Animated Comic Story Rubric Use Photoshop, Flash and Dreamwaver to create a comic story that contains minimum 6 panels. The story has a good beginning. There is a conflict. It is easy for the reader to understand the conflict the main character or characters has/have and why is a problem. The story is very well organized. |
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| Novice | Proficient | Advanced | Distinguished | |
Content |
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| Beginning | No attempt to catch the reader's attention in the first panel. | First panel is confusing. | First panel has a weak beginning. | First panel has a catchy beginning. |
| Organization | The comic seems to be randomly arranged. | The comic is a little hard to follow. The transitions are sometimes not clear. | The comic is pretty well organized. One panel may seem out of place. Clear transitions are used. | The comic is very well organized. One panel follows another in a logical sequence with clear transitions. |
| Conflict | There is no conflict. | It is a little hard to understand the conflict. | It is fairly easy for the reader to understand the conflict. | It is easy for the reader to understand the conflict. |
| Solution | The solution to the conflict is hard to understand and it is not very logical. | The solution to the conflict is hard to understand. | The solution to the conflict is easy to understand and somewhat logical. | The solution to the conflict is easy to understand and it is logical. |
| Dialogue | There is not enough dialogue to bring the characters to life and it is not clear who is speaking. | There is not enough dialogue to bring the characters to life and it is not very clear clear who is speaking. | There is enough dialogue to bring the characters to life and it is not always clear who is speaking. | There is enough dialogue to bring the characters to life and it is always clear who is speaking. |
| Grammar | There are many spelling, grammar or punctuation errors. | There are more than two spelling, grammar or punctuation errors. | There are two spelling, grammar or punctuation errors. | There are no spelling, grammar or punctuation errors. |
Format - Flash |
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| Background | There is no background color. | The background color is not always good and sometimes enhance the story. | The background color is good and somewhat enhance the story. | The background color is always good and enhance the story. |
| Drawing | Too much hand drawing. The line is not very smooth. | Use the drawing tools sometimes. The line is not very smooth. | Make good use of drawing tools. The line is not always smooth. | Make good use of the drawing tools. The line is always smooth. |
| Bubble | Two bubbles and the shape of the bubbles is not good. | Four bubbles and the shape of the bubbles is not good. | Four bubbles and the shape of the bubbles is good. | Six bubbles and the shape of the bubbles is good. |
| Bitmap | Not use any pictures or graphics from the Internet. | Use a lot of the pictures or graphics downloaded from the Internet. Not edit them at all. | Make good use of the pictures or graphics downloaded from the Internet. Not edit them so well that they fit into the panels. | Make good use of the pictures or graphics downloaded from the Internet. Edit them so well that they fit into the panels. |
| Effects | More than two panels are not very appealing or presentable. | Two panels are not very appealing or presentable. | One panel is not very appealing or presentable. | Every panel is appealing and presentable. |
| Color | Color use is sometimes consistent | Color use is usually consistent | Consistent use of color | Consistent use of color |
| Effects | At least 3 effects are used. Tota effects 4. e.g.motion tween, frame by frame, shape tween, mask layer, alpha, color mixer, movie clip, button, actionScript, graphic, etc. | At least 4 effects are used. Total effects 6. e.g.motion tween, frame by frame, shape tween, mask layer, alpha, color mixer, movie clip, button, actionScript, graphic, etc. | At least 5 effects are used. Total effects 8. e.g.motion tween, frame by frame, shape tween, mask layer, alpha, color mixer, movie clip, button, actionScript, graphic, etc. | At least 6 effects are used. 10 effects are used. e.g.motion tween, frame by frame, shape tween, mask layer, alpha, color mixer, movie clip, button, actionScript, graphic, etc. |
| Sound | 1 sound effects are not used | 2 scenes contain sound effects | 3 scenes contain sound effects | 4 scenes contain sound effects |
| Scenes | 2-3 | 6 | 7-8 | 9-10 |