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