Term 4 Week 9: Viewing and Feedback

Chao Cac Ban!

Today we will be viewing a few of the documentaries you guys made. When viewing, we need to keep in mind what makes a good documentary. Here is a rubric to use when thinking about this.

Documentary Judging Criteria
	Exemplary	Accomplished	Developing	Limited	Score
	20 points	15 points	10 points	5 points
Narrative flow	The narrative/story telling flowed seamlessly. It was also strong, original, compelling, and interesting, always attracting the viewer’s attention	The narrative/story telling flowed consistently. It was occasionally compelling and entertaining to viewers. There were some original ideas used.	The narrative/story telling showed signs of developing an interesting and entertaining story. It mildly captured the viewer’s attention.	The narrative/story telling flowed disjointedly. It was uninteresting and only occasionally captured the viewer’s attention.
Interviews/ Presentation	The presentation and interviews by the cast were strong, original, compelling, and interesting, always attracting the viewers attention	The presentation and interviews by the cast were consistent, well done and entertaining.	The presentation and interviews by the cast were adequate. At times the performances rose above this level to become interesting to the viewer.	The presentation and interviews by the cast looked unconfident and uninteresting to the viewer.
Production Design (props, costumes, sets, locations)	Excellent and extremely creative production design. Original and appropriate choice of props, costumes, sets and locations used.	Interesting and creative production design. Good and appropriate choice of props, costumes, sets and locations used.	Adequate and sometimes interesting production design. Some inspired choices of props, costumes, sets and locations used.	Poorly executed production design. Poor choice of props, costumes, sets and locations used.
Visual Composition /Cinematography	Film consistently showed excellent and creative visual composition/cinematography (camera angles, camera movement, lighting, framing of shots)	Film occasionally showed excellent and creative visual composition/cinematography (camera angles, camera movement, lighting, framing of shots)	Film showed average creative visual composition/ cinematography (camera angles, camera movement, lighting, framing of shots)	Film showed poor visual composition/cinematography (camera angles, camera movement, lighting, framing of shots)
Use of Audio Enhancements (sound and music)	High quality sound and excellent use of music for the soundtrack.	Very good quality sound and good choice of music for the soundtrack.	Good quality sound and good choice of music for the soundtrack.	Poor quality sound and limited or inappropriate use of music for the soundtrack.
Editing and Use of Visual Enhancements (Transitions, titles, credits, special effects)	Excellent and appropriate editing and excellent use of visual enhancements	Very good editing and use of visual enhancements. Trying to be innovative with production and presentation.	Editing was adequate however visual enhancement tools used but not always appropriate or effective.	Poor editing and no use or inappropriate use of enhancements.
General Comments					total score

Using this form, you will be evaluating your classmates and your own films. There is a handout of this rubric for each person to fill out for each film you watch today. I expect you to fill it in completely and to write comments (that's why there is a lot of space there)!


Let's get started!


-k