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F i n al Pro j ec t
3 CHOICES
CHOOSE ONLY ONE! 1 DIGITAL STORYTELLING - p. 1 A brief overview of selected topics from psychology in a digital storytelling format (animation, power point, Prezi, Animoto, etc). Information must be factual and informative. Presentation must be between 5-10 minutes in length. 2 SHORT FILM - p. 3 Shoot and edit a short (5-10 min) digital lm that incorporates at least 5 selected topics from psychology. There must be a storyline that connects to material learned in class. 3 PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS FILM DIAGNOSIS - p. 5 Choose a popular movie from the list given which depicts a psychological disorder. Create a presentation that diagnoses the characters disorder and offers the appropriate treatment based on the DSM IV-TR. DUE DATES: SENIORS - MAY 9 A-DAY - MAY 22 B-DAY - MAY 23 Projects will not be accepted late! You are encouraged to work with at least one other person and no more than 4 people per group. Each project must be presented in class for full credit. See details.
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Digital Storytelling
What is digital storytelling? Digital Storytelling is the practice of using computerbased tools to tell stories. As with traditional storytelling, most digital stories focus on a specic topic and contain a particular point of view. However, as the name implies, digital stories usually contain some mixture of computer-based images, text, recorded audio narration, video clips and/or music. Digital stories can vary in length, but most of the stories used in education typically last between two and ten minutes. The topics that are used in Digital Storytelling range from personal tales to the recounting of historical events, from exploring life in one's own community to the search for life in other corners of the universe, and literally, everything in between (University of Houston, 2012).

What do I need to do?

Project Overview
Choose 5 topics from the attached list (Appendix 1) and give a brief, but informative, overview of each topic in the form of a story. When telling a digital story there are seven elements that must be present for the story to be effective:

1. Point of View

What is the main point of the story and what is the perspective of the author? A key question that keeps the viewer's attention and will be answered by the end of the story. Serious issues that come alive in a personal and powerful way and connects the story to the audience. A way to personalize the story to help the audience understand the context. Music or other sounds that support and embellish the storyline. Using just enough content to tell the story without overloading the viewer. The rhythm of the story and how slowly or quickly it progresses.
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2. A Dramatic Question

3. Emotional Content

4. The Gift of Your Voice 5. The Power of the Soundtrack 6. Economy 7. Pacing

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Step-by-Step Approach
STEP ONE: Choose a Topic, Write a Script 1. Create a folder on the desktop where you can store all of the materials related to your digital story. Select a topic for your digital story. 2. Begin thinking of the purpose of your story. Are you trying to inform, convince, provoke, question? Also, think about who the audience will be for this story. 3. Write the rst draft of the script for your story. This script will serve as the basis of the narration you will record later. 4. Read what you have written make sure your script includes a clearly articulated purpose and includes an identiable point of view. 5. Share your script with others and use their feedback to improve the next version of your script. 6. Repeat the process of getting feedback and revising the script, until you are satised with the results. STEP TWO: Collect Resources 1. Search for or create images that can be used in your story, including: pictures, drawings, photographs, maps, charts, etc. - Save these resources in your folder. 2. Try to locate audio clips such as music, speeches, interviews, and sound effects. - Save these resources in your folder. 3. Try to nd other informational content, which might come from web sites, word processed documents, or PowerPoint slides - Save these resources in your folder. STEP THREE: Select Content, Develop a Storyboard 1. Select the images you would like to use for your digital story. 2. Select the audio you would like to use for your digital story. 3. Select the text and any additional content you would like to use for your digital story. 4. Create a storyboard that provides a textual and visual overview of your plan for the digital story. STEP FOUR: Import, Record, Finalize 1. Import images into Photo Story or other similar software program. 2. Import audio into Photo Story. 3. Modify the number of images and/or image order, if necessary. 4. Use a computer microphone and record the narration of your script. 5. Import the narration into Photo Story. 6. Add music or other audio to your story. 7. Finalize your digital story by saving it in a version that can be viewed. STEP FIVE: Demonstrate, Evaluate, Replicate (see Appendix 3 for rubric) 1. Show your digital story to your friends and family. 2. Gather feedback about how the story could be improved, expanded, and used to explain your topics. 3. Present your nal version to the class on the appropriate due date. 4. Congratulate yourself for a job well done! Suggested Tools/Websites: Prezi - Animoto - Storybird - Comic Master - Photo Story 3 - Creaza Power Point - iMovie - Windows Live Movie Maker Please see me if you would like free and unrestricted access to: animoto and storybird
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Choice #2

