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Film Analysis Essay

Students view film Grand Budapest Hotel while identifying, analyzing, and interpreting the techniques used in the film to achieve the director's purpose.

Rubric Code: PX8X594

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12, Undergraduate

Film Analysis Compare and Contrast Scenes talking about strategies implemented to drive the film.
	Poor Student has not achieved mastery of analysis 5 pts	Fair Student has some mastery of analysis 10 pts	Good Student has good mastery of analysis 15 pts	Excellent Student has excellent mastery of analysis 20 pts
Invention Since invention concerns finding something to say, audience and purpose are addressed her as well as your central argument (Thesis)	Poor Student has not identifed the audience and has not constructed a clear thesis or central argument.	Fair Student has identified the audience and suggested the central argument, but has not convinced the reader of the purpose.	Good Student has identified the audience and stated the central argument by giving a thesis with support.	Excellent Student has clearly identified the audience and clearly stated the central argument. Writer's purpose is clear to the reader.
Analysis of Strategies Student has chosen a selection of strategies to analyze and has given examples from the film	Poor Student has not successfully identified the strategies employed by the director.	Fair Student has identified some of the strategies employed by the director and alluded to examples of same.	Good Student has identified several of the strategies employed by the director and has given some examples.	Excellent Student has clearly identified several strategies employed by the director and has given clear examples for each.
Film techniques Student has identified film techniques and explained the purpose in the documentary	Poor Student is not aware of the film techniques employed in films.	Fair Student has some awareness of the film techniques employed in films.	Good Student has good awareness of the film techniques employed in films.	Excellent Student has excellent awareness of the film techniques employed in films.
Organization Student has effectively organized his or her ideas in a logical, persuasive manner.	Poor Student has not mastered the art of organization in the essay. Ideas are not logically presented and fluency is an issue. Topic sentences are not clear - no transitions.	Fair Student has a planned structure to the essay, hoewever, it issomewhat mechanical and lacks fluency. Needs better transition and topic sentence.	Good Student has a good structure - Topic sentences introduce main ideas and transistions serve purpose of movement from one idea to the next.	Excellent Student has an ecellent structure - Excellent fluency with creative topic sentences and meaningful transitions
Grammar, Usage and Mechanics Student has written with style and maturity, varied sentence structure, vocabulary, and effective compositional choices. Free of spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors.	Poor Student lacks style and mature prose for senior level writing. Proofread and correct spelling, punctuation and grammar errors.	Fair Student demonstrates adequate style and mature prose. Some variation in sentence structure. Mostly free of grammatical/ usage/ mechanical errors	Good Student demonstrates good style and mature prose. Good variation in sentence structure. Free of grammatical/ usage/ mechanical errors	Excellent Student demonstrates excellent style and mature prose. Excellent variation in sentence structure and a firm grasp of appropriate grammatical/ usage/ mechanical errors

Keywords:

Rhetorical Strategies- Film Techniques - Central Argument

Subjects:

English

Types:

Writing

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Rubric Code: PX8X594