Grading Rubric: Documentary Excellent Good Fair Poor Score Category Main Idea Stays with one clear main idea Has a main idea, but some Has a weak or unclear Does not have a information doesn’t fit main idea main idea 20 POINTS Supporting Media elements (such as imagery, Media elements support Media elements do not No supporting Media sound or visual effects) provide the point of view, but are support the point of media elements are Elements strong support for the point of not compelling view used view 20 POINTS Interview Uses an excellent interview that Interview and or additional Uses questionable Does not use and provides compelling evidence to sources used could have sources and does not outside sources or Sources support the main idea. Other been used better (i.e. better fully utilize the is missing the sources used are trusted and questions asked during the interview. interview. 20 POINTS reliable sources that also support interview or more up to the main idea of the documentary. date sources used). Structure Narrative has a clear organizing Narrative has an Narrative is No attempt at an structure and flows logically organizing structure but disorganized organizing 2O needs some improvement structure is in place POINTS Variety and Changes the screen image and/or Changes media sometimes Uses more than one Uses only one Pacing audio on a regular basis to engage to engage audience, but medium, but doesn’t medium the audience pacing could be improved engage audience 10 POINTS Production Has high-quality sound, video Production values could be Technical problems Technical problems Values editing, camera work, and better, but main idea is make the main idea ruin the video; transitions supported hard to understand main idea is lost 10 POINTS
Grading Rubric: Documentary Category Excellent Good Fair Poor Score Main Idea 20 POINTS Stays with one clear main idea Has a main idea, but some information doesn’t fit Has a weak or unclear main idea Does not have a main idea Supporting Media Elements 20 POINTS Media elements (such as imagery, sound or visual effects) provide strong support for the point of view Media elements support the point of view, but are not compelling Media elements do not support the point of view No supporting media elements are used Interview and Sources 20 POINTS Uses an excellent interview that provides compelling evidence to support the main idea. Other sources used are trusted and reliable sources that also support the main idea of the documentary. Interview and or additional sources used could have been used better (i.e. better questions asked during the interview or more up to date sources used). Uses questionable sources and does not fully utilize the interview. Does not use outside sources or is missing the interview. Structure 2O POINTS Narrative has a clear organizing structure and flows logically Narrative has an organizing structure but needs some improvement Narrative is disorganized No attempt at an organizing structure is in place Variety and Pacing 10 POINTS Changes the screen image and/or audio on a regular basis to engage the audience Changes media sometimes to engage audience, but pacing could be improved Uses more than one medium, but doesn’t engage audience Uses only one medium Production Values 10 POINTS Has high-quality sound, video editing, camera work, and transitions Production values could be better, but main idea is supported Technical problems make the main idea hard to understand Technical problems ruin the video; main idea is lost
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