Short Film

So what makes a successful short lm? The answer is simple a good story and a well crafted script. Even if the lm is two minutes or two hours, you have to start with a solid blueprint the script. If you spend the time perfecting the nal draft, production can go a lot more smoothly. Since time is of the essence and you only have a few weeks, make cuts on paper so the production and post production process is a breeze. Remember to keep your script short, your number of actors limited and the plot simple as you only have 5-10 minutes to present your masterpiece.
What do I need to do?

Project Overview
Choose 5 topics from the attached list (Appendix 1) and produce a short lm that tells the story of a character(s) that conveys the use of the chosen topics. The story you create must be believable and have a compelling message centered around the psychological topics you have chosen. Please see the examples on ap.mrbroyles.com/nal-project and Appendix 4 for the grading rubric. PRE-PRODUCTION: 1. Keep it simple. You only have 5-10 minutes to tell a story - and presumably no budget, which means limited staff, limited effects, limited everything - you want to keep that story simple. This means not only highly focused in story content (for example, one character pursuing something, not ten characters pursuing ten things...) but also simple in every aspect of production. Choose a story you can tell and lm simply, cheaply, and well. Get your story. You can't make a short lm without a story. A story for movie making can come from anywhere, be creative and use the topics of your choice to get the brain juices owing. Once you have your story down in script form, polish it, and then move on to the lming stage. Assemble the major players. A lm of any size needs several things: people to come up with the story, people to act out the story, people to handle all the technical aspects of the lm (like visuals and sound), and someone to be in charge of the whole thing. The technical terms for all these people, respectively, are writers, actors, crew, and a director. Offer the roles to the group and see who is interested in what and assign accordingly. Its ok for roles to be shared, for instance many members may wish to work behind the camera. Also, if your group is small, you may have to double up on roles to see this project to the end.The basic roles include: Director: manages the shoot and is responsible for each shot. Should have a strong vision of how the lm will ultimately work as a whole. Cameraman: responsible for being behind the camera and capturing each take. Sound: this person monitors the sound from the camera on headphones and ensures sound is being recorded correctly. Actors: these people perform onscreen and have dialogue or large and small roles Writer: someone with a vision that is able to take the big ideas of the director and put it to paper. Costumes and Make-up: designs, prepares and maintains costumes and applies makeup throughout the shoot. Props and Set Design: responsible for any props used in the lm and designing and maintaing the set. Editor: responsible for editing the lm together during post-production 4. Director, start directing. Before lming starts, a director will be quite busy. You'll need to storyboard and block out all of your scenes. This means deciding who's going to stand where, what camera angles you're going to use, what you want from the actors and cameraman, which could be you. In essence, it's up to you to do the important pre-lming preparation of guring out how you are going to translate the script to its visual equivalent. You're in charge of making sure these three phases of your short lm are completed successfully.
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PRODUCTION: 5. Take your places, everyone...and - action! Once lming begins, the director or his line producer steps up to keep everything running on schedule and budget. He will run each day's shooting and, if everyone behind the camera and in front of it is prepared and takes care of their part of the process, you will eventually have your nished product. Be patient. Filming anything traditionally requires a lot of re-shooting, multiple takes, waiting around for your turn on camera, breaks for last-minute changes, and other hold-ups. So as you lm - whether you're forced to do something over and over again or you have to wait twenty minutes to say your one line - take solace in the fact that you've really arrived in the lm making world. Be prepared. Of course, be as prepared as you can for different bumps in the road... If you're shooting outside, weather can be unreliable. Key people can become suddenly unavailable (especially if they have day jobs and class...). Things can take longer than expected and you could end up running out of time. Making a short lm, especially in a time crunch - especially if you're a rst time lmmaker - can involve a lot of planning for the unexpected.

