by using a .mirror. d. A substance which radiates light when heated to a high temperature is said to be .. e. Light wave with the shortest wavelength is .. 2. Answer the following within 2 sentences: (1 X 5 = 5 Marks) a. What is nautical mile? b. How two parallel lines appear to meet each other after a certain distance? c. Whose volume is more, 1 litre of water or 1 litre of ice? d. Due to which principle, light is scattered by a prism? e. By which principle concave lenses cause light rays to diverge in their traveling path? 3. Answer the following within 3-4 sentences: (2 X 5 = 10 Marks) a. Name three birds which can’t fly b. Why do we not see the stars in the daylight? c. Why do stars twinkle? d. What is mirage” e. What causes smoke to curl up in the air? 4. Observe the figure and answer the following: (2 ½ X 2 = 5 Marks)

a. How many rectangles are there? b. How many circles are there?

25 Discipline: Editing Full Marks : 200 Time : 3 Hours

Answer the following questions 1. Try to convey any one of the following messages audiovisually. (20 Marks) a) Child labour is an insult to humanity. b) Don’t destroy female fetus. c) Nation marches ahead. 2. Comment briefly on the following photographs. (10 X 2) = 20 Marks

3. Match the Hindustani artists with their gharanas. (10 Marks) a) Amjad Ali Khan a) Gwalior b) Ajoy Chakraborty b) Jaipur c) Vimsen Joshi c) Senia Beenkar d) Kishori Amonkar d) Kirana e) Mallikarjun Mansur e) Patiala 4. What form of folk theatre belongs to which place? (10 Marks) a) Tamasha a) Karnataka b) Sahi Jatra b) Gujarat c) Bhavai c) Uttar Pradesh d) Ramlila d) Orissa e) Yakshagana e) Maharastra 5. Indian literature and cinema have a long relationship. Make the correct connections. (10 Marks) a) Sarat Chandra Chatterjee a) Guide b) Rabindranath Tagore b) Oka Oorie Katha c) Munshi Premchand c) Hatey Bajarey d) R.K. Narayan d) Khudita Pashan e) Balaichand Mukhopadhyay e) Parineeta 6. Match the following: (10 Marks) a) Tamasha a) Chattisgarh b) Panduvani b) Festival of Kerala c) Kanthi Dance c) Folk theatre of Bengal d) Jatra d) Folk form of Maharastra e) Yakshagana e) Tijan Bai 7. Match the following: (10 Marks) a) Hungry Tide a) Tchaikovsky b) Anand b) Stefen Robert Arwin c) Piku c) Rishikesh Mukherjee d) Crocodile Hunter d) Amitabha Ghosh e) Swan Lake e) Satyajit Ray

26 8. Find out the common factor: (4X2=8 Marks) (I) a) God Father a) Francis Ford Capola b) Last Tango In Paris b) Marlon Brando c) On The Waterfront c) Elia Kazan (II) a) Titas Ekti Nadir Naam a) Ritwik Kumar Ghatak b) Subarna b) Madhabi Mukherjee c) c) Bimal Ray (III) a) Fahrenheit 9/11 a) Fiction Film b) Night & Fog b) Documentary Film c) ram Ke Naam c) Short Film IV) a) Khamos a) Sudhir Misra b) 1942 A Love Story b) Renu Saluja c) Dharabhi c) Bidhu Binod Chopra 9. Match the following Hindi remakes with the original English films: (12 Marks) a) Chori Chori a) The Sound of Music b) Man Pasand b) Seven Brides for Seven Brothers c) Masoom c) The Godfather d) Satte Pe Satta d) It Happened One Night e) Parichay e) Man, Woman and Child f) Dharmatma f) My Fair Lady 10. You are waiting outside a cinema hall, which is located on the main street. A recently released hit film is running there. (Show Time is 7-00 P.M.). You are waiting there from 6-50 P.M. to 7-10 P.M Describe the whole ambience around the cinema hall audiovisually. (30 Marks) 11. Break the following scene up into shots in an order as it would be edited. (A rough Sketch of the frames would be helpful) (20 Marks) A sunny afternoon. Flowers are blooming in a garden. Butterflies are flying around. A gardener is dutifully watering the plants. He is holding one end of a long and winding pipe. The pipe is stretched over the garden. A little boy with a naughty expression tiptoes into the scenario. He puts one of his feet on the pipe lying over the grass. Then he presses his foot hard. The water flow thins down and stops at the other end. The gardener looks annoyed and inspects the nozzle fitted at the end of the pipe. The kind removes his foot. Water sprays on to the gardener’s face. He is flabbergasted. The kind dances and exalts in joy. The gardener turns around and sees him. His expression changes. He runs to get hold of the kid. The kid jumps over the low fence surrounding the garden. He runs into the vast field beyond. The gardener runs after him. 12. Arrange the following series of pictures in the correct order by writing down the serial number corresponding to the picture in the boxes provided in each picture. (40 Marks)

