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Media Quest Rubric 2009

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The following elements and points provide guidelines for creating an award winning Media Quest entry.

1. Creative use of media in communicating a message or mood or tone, including:

The vision and originality of the message, mood, or tone
The extent to which the media communicates a message, mood, or tone
The originality and artistic presentation

50 Points

2. Technical quality of the production, including:

The ability to use technology effectively to develop the message, mood, or tone

25 Points

3. Adherence to copyright and intellectual honesty requirements as stated in the Media Quest Rules.

NOTE: Fair Use Rules and Guidelines on pages below.

25 Points
TOTAL POINTS
100 Points

TRIO Quest Fair Use Guidelines for Media Quest

Students may incorporate portions of copyrighted materials when producing a Media Quest entry but only with proper citation.

Types of media and permissible amounts (percentages refer to the percent of the specific original work) that may be used with proper citation on a reference page include:

Remember the three minute requirement. If any of the permissible amounts takes an entry over three minutes, judging will stop at the three minute mark.

  • Motion media
    • Up to 10 percent of the total but no more than 30 seconds.
  • Text material
    • Up to 10 percent of the total of the original or 1,000 words, whichever is less.
    • An entire poem of less than 250 words may be used, but no more than three poems by one poet or five poems by different authors in an anthology. For poems exceeding 250 words, 250 words should be used but no more than three excerpts from one poet or five excerpts from different poets in the same work
  • Music, lyrics, and music video
    • Up to 10 percent of the work but no more than 30 seconds of the music or lyrics from an individual musical work.
  • Illustrations or photographs
    • No more than five images from one artist or photographer.
    • No more than 10% or 15 images, whichever is less, from a collection.

NOTE:
If one goes beyond Fair Use Rules, permission is required.