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POST-PRODUCTION: 8. Let the editor edit. If you are the editor you will need to collaborate with the director as you do the same job in pursuit of his/her artistic vision, such as it may be. This can be one of the most time-consuming elements of making a lm, but also it is clearly one of the most important elements in lmmaking. Try not to let your egos get in the way and be willing to work cooperatively to achieve your goals. This is the step where creativity and hard work really show off. You will need to use a video editing program like iMovie, Final Cut Pro, Windows Live Movie Maker, or Adobe Premiere Elements to pull this off. 9. Present your lm to the class. Pat yourself on the back! You are done. Now sit back and enjoy the show. Try not to take it too hard if you receive some constructive criticism. Adapted from howtodothings.com and curiousworks.com.

Juniors...Interested?
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December 2012 Click Here for details

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Choice #3

Psychological Film Diagnosis

And the Oscar goes to... which psychological disorder? Underneath the glitz and the glamour, psychology provides much of the substance that propels hollywood producers, directors, and screenwriters to give creative voice to the range of human experiences portrayed in todays lms. Audiences are fascinated by heartless murderers, tragic heroes or heroines wrestling with psychological demons, couples who tear each other apart, and families that make their home life a constant nightmare. Whether frightening or at times hilarious, Hollywood's dramatization of the psychological life of its characters is what keeps us glued to the screen (Psychology Today). What do I need to do?

Project Overview
For this challenge, you will choose a lm from the list on Appendix 2 and you will work with your group to diagnose a ctional character and present it to the class. Your presentation must last 5-10 minutes and include specic elements as indicated in the rubric/requirements below. The task: With your clinical team, select a character (ONLY ONE) from the movie you have chosen and analyze him/ her based on criteria from the disorders chapter and the DSM IV-TR. The character may not have an obvious mental disorder, so watch and analyze carefully. How will I be graded?

Presentation Requirements (200pts)

All members of the group must share equally in the work and presentation (group evaluations - 100 pts) When presenting, you must ACT as if you are a team of psychologists (or psychiatrists) presenting a case study at a clinical conference. The presentation must last 5-10 minutes. You cannot do the same character as another group in the class. The presentation must include the following parts: A title slide make it interesting (5pts) A case history slide This slide should highlight important background information about the character such as name, age, family information, profession, major life events, family history of mental illness, etc. I do NOT need to hear the plot of the movie. Sources such as www.imdb.com, wikipedia, or fan sites will help you nd background information. (20pts) Diagnosis slide(s): This slide should contain an exact copy of the diagnostic criteria from the DSM-IV-TR for the Axis I or Axis II diagnosis you have made. You are allowed to (but not required to) ascribe more than one diagnosis, but your presentation should be limited to the detailed presentation of only one. You must defend your diagnosis (orally) by outlining specic examples of how the character meets or does not meet EACH criterion. Consider using quotes or movie clips to support your assertions. Directly address how you eliminated other disorders that are listed in your DSM criteria. This is the heart of the presentation so do it well. Note: if you diagnose your character with schizophrenia, you must rst demonstrate that they have the disease and then name and defend the subtype. (30pts) You can nd the DSM-IV at your local library or you can consult the diagnostic criteria online at: http://www.behavenet.com/capsules/disorders/dsm4TRclassication.htm http://allpsych.com/disorders/disorders_alpha.html http://allpsych.com/disorders/personality/index.html Cause of the behavior slide Speculate as to WHY the person developed this disorder. How did the disorder develop? Nature/Nurture? (15pts) Works cited slide Include an APA formatted bibliography of all sources. (10pts) Multiaxial Evaluation Report Form Your team must complete the Multiaxial Evaluation Report Form (see next page) and turn it in on the day of the presentation. (20pts)