27 28 Discipline : Sound Design Full Marks : 200 Time : 3 Hours

Answer eight questions. Q.1 is compulsory] 1. Briefly comment on the following concepts or statements: (6X10)=60 Marks a. Shadow makes the light visible. b. Photograph reflects the essence of a frozen moment. c. Imagination starts its fly from reality. d. Documentary does not consist in capturing reality only. e. Power music and power of image. f. Magic reality and cinema. 2. You have opted for ‘Sound Design’ course. State your reasons. (20 Marks) 3. ‘In cinematic practice the visuals are primary, sound can only be considered as a supporting device’. Do you agree? Substantiate your arguments with reasons. (20 Marks) 4. Look at the picture below and try to imagine about the sound elements, you could get to hear, if you were there. (20 Marks)

5. You are now sitting in the examination hall. You came all the way from your home. Write about the sound elements you experienced on the way from home and now in the examination hall, which can best describe your mental condition. (20 Marks) 6. Incorporation of sound in cinema had influenced the filmmakers to change their language – explain with examples. (20 Marks) 7. A commercial ship catches fire in Bay of Bengal. Indian Air force has been drafted in for rescue operation – try to give a detailed soundscape of the entire event. (20 Marks) 8. Which is your favourite musical instrument, Discuss its speciality. (20 Marks) 9. The ratio of milk and water in a vessel, which is filled with milk and water is 4:1. How much of it will be removed from the vessel and the same amount of water is to be added to make the ratio of the milk and water 3:2. (20 Marks) 10. “Broadly speaking cinema is returning to greater authenticity by its creative use of sound track”. – How do you view Godard’s attitude of foregrounding the role of sound in the filmmaking process. Give examples in supporting of your arguments. (20 Marks) 11. a. What is RAM? b. What is ROM? c. What are the use of RAM and ROM in a Computer? d. What is CPU? e. What is Processing Power? f. Why high processing power and high RAM capacity is important for multimedia work? g. What will be the configuration of your PC if you want to do multimedia work on your computer? (20 Marks) 12. Describe, with reference to any film of your choice, the role of noise and incidental sound in making reality meaningful. (20 Marks)

29 Discipline: Animation Creation & Direction Full Marks : 200 Time : 3 Hours

Part-1 (Full Marks-50)

1.Design your SUPERHERO, his costume and properties. Write something about his age, occupation, role and the time and place he belongs to. Part-2 (Full Marks-50)

1. Draw his front, profile and back. (25 Marks)

2. Try to transform, as far as you can, the face into a cartoon face. (25 Marks)

Part-3 (Full Marks-50)

1. Redraw the given picture using, either the “Birds eye view” or the “warms point of view”. (25 Marks) 2. Illustrate any of the following (Minimum 5 figures). (25 Marks) a. The Rail Station. b. The Tea Stall

30 Part-4 (Full Marks-50)

Continue the story through visuals:

31 Continuation of the story:

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