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TV Pilot Script Writing The Bully Screenplay Rubric Students will "pitch" TV pilot shows through writing a pilot script and submimtting a pitch description by December 7th. Rubric Code: G8B239 By bnendy Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 9-12

TV Pilot
	Poor 4 pts	Fair 6 pts	Good 8 pts	Excellent 10 pts
Dialogue is included	Poor Not engaging. No attempts to differentiate between characters. Hard to understand. Would be hard to act on a TV set. Not school appropriate.	Fair A bit bland and not specific to a character.	Good Good dialogue, but all of the characters sound the same. Message gets across, but not particularly creative.	Excellent Natural and specific to the character. Interesting and engaging. No fluff.
Stage Directions/Screen play	Poor There are no directions and/or directions are too specific/not essential to the understanding of the plot/character.	Fair Stage directions are hard to understand/visualize.	Good Stage directions are clear, but not necessarily essential to the understanding of the plot/character.	Excellent Directions are essential to the understanding of the plot/character and enhance the action being played out on set.
Format	Poor Does not follow the formats specified.	Fair Format is somewhat followed, but should include more details.	Good Format is followed 90%. All important details are included.	Excellent Names of characters are all bolded. Stage directions are italicized. Format is followed 100% of the script.
Conflict	Poor Conflict is poorly done and unrealistic.	Fair A underdeveloped conflict is present.	Good A conflict is present. The actors/actresses are somewhat participating in action that move the conflict further.	Excellent All actors/acctresses are advancing the conflict. The script is on focus.
Plot	Poor There is no evident, interesting plot line.	Fair There seems to be a plot line, however it is scattered and there are many random elements to the story.	Good There is an A and B plot however the characters are not always related to the plot. Random elements are included.	Excellent There is an A and B plot (potentially a C) and all of the characters actions/lines are constantly moving the plot forward. No randomness present.
Teaser	Poor No teaser present.	Fair There is a teaser, however it comes at the wrong time in the script.	Good The teaser doesn't pull the audience in and want to watch more.	Excellent The teaser is located at the right time in the script and pulls the audience in.