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR MULTIAXIAL EVALUATION FORM (DSM IV-TR): Axes I and II: This is where you will place your primary diagnosis. While you may have both an Axis I and Axis II diagnosis, it is not required. You should choose ONE to defend in detail in your diagnosis section. Axis III: This axis is for reporting general medical conditions that are potentially relevant to the understanding or management of the disorder. Examples may include: infections, chronic migraines, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, ulcers, infertility, anemia, vision loss, or drug overdose. Your character may not have any. Axis IV: This axis is for reporting psychosocial or environmental problems that may affect the diagnosis, treatment, or prognosis of mental disorders. Examples include: death of a loved one, divorce, discrimination, illiteracy, threat of job loss, discord with landlord, poverty, inadequate health insurance, incarceration, exposure to war. This section must be completed. Axis V: This axis is for reporting the clinicians judgment of the individuals overall level of functioning. It is a number from 0-100 selected from a chart that can be found at wikipedias Global Assessment of Functioning entry (http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Assessment_of_Functioning). Multiaxial Evaluation Report Form Axis I: Clinical Disorders and Other Conditions That May Be A Focus of Clinical Attention Diagnostic code DSM-IV-TR name __ __ __.__ __ ___________________________________________ __ __ __.__ __ ___________________________________________ __ __ __.__ __ ___________________________________________ Axis II: Personality Disorders and Mental Retardation Diagnostic code DSM-IV-TR name __ __ __.__ __ ___________________________________________ __ __ __.__ __ ___________________________________________ Axis III: General Medical Conditions _______________________________________________________________________________ Axis IV: Psychosocial and Environmental Problems Check: Problems with primary support group Specify: ______________________________________________ Problems related to the social environment. Specify: _________________________________________ Educational problems Specify: ______________________________________________ Occupational problems Specify: ______________________________________________ Housing problems Specify: ______________________________________________ Economic problems Specify: ______________________________________________ Problems with access to health care services Specify: ________________________________________ Problems with the legal system/crime. Specify: ____________________________________________ Other psychosocial and environmental problems Specify: _____________________________________ Axis V: Global Assessment of Functioning Scale Score: __ __ __ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Did You: Prepare to pretend to be psychologists? ___ Share equally in the work and presentation? ___ Practice your presentation to make sure you meet the time requirement? ___ Include a title slide? ____, a case history slide? _____, a slide with the DSM criteria? ____, a cause slide? ___ Prepare to defend your diagnosis by giving examples of how your character meets (or doesnt meet) every diagnostic criteria? ___ Include some quotes, video clips, or specic details? ___ Complete the Multiaxial Evaluation Report Form? ___ CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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Appendix 1
Neuroscience Consciousness Development

Digital Story Telling/Short Film Topics

Choose 5 from the left
Neural communication, nervous system, endocrine system, brain, genetics, nature vs. nurture, evolution, culture, parents, gender and sexual identity Brain and consciousness, sleep and dreams, sleep disorders, hypnosis, drugs, near death experiences Prenatal development and the newborn, infancy and childhood, physical/ cognitive/social development, autism, adolescence, puberty, adulthood and old age, Piaget, Erickson, Freud and their theories on development Threshold, sensory adaptation, vision, hearing, perceptional organization, perceptual interpretation, ESP Classical conditioning, operant conditioning, Observational learning, Skinner, Pavlov, Watson, Bandura Information-Processing Models, encoding, storage, retrieval, forgetting, memory construction, false memories, improving memory, alien abduction and hypnosis Thinking, problem solving, critical thinking, language and its structure, animal thinking and language, sign language humans vs. animals Motivational concepts, instinct and evolutionary psychology, drives and incentives, arousal, motives, hunger, sexual motivation, motivation at work Theories of emotion, embodied emotion, ANS and emotions, Cognition and Emotion, fear, anger, happiness, stress and health, promoting health, relation, mediation Psychoanalytic perspective, humanistic perspective, trait perspective, social-cognitive perspective, self-esteem/self-concept, self-serving bias Perspectives on disorders, what are they?, classifying, labeling, understanding, Axis I disorders: anxiety, somatoform, dissociative, schizophrenia, Axis II disorders: personality disorders, antisocial personality disorder, schizoid, schizotypal, dependent, borderline, etc. Types of therapies: Psychoanalysis, behavior, cognitive, group and family, evaluation of therapy (is it effective? which kind?), biomedical therapies: psychopharmacotherapy (prescription drugs), brain stimulation, psychosurgery, therapeutic lifestyle change Social thinking, attitudes and attributions, social inuence, conformity and obedience, group inuence, group think, group polarization, the power of individuals, social relationships, prejudice, aggression, attraction, altruism, conict and peacemaking

Sensation and Perception Learning Memory

Thinking and Language (Cognition) Motivation and Work Emotion, Stress, and Health

