Students Name _________________________________Period ________ Score_______
Surrealist Rubric
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Element #1
Element #2
Element #3
Element #4
Element #5
Project
Requirements
Visual
composition/
techniques
Craftmanship
& use of
Technology
Overall Impact
Individual Improvement
and Reflection. Students
Highly
EffectiveHighly aesthetic
and original.
Purposeful use of
composition,
angles, lighting,
color, and
movement.
Contains no
errors or
distracting
elements.
Close attention
to lighting,
exposure,
camera settings,
Highly Effective
Very Compelling.
Makes viewer reflect on
meaning or message.
The Viewer will
remember the work.
Thorough/compl
ete Student does
an excellent job.
Creates a complete
world/idea.
Student created an
original piece that is
“like a dream that
the audience wants
to interpret”? All
images original,
Idea is original.
Complete/different
world is created.
Effective:
All images original,
Excellent use of
art elements and
principles of
organization.
Effective–
Mostly aesthetic
and/or original
Idea is derivative of
composition.
examples or lacks
Overall effective
interpretation.
composition,
angles, values,
Not a complete
color, movement.
world or vision.
Some attention to
elements and
organization.
Partial/Incomplete Moderately
Lacks two or more of Effective
the requirements.
Glimpses of
aesthetic visuals
Just a “trippy” image. or original
composition.
Incomplete work
Moderately
usually reflects poor
effective use of
use of time.
art elements and
principles of
organization.
Misunderstanding- Ineffective –
Incomplete, and does
not fit project
No aesthetic
requirements.
value. Ineffective
Work is Ineffective
use of
as a surrealist image. composition,
Unoriginal images.
merely a snapshot.
Point Breakdown: 50-45 A
Photoshop is
flawless and
sublime. Light
angles agree.
fill out this section!
Excellent Presentation
and Specific Self
Evaluation give deeper
meaning to the work
Student articulately &
accurately use of Photo
Vocabulary.
Small or
insignificant
errors that do
not distract.
Accurate
exposure, focus,
and lighting.
Photoshop used
effectively.
Some obvious
Photoshop.
Moderately
Effective.
Errors of
exposure,
lighting, focus,
or Photoshop.
“Sticker” effects
in the
photoshop
work.
Effective –
Compelling. May make
viewer reflect on
meaning or message.
Ineffective
Ineffective –
Contrite, predictable, or
inappropriate.
Student made
little attempt
toward
craftsmanship
44-40 B
Wow.
All aspects of previous
Critique/ Self Evaluation
Addressed:
List ALL areas of
improvement here.
Well Done. Aspects
corrected, but real problems
still evident.
List elements fixed from above:
The Viewer is interested.
Presentation/evaluation
is good but lacks
accuracy or clarity.
Moderately effective –
Not very compelling.
Has few positive
memorable aspects and
vague meaning.
Competent. Remedy of
one or more factors.
List elements here:
Presentation and
Evaluation are complete
but vague, uninteresting.
Presentation /evaluation
is incomplete/ sorely
lacking.
39-35 C
Incompetent: try to explain
why there is no growth in #7
on reverse.
This section not filled out results in a
Zero on element.
34-30 D
Surrealist Photographic Image Project Self Evaluation
1. What have you decided to title your final piece? ________________________________________________
2. What does this title signify to you?
3. Specifically, what is it about your photographic image that makes it “Surrealist?” (Remember that André
Breton said that Surrealism “reunites the conscious and unconscious realms of experience so completely that
the world of dream and fantasy are joined to the everyday rational world”)
4. Specifically, what is it about your photographic image that makes it an aesthetically pleasing piece of “Fine
Art?” (Use Art Concept terms here, such as some of the Elements of Arts, Principles of Organization, and/or
specific photographical compositional concepts that apply to your image!)
5. Specifically, what did you learn while doing this project (technical things, compositional things, other things)?
6. Did you digitally manipulate your image(s)? (Circle YES or NO)
If yes, describe in detail what you did in Photoshop (list all the Photoshop steps that you performed)?
7. What were you specifically doing to improve your work? What specifically deficiencies in your last piece did
you remedy in this assignment, if not please explain why not. .
I certify that all photographs that I turned in for this project are photographs that I personally took in the last
week specifically for this project.
Signature: ___________________________________________________________Date: ___________