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3-Minute Pitch for Episode of a Crime Drama 
This rubric will be used to assess student in a 300-level screen writing class. It will be used for 3-minute oral pitches of the episode of the crime drama, Outside the Middle of Nowhere that they intend to develop to a full script.
Rubric Code: M7B2WB
By barthcox
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Subject: Communication  
Type: Presentation  
Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Powered by iRubric Pitch for Episode of Crime Drama
  Excellent

4 pts

Very Good

3 pts

Good

2 pts

Fair

1 pts

Poor

0 pts

The Hook

Excellent

The hook was excellent and was presented in a manner to catch the attention of the audience.
Very Good

The hook was very good and was presented in a manner that interested the audience a lot.
Good

The hook was good and was presented in a manner to interest some of the audience members, but lost others.
Fair

The hook was fair, but was presented in a way that most audience members were not interested.
Poor

The hook was presented in a poor manner. Could not hook the audience into the story.
Introduction

Excellent

The student introduced themselves to the audience before heading into the pitch.
Very Good
Good

The student introduced themselves somewhere else besides at the beginning of the pitch.
Fair
Poor

The student did not introduce themselves during the pitch.
The Crime

Excellent

The crime that would be written into this episode was clearly described.
Very Good

The crime that would be written into this episode was described but a few details were "muddy."
Good

The crime that would be written into this episode was somewhat described , but may details were "muddy."
Fair

The crime that would be written into this episode was fairly described, but most of the details were "muddy."
Poor

The crime that would be written into this episode was poorly described, with most of the details not presented.
The Synopsis

Excellent

The synopsis presented in the pitch clearly told the story and plot of the episode
The student clearly indicated what would happen in the Teaser, the Acts and the Tag.
Very Good

The synopsis presented in the pitch told most the story and plot of the episode
The student indicated most of what would happen in the Teaser, the Acts and the Tag.
Good

The synopsis presented in the pitch told some of the story and plot of the episode.
The student somewhat indicated what would happen in the Teaser, the Acts and the Tag.
Fair

The synopsis presented in the pitch told little of the story and plot of the episode.
The student indicated very little about what would happen in the Teaser, the Acts and the Tag.
Poor

The synopsis presented in the pitch told very little if anything about the story and plot of the episode.
The student did not indicate what would happen in the Teaser, the Acts and the Tag.
Preparedness

Excellent

The student was prepared and obviously had rehearsed the pitch.
The student was able to present the pitch without referring to notes.
Very Good

The student was pretty well prepared and had rehearsed the pitch
There were some minor problems.
The student referred to notes minimally.
Good

The student was somewhat prepared and had rehearsed the pitch some.
There were some problems.
The student referred to notes a lot.
Fair

The student was not well prepared and it was not clear if the pitch was rehearsed.
There were some major flaws.
The student read from notes.
Poor

The student was so unprepared that the pitch could not be delivered.
Many major problems and flaws.
The student tried to wing it without preparation.
Confidence

Excellent

The student was extremely confident while presenting the pitch. The student stood up straight, showed a passion for what they were pitching, and convinced the audience to see the episode being pitched
Very Good

The student was very confident while presenting the pitch. The student stood up straight, was mostly passionate for what they were pitching, and convinced most of the audience to see the episode being pitched
Good

The student was somewhat confident while presenting the pitch. The student stood up straight some of the time, was somewhat passionate about what they were pitching, and convinced some of the audience to see the episode being pitched
Fair

The student was mostly not confident while presenting the pitch. The student did not stand up straight most of the time, mostly lacked passionate about what they were pitching, and convinced very few of the audience to see the episode being pitched
Poor

The student was completely not confident while presenting the pitch. The student did not stand up straight, lacked passionate about what they were pitching, and convinced none of the audience to see the episode being pitched
Organization

Excellent

The student clearly organized the pitch in a manner that flowed logically and was successful.
Very Good

The student organized the pitch in a manner that flowed mostly logically and the pitch was mostly successful.
Good

The student organized the pitch in a manner that flowed somewhat logically and the pitch was somewhat successful.
Fair

The student organized the pitch in a manner that flowed mostly illogically and the pitch was mostly unsuccessful.
Poor

The student organized the pitch in a manner that flowed completely illogically and the pitch was unsuccessful.
Presentation Skills

Excellent

The student maintained eye contact with the audience and delivered the pitch at a appropriate volume and enunciation level
Very Good

The student either occasionally lost eye contact with the audience or delivered the pitch at slightly inappropriate volume and enunciation level
Good

The student occasionally lost eye contact with the audience and delivered the pitch at slightly inappropriate volume and enunciation level
Fair

The student often lost eye contact with the audience and delivered the pitch at inappropriate volume and enunciation level
Poor

The student did not make eye contact with the audience and delivered the pitch at an extremely inappropriate volume and enunciation level
Convincing Arguments

Excellent

The student made an excellent argument for the episode they were pitching.
Green light all the way!
Very Good

The student made many excellent arguments for the episode they were pitching.
Green light after some tweaking!
Good

The student made some excellent arguments for the episode they were pitching, but there were some argument that were not clearly presented.
Green light only after a intensive rewrite but from this pitch, might be shelved.
Fair

The student made few arguments for the episode they were pitching; most arguments were not clearly presented.
Highly unlikely this project would be green lighted with this pitch, script could be tossed.
Poor

The student made no arguments for the episode they were pitching;
From this pitch, the script would definitely be tossed.



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  • Pitch Synopsis Crime_drama Drama_screenplay

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