Assessment Rubric for Stop-Motion Animation
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Knowledge and Understanding |
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Knowledge of content
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Can identify a few examples of special effects but struggles to differentiate between practical and optical effects.
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Can define and give examples of practical and optical effects but may have difficulty explaining the difference between them.
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Can clearly explain the difference between practical and optical effects and give a variety of examples of each.
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Can explain the process of creating a green screen effect, including layering and chroma keying.
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Understanding of content |
Demonstrates limited understanding of how special effects are used to create illusions in film.
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Understands that special effects can be used to create illusions in film but may not be able to articulate specific examples from the lesson.
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Can identify and explain specific examples of how special effects were used in the films shown in the lesson (La Fée au Choux, Jason and the Argonauts, and Casablanca).
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Can explain how special effects impact the believability of a video and can articulate strategies for evaluating whether a video is truthful.
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Thinking |
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Use of planning skills |
Struggles to develop a plan for their stop-motion story or create a storyboard that incorporates the chosen background.
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Develops a basic plan for their stop-motion story but may not fully consider how the background will be integrated into the narrative.
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Creates a detailed storyboard that thoughtfully incorporates the chosen background and outlines the sequence of events in their stop-motion story.
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Creates a comprehensive storyboard that demonstrates a sophisticated understanding of visual storytelling, using camera angles and shot composition to enhance the narrative and effectively incorporate the background.
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Use of processing skills
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Understands the relationship between the storyboard and the animation, interprets feedback and makes adjustments with limited effectiveness.
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Understands the relationship between the storyboard and the animation, interprets feedback and makes adjustments with some effectiveness.
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Understands the relationship between the storyboard and the animation, interprets feedback and makes adjustments with considerable effectiveness.
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Understands the relationship between the storyboard and the animation, interprets feedback and makes adjustments with a high degree of effectiveness
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Use of critical/creatve thinking processes
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Creates a stop-motion animation that makes limited use of the green screen background.
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Creates a stop-motion animation makes some use of the green screen background.
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Creates a stop-motion animation whose story is linked to the green screen background with considerable effectiveness
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Creates a stop-motion animation that is highly innovative and engaging, effectively using the chosen background and special effects to tell a unique and compelling story.
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Communication |
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Limited effectiveness in creating a coherent storyline in the storyboard and animation
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Some effectiveness in creating a coherent storyline in the storyboard and animation
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Considerable effectiveness in creating a coherent storyline in the storyboard and animation
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A high degree of effectiveness in creating a coherent storyline in the storyboard and animation
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Communication for different audiences and purposes in oral, visual, and written forms, including media forms. |
Uses special effects to enhance the storytelling with limited effectiveness.
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Uses special effects to enhance the storytelling with some effectiveness.
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Uses special effects to enhance the storytelling with considerable effectiveness.
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Uses special effects to enhance the storytelling with a high degree of effectiveness
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| Use of conventions |
Follows the technical instructions for using the animation app and applies the principles of stop-motion animation with limited effectiveness.
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Follows the technical instructions for using the animation app and applies the principles of stop-motion animation with some effectiveness.
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Follows the technical instructions for using the animation app and applies the principles of stop-motion animation with considerable effectiveness.
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Follows the technical instructions for using the animation app and applies the principles of stop-motion animation with a high degree of effectiveness
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Application |
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Application of knowledge and skills in familiar contexts |
Struggles to apply their knowledge of special effects to the creation of their stop-motion animation.
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Attempts to incorporate some special effects into their stop-motion animation, but the execution may be inconsistent or ineffective.
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Successfully integrates a variety of special effects into their stop-motion animation, demonstrating an understanding of the techniques and their application.
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Demonstrates a mastery of stop-motion animation techniques and creatively utilizes special effects to enhance the storytelling and visual impact of their project
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| Making connections |
Makes connections between example texts and own work with limited effectiveness.
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Makes connections between example texts and own work with some effectiveness.
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Makes connections between example texts and own work with considerable effectiveness.
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Makes connections between example texts and own work with a high degree of effectiveness
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