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.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the credits roll”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 2.True or false: “the problem gets worse” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “introduce the character”? (a) reach the big moment (b) show the problem (c) build up the action (d) wrap up the story
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) set up the goal (b) how things turned out (c) show where we are (d) meet the main character
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) show where we are (c) a second try fails (d) meet the main character
- 6.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) set up the goal (b) a final message (c) show where we are (d) the problem gets worse
- 7.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) the problem is solved (b) how things turned out (c) the problem gets worse (d) set up the goal
- 8.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a final message”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
- 9.📽️ Why start a video with a strong hook? (a) to test the mic (b) to grab attention fast (c) to hide the title (d) to make it longer
- 10.🔢 To make a video project, which is the FIRST step? (a) write a short script (b) edit the clips (c) choose your idea (d) film the shots
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) show where we are (b) set up the goal (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) an obstacle appears
- 12.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “tension builds up”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how things turned out (b) the credits roll (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) the problem is solved
- 14.True or false: “a hook in 5 seconds” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 15.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) the credits roll (b) a second try fails (c) an obstacle appears (d) meet the main character
- 16.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “introduce the character” or “reach the big moment”? (a) introduce the character (b) reach the big moment
- 17.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “show where we are”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 18.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “set up the goal”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
- 19.📽️ For a 1-minute video, what works best? (a) one clear idea (b) no idea (c) ten ideas (d) every idea
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how things turned out (b) the credits roll (c) a final message (d) the problem gets worse
- 21.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “film the shots”? (a) choose your idea (b) write a short script (c) storyboard your shots (d) edit the clips
- 22.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) how things turned out (b) an obstacle appears (c) tension builds up (d) show where we are
- 23.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) show where we are (b) set up the goal (c) an obstacle appears (d) meet the main character
- 24.True or false: “the credits roll” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 25.📽️ Extra shots of details that you cut to, like hands or a clock, are called … (a) keyframes (b) cutaways (c) credits (d) titles
- 26.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “solve the problem” or “wrap up the story”? (a) wrap up the story (b) solve the problem
- 27.True or false: “set up the goal” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: “show where we are” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: “tension builds up” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “build up the action” or “wrap up the story”? (a) wrap up the story (b) build up the action
- 31.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) a final message (b) meet the main character (c) the problem gets worse (d) tension builds up
- 32.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) show where we are (b) a final message (c) an obstacle appears (d) the credits roll
- 33.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the LAST step? (a) reach the big moment (b) wrap up the story (c) introduce the character (d) build up the action
- 34.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “storyboard your shots” or “edit the clips”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) edit the clips
- 35.True or false: “meet the main character” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “reach the big moment” or “wrap up the story”? (a) reach the big moment (b) wrap up the story
- 37.True or false: “a second try fails” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) set up the goal (b) how things turned out (c) the credits roll (d) the problem is solved
- 39.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) how things turned out (c) tension builds up (d) a second try fails
- 40.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) how things turned out (b) a second try fails (c) set up the goal (d) tension builds up
Answer key
- end
- True
- show the problem
- how things turned out
- a second try fails
- a final message
- the problem gets worse
- end
- to grab attention fast
- choose your idea
- an obstacle appears
- middle
- a hook in 5 seconds
- True
- the credits roll
- introduce the character
- beginning
- beginning
- one clear idea
- the problem gets worse
- edit the clips
- how things turned out
- an obstacle appears
- False
- cutaways
- solve the problem
- False
- False
- True
- build up the action
- meet the main character
- show where we are
- wrap up the story
- storyboard your shots
- True
- reach the big moment
- False
- set up the goal
- a hook in 5 seconds
- set up the goal
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