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 Diversity quiz 

Diversity quiz


Are you diversity aware?

Test your awareness and understanding of some key diversity issues in the film industry.

 

This is just for fun. If you have specific questions, you should seek advice from your trade association or legal representative.

 


Question 1.
You are staffing the box office when a blind woman asks for tickets for the next fully accessible screening for her and her sighted friend. Do you:
a) Tell them it’s fully booked. Why would a blind person want to go the cinema anyway?

b) Give her tickets for the next screening and point them towards the screening room. Her friend will describe the action to her.

c) Check whether you have audio-description available and ask if she’d like to use it. If she would, make sure it’s set up in time for the screening.
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Question 2.
With less then a month to go before principal photography, your sound recordist has had to pull out. Do you:
a) Ask them if they can find a mate to take their place.

b) Ask trade associations and accredited training organisations to put forward some potential candidates.

c) Put a recruitment ad in a national newspaper.
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Question 3.
Your valued assistant has recently returned from maternity leave. She asks whether she can work part-time, sharing the job with her former temporary replacement. Do you:
a) Refuse. The role has always been a full-time one and you see no reason to change it.

b) Refuse, and provide strong evidence as to why it’s not possible.

c) Discuss how the job-sharing would work. If it’s feasible, agree.
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Question 4.
You put out a casting call and receive a response from a disabled actor. There's no reason in the script why the character can't have a disability. Do you:
a) Invite him in and ask whether he has any access requirements for the casting. If he does, make these adjustments then judge his performance against the other candidates.

b) Invite him in and see how he copes with your standard casting process. If he can’t perform under normal conditions he’s out.

c) Gently reject him without seeing him. You can’t have disabled people on a film set, it’s not safe.
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Question 5.
You're keen on the whole 'diversity thing' and you know that people from minority ethnic groups are under-represented in your organisation. A post has become vacant. Do you:
a) Advertise the post as ‘for black and Asian candidates only’.

b) Promote the position through a wide mix of channels, including specialist media and/or with special interest groups, emphasising your commitment to diversity.

c) Don’t change anything. If the candidates are out there, they’ll find you through the same routes as everyone else.
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Question 6.
You want to set up a community cinema that appeals to an elderly customer base. During the planning stage, do you consider:
a) Staff recruitment and training policy

b) Venue ambience

c) Physical and technological access requirements
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