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