Is it okay to ask a prearranged question to help a post-screening Q&A start?

Before our small film-club screening, the host gave me a question to ask the visiting director if the room went quiet. 'Just put your hand up like everyone else,' he said.

I help with the club's bookings. The question about a location choice is reasonable, but the host wrote it. He wants an easy opening so the director doesn't sit through an awkward silence. I understand that.

I suggested he introduce it himself as a question prepared by the club. He said hearing from the audience would make people more comfortable joining in. I don't want my volunteer role hidden so a planned prompt looks spontaneous.

Can I help start the conversation while making that role clear, or am I making a harmless bit of hosting unnecessarily formal? The screening is next week, so there's still time to agree how the opening will work.