​Evaluation Rubric

The Film Festival Committee will evaluate and select films on a 10 point scale based on the following criteria

• 3 Points - Power of The Story  
• 3 Points - Film Technique and Quality​
• 3 Points - Creativity
• Bonus Point for Curricular Connections

Length and Content

Copyright 

• Video entries due by April 23, 2018
• 4 minute time limit on videos (3 min. preferred)
• All films must be appropriate for all audience, this is a K-12 event.
• K-12, made by PUSD students​
• Only one submission per student
• Classes submitting multiple projects must vote (limit 3 submissions per period/class)
• Films must be uploaded to YouTube    *Be sure your YouTube video is "unlisted" for proper viewing

• This is an event highlighting student work so Fair Use Guidelines will apply. 
• All music used must be original, free licensed or significantly modified from it's original source (re-writing lyrics to a song). 
• Images and music used should be cited in the credits of the film. 
• See below for finding free licensed content.
• Please include Citations in your credits.

Where Can I Find Usable Media?

• Music: Jamendo.com, ccMixter, ​AudionautiX.com,  or the YouTube Audio Library
• ​Sound Effects: an extensive library at Freesound.org, or the free section of PartnersinRhyme.com
• Images: Wellcome Images, Wikimedia Commons, Pixabay, or Flickr (MUST be Creative Commons licensed - for Fotopedia or Flickr, we HIGHLY recommend you use search.creativecommons.org and choose the tab for Flickr, as this simplifies getting copyright-friendly search results)
• Footage: Find footage you can use (and must cite, of course) at Free Video Footage, the Internet Archive, and this Vimeo channel. You can also download and use Creative Commons-licensed material from YouTube, as long as (like everything else) you provide a proper citation.