PROCESS
Stated goals achieved
Consultation, response and revision integral part of process
Deadlines met - production timeline followed
Final project falls within established time limit
Individual Growth/Effort
CRITICAL ESSAYS
Clear and eloquent writing
Thesis which is intelligent, well-organized and persuasive
Sound understanding of critical literature on the topic
Precise and detailed examples from films, vividly described
Diligence and initiative in pursuing research
Original insights into the material
STORY VALUES IN SCREENPLAYS AND VIDEO PRODUCTION
(some of these categories are more relevant to narrative projects than abstract or non-narrative videos)
Content
Complexity
Consistency of Focus, Coherence
New Ways of Seeing
Cinematic Qualities, Appropriate Use of Film Medium
Rhetorical Devices [for example, metaphor]
Engagement with Audience
Character Delineation
Thematic Development
VIDEO PRODUCTION
* MISE-EN-SCENE
* CAMERA/LIGHTING
Photogenic values of compositions offered to viewer
Effectiveness of mood created, given project's overall tonal intentions;
e.g. intimacy vs. distance, provocation vs. observation
Appropriate choices in re: DOF/Camera Angle/Camera Movement
Successfully realized sense of place
* SOUND
Clean, intelligible track (suppression of wind/noise/etc.)
Appropriate mic choices
Well-mixed sound track
Effective use of sound to help create sense of place/sense of character
* EDITORIAL
Appropriateness of choices in Pacing, given overall tonal intent
Effective management of film time, given story's temporal parameters
Effective use of transitions/juxtapositions
Coherent construction of sequences
Success at using editorial choices to heighten projects dramatic values
* AUDIENCE APPEAL
Appropriateness of project's means of address for defined audience
* PERFORMANCE
Quality/success of direction, as inferred from effectiveness of actors' work
GRADING
Students should bear in mind that independent projects are subject to a full range of grades in evaluation.
* A = outstanding achievement above and beyond the expectations of the project, excels beyond the performance of most students doing similar work.
* B = good work, all the established goals and the general learning experience of the project have been achieved satisfactorily.
* C = all assigned work has been completed, but not all aspects of performance are satisfactory.
10/7/02 lg