Short Film Rubric

Short Film

Teacher Name: Ms. Costen

Student Name: ________________________________________

CATEGORY 4 3 2 1
Script Quality Word choice is Word choice is Word choice is Word choice is
highly effective in effective in telling slightly ineffective ineffective in
telling story/presenting in telling telling
story/presenting documentary; story/presenting story/presenting
documentary; characters are documentary; documentary;
characters are developed/inform characters are characters are
well ation is not really not
developed/inform educational developed/inform developed/inform
ation is very ation is not really ation is not
educational educational educational
Filming Quality Characters have Characters have Characters have Characters have
excellent good okay poor composition;
composition; composition; composition; camera
camera camera camera movement is very
movement is movement is movement is jerky; lighting
smooth; lighting smooth; lighting jerky; lighting quality is very
quality is quality is good quality is problematic
effective problematic
Camera Shots Uses a high Uses some Uses little variety Weak, repetitive
variety of variety of decent of shots; angles shots
effective shots; shots; angles convey no
angles convey convey some messages about
messages about messages about characters
characters characters
Sound Editing Audio is very Audio is clear Audio is not Audio is not clear;
clear and very and audible; uses really clear and uses no
audible; some audible; uses overdubbed
overdubbed overdubbed some narration
narration is narration and overdubbed
effective; uses uses appropriate narration
highly sound effects to
appropriate convey mood or
 sound effects to comedy
convey mood or
comedy; includes
music for
additional effect
Transitions/ Excellent variety Good variety of Poor use of Little to no use of
Effects of effective transitions and transitions and transitions and
transitions and effects; smooth effects; jerky effects; very jerky
effects; very blend between blend between blend between
smooth blend scenes scenes scenes
between scenes
Continuity Scenes flow Scenes decently Scenes poorly Scenes weakly
perfectly from flow from one to flow from one to flow from one to
one to the next; the next; a minor the next; errors in the next; many
no errors in error in continuity continuity errors in
continuity continuity
Process Excellent Script Script and Script or Lacks script or
and Storyboard Storyboard is Storyboard is storyboard; many
are handed in handed in with poor; errors = errors = little
with film; clear film; evidence little evidence of evidence of
evidence from a from a lack of thought process thought process
lack of errors that errors that some
a thought thought process
process was was followed
followed
Originality Approaches story Approaches story Copies elements Merely takes all
or documentary or documentary from other films; elements from
in a highly unique in a unique way lacks originality other sources
and original way
Length Excellent length Meets 5 min. Less than 5 Less than 2
-- between 5-10 requirement minutes minutes
minutes