Bunraku Puppetry Final Performance Rubric Beginning Developing Accomplished Exemplary & 1 2 3 4 Notes A couple of Dramatic Structure Dramatic Dramatic Almost all elements are all Structure structure Dramatic Structure Some of the included and Three Building elements are elements are Dramatic Structure strongly present. included. One present. 3 Crisis are Crisis elements are The 3 Crisis to Dramatic Crisis is present. present but don't present. Dramatic the climax. The Dramatic build to the climax. Question Begin- question is clear but dramatic question is Middle- End Question is Dramatic question is not answered. clear and answered somewhat there is clear and mostly Inciting Incident by the end of the but is not answered. Climax show. answered in the end. Illusion of puppet Illusion of puppet Illusion of breath is Illusion of puppet breath rarely breath is consistent occasionally breath is present Breath present. Puppet throughout present. Puppet almost the whole teams performance. Puppet shows teams usually use performance. occasionally Puppet team uses unification breath to unify Puppet team uses unify their breath. breath to unify their through breath themselves. Team breath to unify but Puppet team is movement. The Illusion of Breath sometimes occasionally constantly team breathes as disconnects. disconnect. disconnecting one. from each other. Puppet Puppet almost Puppet consistently Anatomy occasionally Puppet mostly always moves in moves in moves in moves in Puppet anatomically anatomically anatomically anatomically anatomically correct ways. correct ways. correct ways. correct ways. correct body Highlighted Highlighted Highlighted Highlighted movement movement is clear movement is movement is movement is clear Highlighted and mostly accurately executed present but but needs work. movement accurate. and clearly messy. identifiable. Individual has eyes, Focus Individual Individuals almost Individuals usually body, and energy Individual eye occasionally puts always have on put focus on focused on the line focus on some focus on puppets. Illusion of puppets. Puppet has puppet maintains a Puppet puppets. Puppet puppet sight is the illusion of sight strong illusion of has the illusion of almost always Puppet illusion of sometimes. throughout the sight in a couple there. sight entire performance. of moments. Only one emotion Four separate Energy Two emotions are Three emotions are is clear during the emotions are clear during the clear during the Vocalizations performance. consistently performance. Some performance. All and movement Only one team through team members are team members are are used to create member at a time vocalizations and helping to create usually helping to clear emotional is creating the movement. Teams the emotion. create emotion. energies. emotion. work together to create the emotions. Copyright Council for Economic Education
Bunraku Puppetry Final Performance Rubric Beginning 1 Developing 2 Accomplished 3 Exemplary 4 & Notes Dramatic Structure Three Building Crisis Dramatic Question Begin- Middle- End Inciting Incident Climax A couple of Dramatic structure elements are included. One Crisis is present. Dramatic Question is somewhat there but is not answered in the end. Some of the Dramatic Structure elements are present. Dramatic question is clear but is not answered. Almost all Dramatic Structure elements are present. 3 Crisis are present but don't build to the climax. Dramatic question is clear and mostly answered. Dramatic Structure elements are all included and strongly present. The 3 Crisis to the climax. The dramatic question is clear and answered by the end of the show. Breath Puppet shows unification through breath Illusion of Breath Illusion of puppet breath rarely present. Puppet teams occasionally unify their breath. Puppet team is constantly disconnecting from each other. Illusion of breath is occasionally present. Puppet teams usually use breath to unify themselves. Team sometimes disconnects. Illusion of puppet breath is present almost the whole performance. Puppet team uses breath to unify but occasionally disconnect. Illusion of puppet breath is consistent throughout performance. Puppet team uses breath to unify their movement. The team breathes as one. Anatomy Puppet anatomically correct body movement Highlighted movement Puppet occasionally moves in anatomically correct ways. Highlighted movement is present but messy. Puppet mostly moves in anatomically correct ways. Highlighted movement is clear but needs work. Puppet almost always moves in anatomically correct ways. Highlighted movement is clear and mostly accurate. Puppet consistently moves in anatomically correct ways. Highlighted movement is accurately executed and clearly identifiable. Focus Individual eye line focus on Puppet Puppet illusion of sight Individual occasionally puts some focus on puppets. Puppet has the illusion of sight in a couple of moments. Individuals usually put focus on puppets. Puppet has the illusion of sight sometimes. Individuals almost always have on puppets. Illusion of puppet sight is almost always there. Individual has eyes, body, and energy focused on the puppet maintains a strong illusion of throughout the entire performance. Energy Vocalizations and movement are used to create clear emotional energies. Only one emotion is clear during the performance. Only one team member at a time is creating the emotion. Two emotions are clear during the performance. Some team members are helping to create the emotion. Three emotions are clear during the performance. All team members are usually helping to create emotion. Four separate emotions are consistently through vocalizations and movement. Teams work together to create the emotions. Copyright Council for Economic Education
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