Evaluation point	5	4	3	3	1
Technical	Rendered movie 320x240, 29.97 fps, handed in .aep and movie file	One or two small errors in technical requirements	Several errors in technical requirements	Many errors in technical requirements	Project incomplete
Creative and appropriate use of AfterEffects	Project uses AE in very effective way that enhances content	Good development of AE techniques for the project	Some techniques enhance content, others detract from it	Minimal or uncreative use of AE techniques or techniques overwhelm content	AE techniques used don’t work for this project
Concept	Concept exceptionally well developed. Structure apparent, sequence is logical and nuanced.	Concept well developed. Adequate structure; sequence is logical	Concept and structure comes and goes, some irregularities in sequence interfere with understanding	Minimal concept and structure or confusing structure. Sequence doesn’t make sense	No concept or structure.
Personal expression and originality	Exceptional inventiveness. Content is fresh and original and expresses ideas or feelings of student.	Project based on others’ ideas, but extended with new and personal insights.	Content largely based on others’ ideas with some original thought.	Rehash of others’ ideas, little evidence of original ideas.	No voice or originality, no evidence of new thought.
Aesthetic/design principles: color, composition, (balance, proportion, weight), textures	Exceptional attention to aesthetic principles; elements enrich the content	Good use of aesthetic principles; elements reinforce the content	Some aesthetic choices work, but some don’t support the content	Little attention to aesthetic principles; elements work against content	Aesthetic principles are ignored; elements used in hodge podge fashion.
Animation and movement	Excellent sense of timing, overlapping action. Animation or movement appropriate to subject and extends meaning beyond still images	Good sense of timing. Movement enhances message.	Average sense of timing. Some actions not appropriately overlapped. Movement may not necessarily enhance concept.	Little movement or sense of timing typically lacking. Movement detracts from concept.	No movement or movement extensively interferes with concept.
Experimentation, risk-taking, response to critique	Demonstration of working through difficult problems, high level of experimentation, used ideas expressed in critique to strengthen work, shows inventive thinking	Risk-taking and experimentation evident, receptive to critique and incorporated ideas from critique in straightforward manner.	Most complex problems and experimentation avoided. Used critique to fix technical problems, but not as basis for new thinking.	Little initiative in working on problems, satisfied with low effort, ignored critique or project not complete enough to be critiqued.	No experimentation or inventiveness. Project whipped off with little thought.
Days Late	0	1	2	3+

CS125: 2d animation evaluation rubric