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