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