Video Editing Worksheet: Storytelling with Video
Creator's tip (Beginning, middle, end): Beginning: the hook, the character and the place. Middle: the problem, the tries, the tension. End: the answer and the message. Show, don’t tell; one clear idea for a short video; plan → film → edit → share.
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- 1.📽️ Every good story needs a character who wants something and … (a) a long title (b) loud music (c) ten transitions (d) a problem to solve
- 2.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the FIRST step? (a) reach the big moment (b) show the problem (c) hook the viewer (d) wrap up the story
- 3.📽️ Extra shots of details that you cut to, like hands or a clock, are called … (a) keyframes (b) titles (c) credits (d) cutaways
- 4.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “share it safely” or “write a short script”? (a) write a short script (b) share it safely
- 5.📽️ “Show, don’t tell” means … (a) let pictures tell it (b) add more talking (c) switch the camera off (d) use only text
- 6.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) set up the goal (c) a final message (d) a second try fails
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how things turned out (b) the problem gets worse (c) the problem is solved (d) a final message
- 8.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “solve the problem” or “introduce the character”? (a) introduce the character (b) solve the problem
- 9.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “write a short script” or “storyboard your shots”? (a) write a short script (b) storyboard your shots
- 10.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem gets worse”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
- 11.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a hook in 5 seconds”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem is solved (b) the credits roll (c) meet the main character (d) a final message
- 13.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “film the shots”? (a) share it safely (b) edit the clips (c) storyboard your shots (d) write a short script
- 14.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “reach the big moment” or “introduce the character”? (a) reach the big moment (b) introduce the character
- 15.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a final message”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 16.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “edit the clips”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) film the shots (c) choose your idea (d) share it safely
- 17.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “how things turned out”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
- 18.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “show the problem”? (a) hook the viewer (b) solve the problem (c) wrap up the story (d) build up the action
- 19.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the LAST step? (a) show the problem (b) wrap up the story (c) introduce the character (d) solve the problem
- 20.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem is solved”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
- 21.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “choose your idea” or “storyboard your shots”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) choose your idea
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem gets worse (b) the credits roll (c) an obstacle appears (d) tension builds up
- 23.True or false: “a second try fails” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🔢 To make a video project, which is the LAST step? (a) share it safely (b) write a short script (c) choose your idea (d) storyboard your shots
- 25.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) the problem gets worse (b) set up the goal (c) a second try fails (d) tension builds up
- 26.True or false: “meet the main character” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “wrap up the story” or “solve the problem”? (a) solve the problem (b) wrap up the story
- 28.📽️ For a 1-minute video, what works best? (a) every idea (b) ten ideas (c) no idea (d) one clear idea
- 29.True or false: “the credits roll” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: “a hook in 5 seconds” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 31.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) the problem is solved (b) a second try fails (c) the credits roll (d) show where we are
- 32.True or false: “the problem gets worse” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🔢 To make a video project, which is the FIRST step? (a) write a short script (b) edit the clips (c) choose your idea (d) share it safely
- 34.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “tension builds up”? (a) beginning (b) end (c) middle
- 35.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) an obstacle appears (b) tension builds up (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) the problem is solved
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) meet the main character (c) a final message (d) set up the goal
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem gets worse (b) tension builds up (c) a second try fails (d) the problem is solved
- 38.True or false: “show where we are” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meet the main character (b) a hook in 5 seconds (c) set up the goal (d) tension builds up
- 40.True or false: “a hook in 5 seconds” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- a problem to solve
- hook the viewer
- cutaways
- write a short script
- let pictures tell it
- a second try fails
- the problem gets worse
- introduce the character
- write a short script
- middle
- beginning
- meet the main character
- edit the clips
- introduce the character
- end
- share it safely
- end
- build up the action
- wrap up the story
- end
- choose your idea
- the credits roll
- False
- share it safely
- set up the goal
- True
- solve the problem
- one clear idea
- False
- True
- show where we are
- True
- choose your idea
- middle
- the problem is solved
- a final message
- the problem is solved
- False
- tension builds up
- False
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