SHORT FILM RUBRICS

Expert Practitioner Apprentice Novice SCORE

Criteria 20 points 15 points 10 points 5 points
Tells a story The story is The story is The story is The story is
which holds very reasonable mildly not
that interesting interesting and interesting interesting
audiences’ and easily holds audience and holds enough to
attention holds attention most audience hold
audience of the time attention audience
attention some of the attention
from time
beginning to
end
Demonstrates The camera The camera The camera The camera
camera work work and work and work and work and
and editing editing are editing are editing do not editing are
which excellent good always poorly done
enhances that enhance the
story story
Contains The movie is The movie is The movie is The dialogue
dialogue, enhanced by enhanced by enhanced at or narrating
narration a high quality good dialogue times by the is disjointed
and/or dialogue or or narration. dialogue, or stilted and
background narration. The narration and the
music which The background background background
enhances the background music suits the music music does
story music is well story not really suit
suited to the the movie
story
Has compelling The The The The
and interesting performances performances performances performances
actors by the actors by the actors by the actors by the actors
were very were were were not
engaging, consistent, adequate and engaging or
entertaining well done and at times entertaining
and entertaining entertaining
compelling
Total score /80