Personality Psychological Disorders

Treatment/Therapy

Social Psychology

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Appendix 2
12 Monkeys A Beautiful Mind Accidental Tourist Afiction American Beauty An Angel at My Table Analyze This Antwone Fisher Apocalypse Now The Apostle As Good As It Gets At Close Range Awakenings Basketball Diaries The Bell Jar Benny and Joon Bill Birdy Black Swan Boys Dont Cry Captain Newman MD A Cavemans Valentine Charly Chasing Holden Clean and Sober Clockwork Orange Coming Home Copycat Couch Trip Cracker Factory Cruel Intentions The Deer Hunter Dominick and Eugene Don Juan Demarco Donnie Darko Dont Say a Word Dream Team Drugstore Cowboy Far From Heaven Fatal Attraction Fear Fight Club Fisher King Frances Gia Girl, Interrupted Good Will Hunting The Horse Whisperer The Hours I Am Sam Identity 1 Never Promised You a Rose Garden In the Company of Men I, Robot Jacknife Jacob's Ladder Leaving Las Vegas Life as a House Lorenzos Oil The Man Who Wasn't There Marnie Mercury Rising

Psychological Film Diagnosis

Choose 1 of the lms below
Misery Mommie Dearest Mr. Jones My Sweet Killer Natural Born Killers The Odd Couple One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest On Golden Pond One Hour Photo Ordinary Primal Fear The Other Sister Patch Adams Postcards from The Edge Prince of Tides Radio Radio Flyer Rain Man Raising Cain Regarding Henry Requiem for a Dream Return of the Soldier Road to Galveston The Royal Tenenbaums Rush Safe Secret Window Seven Shine Shutter Island The Silence of the Lambs Silent Fall CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE The Sixth Sense Sling Blade Snake Pit Spell Bound Stop Loss Sybil The Talented Mr. Ripley Three Faces of Eve The Virgin Suicides Vertigo What About Bob? What Dreams May Corne? Whats Eating Gilbert Grape? When a Man Loves a Woman White Oleander Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf ?

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Appendix 3
CATEGORY
1. Purpose of Story 2. Point of View

Digital Storytelling
Grading Rubric
3 Points
Establishes a purpose early on and maintains focus for most of the presentation. The point of view is stated but does not connect with each part of the story, although an attempt is made to connect it to the overall meaning of the story. A dramatic question is asked but not clearly answered within the context of the story. Contents create an atmosphere or tone that matches some parts of the story. The images may communicate symbolism and/or metaphors. Voice quality is clear and consistently audible throughout the majority (8595%) of the presentation. Occasionally speaks too fast or too slowly for the story line. The pacing (rhythm and voice punctuation) is relatively engaging for the audience.

4 Points
Establishes a purpose early on and maintains a clear focus throughout. The point of view is well developed and contributes to the overall meaning of the story.

2 Points
There are a few lapses in focus, but the purpose is fairly clear. The point of view is stated but no attempt is made to connect it to the overall meaning of the story. A dramatic question is hinted at but not clearly established within the context of the story. An attempt was made to use contents to create an atmosphere/ tone but it needed more work. Image choice is logical. Voice quality is clear and consistently audible through some (70-84%)of the presentation. Tries to use pacing (rhythm and voice punctuation), but it is often noticeable that the pacing does not fit the story line. Audience is not consistently engaged. Music is ok, and not distracting, but it does not add much to the story. Not coordinated with images. An attempt was made to use images to create an atmosphere/ tone but it needed more work. Image choice is logical. The story seems to need more editing. It is noticeably too long or too short in more than one section. Some of the psychological topics were chosen and an attempt was made to address some of the facts.

1 Point
It is difficult to figure out the purpose of the presentation. The point of view is only hinted at, or is difficult to discern.

3. Dramatic Question

A meaningful dramatic question is asked and answered within the context of the story. Contents create a distinct atmosphere or tone that matches different parts of the story. The images may communicate symbolism and/ or metaphors. Voice quality is clear and consistently audible throughout the presentation.

Little or no attempt is made to pose a dramaticquestionor answer it. Little or no attempt to use contents to create an appropriate atmosphere/tone.

4. Choice of Content

5. Clarity of Voice

Voice quality needs more attention.

6. Pacing of Narrative

The pace (rhythm and voice punctuation) fits the story line and helps the audience really "get into" the story.

No attempt to match the pace of the storytelling to the story line or the audience.

