Animation Rubric

Group:

Novice Apprentice Proficient Distinguished Score

Description 5 10 15 20
Story/Script Storyline is not An attempt Storyline is evident All information is
evident. Is at creating a in much of the clear, appropriate
confusing and storyline is product. and correct. Story
has no evident. Information is clear, has a beginning,
direction. Some appropriate, and middle, and an end.
information correct.
is confusing.
Background Non-existent Rudimentar Background has all Personally created
background or y elements required to background that
unrelated to background make the scene, contains all
the animation. that most found on-line required aspects
includes or made from stock for the story to
some detail. photos. make sense.
Animated objects
interact with the
background (walk
on ground, bounce
of walls, etc.)
Character Lead Characters The characters Fully developed
Developmen characters are are aligned with the characters –
t not defined. randomly storyline, matched correct size for the
Confusing. placed – not the scale of the background,
Background scaled to the background and are intricate detailing
did not fit into size of the detailed and and appropriate to
storyline and background. appropriate to the the story.
did not meet story. Background Characters are
the needs of detailed to meet the modelled well and
the storyline. needs of the convey the story
storyline. through their
motion.
 Novice Apprentice Proficient Distinguished Your
Description 3 4 5 6 Scor
e
Animation Animation is Animation is Characters move Animation is very
(frame by extremely choppy, smoothly though smooth and
frame or choppy. characters sometimes character
tweened) separate unnaturally. movement is
somewhat and There is some natural.
there is unnatural slight separation Character objects
movement. of objects in the do not separate
movement cycles. from each other,
limbs, wings etc.
maintain their
original
proportions as
they move.
Sketching It is evident that Student shows Student shows Student shows
little care has little development development
been taken in development over time, objects over time, is able
drawing the over time, Objects are fairly to accurately
examples, little are somewhat accurate in convey object
change over time. accurate in proportion and sizes in relation
proportion and characters are to other objects
characters are drawn as the and to proportion
reasonably close examples are. their drawings
to the examples. correctly.
Character
drawings include
some
personalization.