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public safety broadcast story

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Rubric Code: V2WW53C

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Subject: Communication

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: Undergraduate

writing
	Poor 4 pts	Fair 6 pts	Good 8 pts	Excellent 10 pts
focus and structure	Poor story lacks a main point or structure	Fair story could use a "so what" in telling the story or goes off tangent in one or two places; story has part of a structure	Good uses a concept, character, or emotion that tells most of the story, but might go off tangent: employs a story structure that might not have been effective	Excellent uses a concept, character, or emotion that ties story together; employs the proper story structure
tie-ins	Poor voiceovers and SOTs are disconnected; script does not introduce SOT	Fair voiceovers and SOTs are not well-connected; script repeats what speaker says or uses "we asked" or "sat down and talked with"	Good voiceovers and SOTs are somewhat tied to one another; script somewhat repeats what speaker says in SOT; avoids "we asked" or similar wording	Excellent Story nicely ties voiceovers with SOTs; script properly introduces the speaker without repeating what person will say; avoids "we asked," or similar wording
broadcast writing	Poor little to no attempt to incorporate audio or video into the script--video is simply wallpaper for the script	Fair writes specifically to video and could use some indirect narration;	Good employs one or two techniques in writing to video and audio	Excellent employs several techniques in writing to video and audio; pictures illustrate and audio aid storytelling
Video
	Poor 4 pts	Fair 6 pts	Good 8 pts	Excellent 10 pts
photography	Poor Most shots lack good composition or most shots are shaky; most shots employ same shooting angles and perspectives; needs more b-roll in telling story; contains two or more unmotivated zoom, pan, or tilt.	Fair Some shots properly composed and steady; employs one or two creative shooting angles and perspectives; story considers a beginning or ending shot; contains an unmotivated zoom, pan or tilt	Good Most shots properly composed and steady; employs some creative shooting angles and perspectives; story has good beginning or ending shot	Excellent All shots properly composed and steady; employs several creative shooting angles and perspectives; story has effective beginning and ending shot or a great moment
Video Editing	Poor Edit pace lacks rhythm for story--some shots too long and some too short; story has one or more jump cuts or flash frames	Fair Edit pace lags in certain places; story lacks video sequencing--shots edited randomly	Good Edit pace somewhat suits the pace of the script; one or two sequences edited for continuity	Excellent Edit pace suits the pace of the script; employs several sequences for continuity
Audio
	Poor 4 pts	Fair 6 pts	Good 8 pts	Excellent 10 pts
shooting	Poor No microphone audio was used in interviews; natural sound not captured; voiceover audio is captured with distortion	Fair Some interviews lacked microphone audio or it is mixed with camera mic; natural sound is somewhat present; voiceover sound does not come from proper microphone	Good Most audio from interviews are clear, audible, and without distortion; natural sound is captured in most places; voiceover audio is somewhat clean and without distortion	Excellent All audio from interviews are clear, audible, and without distortion; natural sound is captured; voiceover audio is clean and without distortion
audio editing	Poor Audio is nonexistent in certain places; all audio is too hot or too soft.	Fair Audio needs proper mixing; some tracks are too loud or soft; natural sound is present but too low or high	Good One or two audio pops or cutoffs heard; one nat sound break; most audio levels are balanced	Excellent Audio editing is seamless--no pops or cutoffs; employs two or more nat sound breaks: all levels are balanced and appropriate
Storytelling
	Poor 4 pts	Fair 6 pts	Good 8 pts	Excellent 10 pts
building blocks	Poor Story is generic	Fair One building block is somewhat attempted	Good Employs at least one building block for a good story (Ch. 2)	Excellent Employs at least two building blocks for a good story (Ch. 2)
creativity	Poor story lacks creative storytelling approach	Fair story considers the news values and employs a basic approach to public safety	Good Story develops a somewhat unique approach to public safety and executes it somewhat well	Excellent story develops a unique approach to public safety and executes it well
sources/SOTs	Poor Story lacks SOTs; story uses one or two sources that do not give specific insight into the story	Fair Story uses one source to add credibility to the issue; SOTs somewhat give insight and personality that cannot be paraphrased	Good Story uses one or two diverse sources to add credibility to the issue; most SOTs give insight and personality that cannot be paraphrased	Excellent Story uses multiple, diverse sources to add credibility to the issue; SOTs give insight and personality that cannot be paraphrased

Keywords:

Broadcast writing

Subjects:

Communication

Types:

Assignment

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