Rubric - Movie Critiques

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CATEGORY

Exceeds 
Expectations

Meets 
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Approaching 
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Below 
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Evaluation

Uses multiple criteria to judge the movie, such as camera work, editing, acting, sound design, and story, all backed up with examples.

Uses 1-2 criteria to judge the movie with some examples to back up opinion.

Tries to use aesthetic criteria to judge movie, but does not apply the criteria accurately or back up with examples.

Evaluates work as good or bad based on personal taste without using examples from the movie.

Analysis

Accurately describes several dominant techniques used by the filmmaker and accurately relates how they are used to reinforce the theme, meaning, mood, or feeling of the movie.

Accurately describes techniques used by the artist and accurately relates how these are used to reinforce the meaning, theme, or feeling.

Describes some techniques used by the filmmaker, but has difficulty describing how these relate to the meaning or feeling of the movie.

Has trouble picking out the dominant techniques.

Interpretat-ion

Forms a reasonable hypothesis about the meaning or purpose and is able to support this with evidence.

Student identifies the literal meaning of the film.

Student can relate how the film makes him/her feel personally.

Student finds it difficult to interpret the meaning of the film.