7. Meaningful Audio Soundtrack

Music stirs a rich emotional response that matches the story line well. Images coordinated with the music. Images create a distinct atmosphere or tone that matches different parts of the story. The images may communicate symbolism and/ or metaphors. The story is told with exactly the right amount of detail throughout. It does not seem too short nor does it seem too long All psychological topics were chosen and thoroughly discussed.

Music stirs a rich emotional response that somewhat matches the story line. Images mostly coordinated with the music. Images create an atmosphere or tone that matches some parts of the story. The images may communicate symbolism and/or metaphors. The story composition is typically good, though it seems to drag somewhat OR need slightly more detail in one or two sections. Most of the psychological topics were chosen and adequately discussed.

Music is distracting, inappropriate, OR was not used.

8. Quality of Images

Little or no attempt to use images to create an appropriate atmosphere/tone.

9. Economy of Story Detail

The story needs extensive editing. It is too long or too short to be interesting. The story is not about the required psychological topics or vast amount of information is missing.

10. Psychological Topics Chosen

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Appendix 4
CATEGORY
1.Organization Story 2.Clips / Images

Short Film
Grading Rubric
3 Points
Establishes a purpose early on and maintains focus for most of the presentation. Images create an atmosphere or tone that matches some parts of the story. The images may communicate symbolism and/or metaphors. Microphones are positioned optimally to ensure that important sounds and dialogue are captured. Music stirs a rich emotional response that somewhat matches the story line.

4 Points
Establishes a purpose early on and maintains a clear focus throughout. Images create a distinct atmosphere or tone that matches different parts of the story. The images may communicate symbolism and/ or metaphors. Microphones are positioned optimally to ensure that important sounds and dialogue are captured. The team has made every attempt to anticipate and filter out unwanted ambient noise in the recording. Music stirs a rich emotional response that matches the story line well. The story is told with exactly the right amount of detail throughout. It does not seem too short nor does it seem too long. Students have made an excellent effort to include costumes +/or props which help make the scene more understandable.

2 Points
There are a few lapses in focus, but the purpose is fairly clear. An attempt was made to use images to create an atmosphere/ tone but it needed more work. Image choice is logical. At least one microphone (in addition to that on the camera) is used to ensure that dialogue is captured. Music is ok, and not distracting, but it does not add much to the story. The story seems to need more editing. It is noticeably too long or too short in more than one section. Most students have made a good effort to include costumes +/or props which help make the scene more understandable. Movie shows an attempt at originality and inventiveness in part of the presentation. The content is generally accurate, but one piece of information is clearly flawed or inaccurate. Some of the psychological topics were clearly addressed, but not all. Some significant piece or step is missing or unclear. Few if any examples or specifics are used. Only general connections are made between the character(s) and the topics.

1 Point
It is difficult to figure out the purpose of the presentation. Little or no attempt to use images to create an appropriate atmosphere/tone.

3.Sound Track / Audio Track

Little attention was paid to ensuring quality sound during the shoot. Music is distracting, inappropriate, OR was not used.

4.Editing

The story composition is typically good, though it seems to drag somewhat OR need slightly more detail in one or two sections. Students have made a good effort include +/or props which help make the scene more understandable.

The story needs extensive editing. It is too long or too short to be interesting. Only a few students have made a good effort to include costumes +/or props which help make the scene more understandable. Movie is a rehash of other people's ideas and/or images and shows very little attempt at original thought. Content is typically confusing or contains more than one factual error. None or most of the psychological topics are addressed. No useful examples or specifics are used. No connections are made between the character(s) and the topics.

5.Props and costumes

6.Originality

Movie shows considerable originality and inventiveness. The content and ideas are presented in a unique and interesting way. All content throughout the presentation is accurate. There are no factual errors.

Movie shows some originality and inventiveness. The content and ideas are presented in an interesting way. Most of the content is accurate but there is one piece of information that might be inaccurate. All five psychological topics are clearly addressed. Some examples and specifics are given to show how the topics were used. Direct, but not indirect connections are made between the character(s) and the topics.

7.Content Accuracy

8.ContentCompleteness

All five psychological topics are fully and clearly addressed. Numerous examples and specifics were given to show examples of each. Direct and indirect connections are made between the character(s) and the topics.

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